Cognitive Genetics is an early stage Boston-based education technology startup working to disrupt the current fragmented approach to providing the necessary opportunities and resources to children who struggle with reading. Our goal is to give every child lifelong success by empowering caregivers with the right tools to improve early learning and reading for their children.Some of the first problems you’ll tackle:* Taking a product from vision, through to design, and then finally in to the hands of our users
* Designing and implementing the core components of the system
* Defining the necessary tools, resources, and systems we need to build and maintain a cross-platform web applicationWhat we’re looking for from you:* A genuinely nice person with a passion for helping people get the services they need
* Several years experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining production quality Ruby on Rails application(s) on a cloud based infrastructure
* Testing first mentality
* Ability to create "just enough" documentation
* Someone who likes to roll their sleeves up but finds it just as rewarding to teach, coach, and mentor othersSome nice to haves:* Experience with startups
* Familiarity with big data and system design techniques to combine genomic and phenotypic data
* Experience or ability to learn DevOps principles and techniques
* Familiarity with the education, ed-tech, or related experienceWhat we provide to you:* Competitive compensation package
* A collaborative environment with kind, dedicated, friendly people eager to make the world a better place
* Real vacation and sick time
* Health, vision and dental insuranceContact Patrick Schmid (prschmid@coggen.com) (CTO) with your resume and a few thoughts on why working in this space excites you.Other job openings here: 