Senior Software Engineer

A US-based company that provides educators with instructional materials that fulfill modern digital and print requirements, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer. The engineer will be in charge of building and implementing functional software solutions by designing and making effective software and tools. The company is on a mission to empower more educators, engage more students, and connect more families through their learning platform. The company has successfully raised $30mn+ during their Series C round of funding. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop software and tools to produce and implement functional software solutions
• Develop robust, scalable software that is aligned with user needs and the company’s goals
• Improve the delivery solutions to meet business objectives
• Develop tools and applications by producing robust, scalable, and testable code
• Automate tasks through proper deployment of tools and scripting
• Conduct code reviews and debug codes 
• Write unit, functional, and integration tests regularly 
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, product, UX, and other internal teams to fix and improve product features 
• Ensure that the system’s software is up-to-date with the latest technologies
• Break down large projects into smaller, easier chunks to ship features effectively 
• Brainstorm new approaches and ways of thinking and opportunities that contribute to the company’s goals 
• Ability to work autonomously to deliver projects 
• Help recruit new engineers to the team 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 4+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer 
• Demonstrable experience signing, programming, securing, testing, reviewing, releasing, and maintaining software solutions
• A minimum of 4+ years of web application engineering experience with Ruby on Rails, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and RESTful APIs
• At least 1+ years of proficiency in modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, and Angular
• 1+ years of experience improving the performance of Ruby on Rails applications with Memcached and background job processing frameworks (Sidekiq, Resque, etc.) is required
• Prior experience with 3rd party integrations
• Analytical and problem-solving aptitude