🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll anchor the technical direction of a new product team focused on evolving observation services at an education technology company. Your core impact is owning feasibility, system design, and delivery of complex features while mentoring engineers. This role stands out for its focus on societal impact through classroom interactions and cross-team collaboration.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Own technical feasibility and architecture for major initiatives.
• Lead technical design discussions and drive key decisions.
• Implement complex features and improve system reliability.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical rigor within the team.

📋 Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend expertise.
• Experience operating as a technical lead within a product team.
• Strong system design, API design, and data modeling fundamentals.
• Experience building and operating production systems at scale.
• Experience working in cloud-hosted environments (e.g., AWS) with CI/CD and automated testing.

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Experience improving and evolving legacy systems incrementally.
• Experience working in revenue-generating SaaS environments.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💰 Fair, Competitive Pay: Salary range $131,800 - $164,700 based on experience.
• 🏥 Comprehensive Benefits: Medical/dental, 401(k), PTO, insurance, development opportunities.