Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Ellevation Education as a Staff Software Engineer for their instructional product domain, focusing on backend development (Python, Postgres, AWS Lambda) and frontend (React). Work in small, remote teams with core hours of 10AM - 4PM (Eastern), meet in person about 4 times per year. Have 7+ years of software development experience, including API and Database design, experience with modern backend tools on AWS, deep experience in at least one modern language, exposure to React and/or JavaScript, success in a rapidly changing, collaborative environment, versatility to learn new technologies, strong interpersonal skills, passion for building great products through technology. Salary range: $160,000-$190,000 per year.

Requirements

• Have 7+ years of software development experience, including API and Database design
• Experience with technologies & tools for developing modern backends on AWS
• Deep experience in at least one modern language, e.g., Python, Go, C# etc
• Exposure to React and/or JavaScript and related UI frameworks
• Demonstrated success working in and promoting a rapidly changing, collaborative, and iterative product development environment
• Versatility to learn new technologies and contribute across different parts of the tech stack
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with teammates of varying levels of experience and stakeholders across multiple domains

Responsibilities

Create value by working alongside engineering managers and instructional product teams

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, annual performance-based raise, and bonus (or commission for sales positions)
• Comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees
• Flexible paid time off for vacations, sick and disability policy, additional 10 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's
• Generous parental leave benefit, back-up childcare or eldercare, and a variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of employees