Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join OpenSesame's fully remote team as a Senior Engineer and contribute to the growth of our eLearning platform. You will collaborate with engineers using Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including test-driven development and continuous deployment. This role involves working across the tech stack, contributing to new features and modernization efforts, transitioning from Drupal 7/Angular to TypeScript, Node.js, and React. You will mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning. The position combines hands-on engineering with peer leadership, requiring technical decision-making and guidance on development practices. OpenSesame offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off.

Requirements

• Work closely with engineers across the organization and collaborate with teammates through Extreme Programming (XP) practices, including test-driven development (TDD), continuous deployment, and evolutionary design
• Work across the stack, contributing to both new feature development and modernization efforts
• Maintain existing systems
• Mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and shared ownership
• Legal ability (passport and travel visa) to travel to the US
• Excellent spoken and written English skills
• Reliable, high-bandwidth Internet connectivity

Responsibilities

• Get fully integrated into the team’s workflow
• Develop a deep understanding of the product and architecture (including legacy systems)
• Start contributing to collaborative development processes
• Build relationships with engineers across OpenSesame
• Learn team workflows
• Contribute with a focus on collective ownership of outcomes
• Pair and mob with team members to learn the legacy Drupal 7/Angular system
• Contribute to modernization efforts using TypeScript, Node.js, and React
• Apply test-driven development (TDD) and continuous deployment to ensure high-quality, maintainable solutions
• Start mentoring engineers
• Provide technical guidance
• Foster a culture of continuous learning through XP practices
• Engage fully in the team's agile ceremonies, retrospectives, and discussions
• Help the team refine XP-based workflows
• Improve test-driven development (TDD) and evolutionary design strategies
• Take on more leadership in technical decision-making
• Guide the team’s development practices
• Ensure quality in both code and process
• Deepen your understanding of legacy systems and their modernization
• Play a key role in shaping the technical direction of the team
• Ensure architectural decisions balance scalability, maintainability, and incremental modernization of our Drupal 7/Angular marketplace toward a TypeScript, Node.js, React stack
• Continue engaging in pair programming and mobbing to lead important initiatives
• Foster strong collaboration across the organization
• Help the team break down complex work into vertical slices
• Ensure incremental value delivery and fast feedback loops
• Mentor engineers across teams
• Collaborate with engineering managers to help identify and support hiring efforts
• Act as a connector between engineers
• Help align best practices across teams
• Mentor team members in improving build processes to achieve zero-friction local development and continuous integration
• Develop expertise in James Shore’s "Testing Without Mocks" pattern language and begin mentoring others in applying it
• Establish yourself as a technical leader and mentor
• Help shape OpenSesame’s engineering culture while driving technical excellence
• Foster a culture where each team member feels empowered to take initiative and contribute to the success of the team
• Encourage shared responsibility for both legacy and modernizing systems
• Continue mentoring engineers at all levels
• Foster a strong sense of collaboration and knowledge-sharing across teams
• Work with engineering leadership to define and implement long-term technical strategies that align with company goals
• Lead initiatives that enhance the team’s ability to execute efficiently within the XP framework
• Provide thoughtful input to engineering leadership on the needs, challenges, and opportunities facing the team
• Advocate for strategies that align with the team’s strengths and address gaps in skills or processes
• Act as a technical connector
• Help align best practices in test-driven development (TDD), continuous deployment, and evolutionary design across engineering teams
• Continue leading efforts to retire legacy technologies and simplify architecture
• Ensure the Drupal 7/Angular marketplace remains stable and well-supported

Preferred Qualifications

Specific examples from your past experiences

Benefits

• ISOs
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off