Remote Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Kiddom is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and build scalable API integrations for their educational platform. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Computer Science or a related field, 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, and expertise in REST APIs, authorization technologies, and continuous integration tools. Additional skills such as experience with educational technologies, React/Redux, Go(lang), Cassandra, Elasticsearch, AWS, and Terraform are beneficial but not mandatory. Kiddom offers competitive salary, meaningful equity, health benefits, 10 paid sick days per year, unlimited vacation time, paid family leave, and a remote work policy.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field
• 5+ years professional software engineering experience
• Experience designing and building REST APIs
• Exposure to authorization technologies (OAuth)
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and software engineering best practices

Responsibilities

• Design and build a scalable, generalized framework for third-party API integrations
• Leverage existing infrastructure and components to build RESTful web services
• Build APIs and robust testing environments for internal and external developers
• Craft delightful user experiences
• Own the product - we love people who pick up things and run with them

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with educational technologies
• Experience or interest in education
• Experience working at a startup
• Experience with React/Redux
• Experience with Go(lang)
• Experience with Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, Lambda)
• Experience with Terraform

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 10 paid sick days per year
• Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State