We are an outcomes-focused learning company with a steadfast focus on improving learning environments, one classroom at a time. Working with us means joining a remote team of diverse, committed, mission-driven employees who are inspired by our vision, dedicated to our customers, and ready to roll up their sleeves. Guardians put their heads together to solve problems, learn together from experiments that fail, and stand together by their work with full accountability. We balance our diligence with an inclusive culture that invites everyone to bring their whole self to work. Join us and learn why “I love the people here” is one of the most frequent comments we hear from Guardians.
The Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to develop and maintain cloud solutions and backend services supporting products used by millions of students and educators. In this role, you’ll use a combination of backend engineering and infrastructure management to drive initiatives that improve reliability, security, and developer velocity across the organization. This position sits on Tech Foundation, a team that manages the core cloud infrastructure, shared data services, and developer tooling that empower our product teams to build innovative, reliable, and secure products. The ideal candidate is comfortable writing production-grade code as well as defining infrastructure standards, and most of all enjoys solving complex problems in a highly collaborative environment.
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What You'll Do
- Architect and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment systems to ensure high availability.
- Design and implement high-performance backend services and shared libraries to support core functionality across our product suites.
- Engineer high-throughput data pipelines and optimize data storage solutions to handle production-scale workloads.
- Write clean, maintainable code and lead initiatives to modernize and improve the health of the codebase.
- Build and enhance developer tooling and automation to accelerate testing, release, and engineering velocity.
- Collaborate across teams to drive technical standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers on system design and best practices.
Who You Are
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems or infrastructure.
- Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g. Go, Python, Java), preferably Go.
- Demonstrated experience with major cloud infrastructure providers (AWS preferred). Experience with GCP is a plus.
- Proficiency with various data storage and query technologies, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch. Experience with streaming platforms like Kinesis or Kafka is a plus.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools like Terraform.
- Understanding of containerization (Docker) and modern deployment architectures. Experience with Kubernetes or Serverless is a plus.
- Experience with configuring and optimizing build systems and deployment pipelines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Eager to take initiative in a fast-paced, ever-changing, dynamic environment.
- Fueled by the opportunity to truly impact the education landscape.
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- Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, bonuses, and an employee stock option plan.
- Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, paid parental leave, wellness days, and a paid year-end holiday break.
- A robust catalog of benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing: learning funds, lifestyle funds, online yoga & meditation classes, fertility & adoption reimbursement, and more…
Plus the intangible:
- A varied and challenging role in a global and highly innovative high-growth company.
- Supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion.
The typical base salary range for this position is $155,000 - $195,000 per year. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay for this position and your pay will be determined by a variety of factors, including your primary work location, skills, qualifications and experience. Additional benefits information is listed on our careers page.
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