Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kiddom is transforming K–12 education by bringing high-quality curriculum, instructional tools, and student analytics together in one coherent system. They are seeking a Staff Backend Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services that power their applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and databases
• Ensure the scalability, security, and performance of backend systems
• Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features
• Optimize applications for performance, reliability, and scalability
• Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring system uptime and reliability
• Work with our customers to troubleshoot issues and bugs and also help with Kiddom onboarding

Skills

• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field
• 7+ years professional software engineering experience
• Experience scaling integration systems
• Proficiency in working with databases (SQL & NoSQL) such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and software engineering best practices
• You've been through the planning, launching and refactoring phases of code you wrote
• Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment
• Motivated and responsible individual who strives to exceed expectations
• Sincere interest in working at a startup and scaling with the company as we grow
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field required; Master's degree preferred
• Experience in Edtech industry
• Familiarity with Golang, Typescript
• Experience with AWS Lambda, Terraform

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
• 401k plan
• One Medical membership (in participating locations)
• Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.
• 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
• Paid holidays
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.
• Commuter and FSA plans

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