Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. McGraw Hill is focused on building intelligent learning experiences through its AI Platform team. They are seeking a Software Engineer II - AI to develop services and APIs that leverage AI to enhance educational experiences for students and teachers.

Responsibilities

• Build the services that deliver AI to users
• Work across our backend stack
• Ship with care
• Get good at AI engineering — the software side
• Collaborate broadly
• Grow into more

Skills

• Roughly 2-5 years of professional software development experience
• Comfort in any modern backend language — Python preferred, but if your background is heavier on Go, Java, Kotlin, or Node and you're confident you can ramp in Python, tell us about that
• Experience building APIs and working with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar)
• Curiosity about AI, with some skin in the game
• Good engineering instincts
• Comfort with ambiguity at your level
• Clear communication
• A 'low-ego, high-ownership' disposition
• Production experience with AWS or Azure
• Familiarity with frontend work (React or Angular)
• Experience with vector databases, embeddings, or RAG architectures
• Exposure to Go, or genuine willingness to learn it
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Terraform, or modern CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
• Background in edtech, accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA), or content-rich product domains
• Open-source contributions, technical writing, or teaching of any kind

Benefits

• An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package
• A full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered

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