Backend Engineer at Remote only Full Time

The Opportunity

The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.

We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
• Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
• Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
• Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
• Provide technical mentoring to team members

You

• You have experience in backend technologies for web based applications with strong understanding of domain driven design, SOLID design principles, database.
• You have hands-on experience in,
• Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
• Code review, responsible for production deployments 
• Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications
• Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt)
• Defining best practices for backend systems.
• You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
• You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions. 
• You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
• You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
• You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
• You are a proponent of quality – building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.

Non-negotiables

Must have

• Expertise in software design and architecture
• Experience in web application development, building scalable and fault-tolerant applications
• Ability to handle ambiguity and take good decisions

Good to have

• Experience with Python/Django/GCP
• Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
• Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features,  breaking monolith into services)
• Working knowledge on CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
• Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
• Mentoring skills

Expectations

• Able to independently own end to end delivery of medium sized projects. This includes being able to:
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements
• Work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
• Plan and estimate tasks of medium size and complexity
• Communicate plans, deviations and blockers in a timely manner to all project stakeholders
• Able to design and develop high quality software, increasing the overall standard of excellence in the team