Cognitive ToyBox is an early childhood platform for kindergarten readiness. The company leverages cutting edge academic research to help every child start school ready to succeed. Backed by leading academics, educators and funders, CTB enables early childhood educators to assess children more accurately in less time through its hybrid observation and game-based assessment platform for children birth to five years of age.
The company operates at the intersection between public policy, early childhood education and family support. By providing trusted and easy-to-use assessment tools, we can help the field to quantify the impact of early childhood education on child, family and economic outcomes, with the goal of improving access and quality for all children.
Early childhood education is at an inflection point: there is sufficient research on what works and there are national calls to increase access to high-quality care and education for children during their earliest years. Join us on our mission to help every child reach their full potential.
Cognitive ToyBox is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Open Positions
Backend Developer
We are seeking our first backend developer to support our mission in helping every child start school ready to succeed. The backend developer would work closely with our game developer and our CTO to build best-in-class edtech tools to make early childhood teachers’ lives easier and help the youngest learners thrive.
Primary responsibilities include:
Job Requirements:
Preferred Skills
Note: this job is based in NYC but we would consider remote for the right candidate
Interested candidates can send their resume to tammy@cognitivetoybox.com. We can’t wait to meet you!
ECE Implementation Manager (Spanish-Speaking)
We are seeking a Spanish-speaking Implementation Manager to support our early childhood education (ECE) partnerships in TX and CA. You will be responsible for training and supporting school administrators, coaches and teachers in using Cognitive ToyBox. This is a great time to get in early within an organization and help us to develop best practices in making assessment easy and actionable for early childhood education teachers.
The ideal candidate has experience working in an early childhood education setting as a head teacher, coach or administrator. This role might especially appeal to early childhood instructional coaches wanting to develop skills to support multiple types of programs, or an early childhood educator looking to make the transition to education technology. A typical day may include an on-site visit to support teachers in incorporating Cognitive ToyBox into their classroom practice followed by a remote training webinar to launch a new school partner.
Interested candidates can send their resume to tammy@cognitivetoybox.com. We can’t wait to meet you!
Job Requirements
The company operates at the intersection between public policy, early childhood education and family support. By providing trusted and easy-to-use assessment tools, we can help the field to quantify the impact of early childhood education on child, family and economic outcomes, with the goal of improving access and quality for all children.
Early childhood education is at an inflection point: there is sufficient research on what works and there are national calls to increase access to high-quality care and education for children during their earliest years. Join us on our mission to help every child reach their full potential.
Cognitive ToyBox is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Open Positions
Backend Developer
We are seeking our first backend developer to support our mission in helping every child start school ready to succeed. The backend developer would work closely with our game developer and our CTO to build best-in-class edtech tools to make early childhood teachers’ lives easier and help the youngest learners thrive.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Evaluating, optimizing and maintaining our database architecture and systems
- Extending our web backend and web APIs for our core assessment product
- Supporting our data science efforts through data pulls and bulk report iteration and automation
Job Requirements:
- 3 years comparable experience in software development with Programming languages or Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proficient in: Python, SQL/PostgreSQL and database design principles
- Familiarity designing, implementing and/or integrating REST APIs
- Familiarity with AWS services: Lambda, API Gateway
Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with AWS serverless services, OAuth
- Familiarity with frontend Web Application Development (HTML/CSS/React/Javascript)
- Experience integrating 3rd party services
- System Administration experience for non-user facing utilities and systems
- Interest in edtech and start-ups is a plus!
Note: this job is based in NYC but we would consider remote for the right candidate
Interested candidates can send their resume to tammy@cognitivetoybox.com. We can’t wait to meet you!
ECE Implementation Manager (Spanish-Speaking)
We are seeking a Spanish-speaking Implementation Manager to support our early childhood education (ECE) partnerships in TX and CA. You will be responsible for training and supporting school administrators, coaches and teachers in using Cognitive ToyBox. This is a great time to get in early within an organization and help us to develop best practices in making assessment easy and actionable for early childhood education teachers.
The ideal candidate has experience working in an early childhood education setting as a head teacher, coach or administrator. This role might especially appeal to early childhood instructional coaches wanting to develop skills to support multiple types of programs, or an early childhood educator looking to make the transition to education technology. A typical day may include an on-site visit to support teachers in incorporating Cognitive ToyBox into their classroom practice followed by a remote training webinar to launch a new school partner.
Interested candidates can send their resume to tammy@cognitivetoybox.com. We can’t wait to meet you!
Job Requirements
- Experience working in an early childhood education setting
- Strong presentation and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Speaks Spanish fluently
- Comfortable with using technology
- Ability to travel: this position is based in NYC but will require 30% travel