Georgia Cyber Academy is hiring a Software Engineer for the '26-'27 school year!

Are you a passionate and tech-savvy educator? Come join GCA, a virtual charter school with leading test scores!

We Are seeking the following subject areas:

Special Education - Math Small Group

Interested candidates should do the following:

1. Submit your resume on Indeed (be on the lookout for an interview invitation)

2. Apply on our job board:(copy and paste the below link into your browser)

https://www.applitrack.com/georgiacyber/onlineapp/

SUMMARY: The Engineer will build and support custom online applications that empower Georgia Cyber Academy staff and students. The engineer will meet with stakeholders at GCA to understand problems that aren't met by enterprise systems, and will extend and build tools that enable faster problem-solving, automation, or data analysis by GCA team members. The engineer will build full-stack tools that will be used within Georgia Cyber Academy and support deploying and troubleshooting in an agile environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities and/or duties required; other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Develop and design RESTful services and APIs
• Apply latest software design techniques and contribute to the technical design of new solutions
• Write object-oriented and maintainable code
• Consults with engineers, data analysts and other IT specialists to determine system specifications to meet the functional and performance requirements.
• Communicate concepts, recommendations, and solutions effectively with customers as well as management, verbally and in written format.
• Architects, designs, develops web applications and cloud solutions to meet customer/product requirements.
• Provide support and maintenance for existing software and/or web applications/products.
• Deliver quality results on time with minimal supervision

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Application Development/Support (70%)

• Create browser-based applications to support special projects at Georgia Cyber Academy(GCA)
• Develop intuitive interfaces to support effective data analysis and accurate data entry
• Create secure back-ends to retrieve and store relevant information
• Build and use integrations with existing Georgia Cyber Academy(GCA) and external tools
• Create and run automated tests

Application Support (20%)

• Work directly with users to determine new and improved features
• Support users encountering bugs or facing issues in applications
• Maintain backlog of upcoming updates and bugfixes
• Deploy changes to production code.

Information Systems Development (10%)

• Create and maintain documentation for applications, and help guides for end users.
• Support system administrators by writing and deploying automated scripts
• Advocate for best practices within Georgia Cyber Academy(GCA)'s Operations team
• Drive simplicity for our end-users (students, parents, staff), even when back-end data is complex

We Offer:

• Salary $70,000/year
• Work from home most of the year
• Equipment provided!
• GREAT benefits at lower cost than most districts, great dental benefits, additional retirement matching program, participation in Gs TRS, 4 weeks summer break, 24 paid school holidays per year, 7 paid Sick Days, 3 paid Personal Days.
• 2 weeks paid training (1-day in - person)
• Paid internet stipend - must have access to consistent high speed internet

In-Person Obligations:

• Must attend REQUIRED in-person professional development, in-person state/fed testing administrations, in-person community days, in-person graduation (approx max of 20-25 days of school year) - paid qualifying hotel accommodations, meals, and mileage reimbursements paid.!

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated expertise JavaScript, API, HTML, Node, React, MySQL proficiency
• Previous web development, programming required
• Object Oriented Analysis/Design & GUI development experience
• Proven ability to learn and self-teach new technical skills

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• desired Advanced Degree in Computer Science or related field of study
• GA PSC Teaching/Educational Certificate
• TKES/LKES credentialed
• Clear Fingerprint/Background Check Required

We look forward to speaking with you!

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30349