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
Company Overview
We are a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world. It was founded in 1888, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.mheducation.com.