Remote Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Education

Description:

• Brightwheel is on a mission to provide high-quality early education for every child, supporting teachers, engaging parents, and enabling small businesses in the early education industry.
• The company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Education team to build a learning platform for administrators, teachers, and parents.
• The role involves launching new features and products that help educators plan activities, track student development, and share progress with families.
• The ideal candidate is a builder with a growth mindset, a true owner who takes accountability for high-quality solutions, customer-focused, a collaborative partner, and a mentor who elevates team practices.
• Responsibilities include partnering with Product and Design to deliver impactful features, architecting and scaling backend systems, owning eCommerce systems, collaborating across functions, and contributing to the technical direction of the team.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have 5+ years of professional experience, preferably in fast-paced early- or mid-stage startups.
• Experience in delivering large-scale backend systems that enhance customer-facing experiences and business operations is required.
• Proficiency in languages such as Ruby on Rails, Python, or Go is necessary for designing and implementing distributed systems.
• Experience with billing systems like Stripe and maintaining integrations is essential.
• Candidates should have contributed to or led migration efforts in evolving codebases and partnered with cross-functional teams to launch features.
• Mentoring other engineers and establishing best practices is expected.
• Bonus points for experience with microservices/service-oriented architectures and full-stack development using React.js.

Benefits:

• Brightwheel offers competitive compensation, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies, with a salary range of $154,000 - $237,000 a year.
• Employees are empowered as stakeholders through equity ownership, providing financial upside alongside the company's success.
• Premium benefits include healthcare coverage valued at over $15,000, generous paid parental leave, flexible paid time off (PTO), 401(k) enrollment, and a monthly remote productivity stipend.
• The company is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.