K-12 schools have a huge problem using software. This problem is technical, rather than ideological - teachers want to use great learning applications, but they can’t get them to synchronize properly with the legacy school systems that house their students’ data.<p>Clever (YC S12 - clever.com) is solving this problem by building a modern, developer-friendly API for schools… which we give them for free. Schools love finally being able to use software seamlessly, and developers love being able to plug into schools without having to write a complex integration for every single district they’re working with, so they pay us for access to the platform. This business model has helped us grow quickly; we’re now in 1 in 5 schools in America (over 29,000 schools), and our product is used by millions of students every day. We were also recently in the news here:
<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/12/16/clever-raises-30-million-for-single-login-education-tech-app/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/12/16/clever-raises...</a><p>Our goal is to become the education identity company. The first step in that direction is our Instant Login single sign-on platform: a universal login that allows students to access all of their learning applications in one place. (This is a big deal if you’ve ever seen a second-grader try to manage fifteen different usernames and passwords.)<p>Right now we’re a team of 42 people (19 engineers) based in downtown San Francisco. We’re looking for full-stack engineers who can hack in Node, Go, and Python (or are willing to learn), but more importantly, we’re looking for people who share our passion for improving education. If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you.<p>Other stuff we like:<p>-Tech talks. Every other Tuesday, we do “Clever Talks” during lunch where one of us will give a presentation on anything he/she’s interested in. Recent talks have covered exoplanets, neuroscience, hacking big-company customer service interactions, and what’s wrong with American high school history education.<p>-Bughouse chess. We play pretty frequently, although not always with Magnus Carlsen: <a href="http://screencast.com/t/xD7umWfo" rel="nofollow">http://screencast.com/t/xD7umWfo</a><p>-Picking up new skills. We offer unlimited Amazon credits for learning.<p>Check us out: <a href="https://clever.com/about/jobs" rel="nofollow">https://clever.com/about/jobs</a><p>At Clever, we want to work with the best people - applicants of all backgrounds and beliefs are welcome to come improve education with us. We're committed to making our office a safe and comfortable environment for all employees.