Sr Full stack Software Engineer

About the role

We are passionate, innovative, lifelong learners, and creative thinkers working to develop culturally authentic language learning products for K-12 schools and universities.

Responsibilities

• Join a Development team focused on innovation shaping the industry-leading digital language education products.
• Participate in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Write clean code to develop functioning web applications.
• Collaborate with different team members to deliver on-time and efficient projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of Senior level Software Engineering experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails or Python + JavaScript
• Demonstrated software architectural design experience, including data persistence and API design
• Advanced working knowledge of *nix systems, and comfort working at terminal command line.
• Advanced SQL and DB schema design knowledge
• Advanced working knowledge of git & GitHub
• Experience collaborating with other departments/teams
• Strong communication, listening and interpersonal skills

Qualifications

• Experience with Sagemaker , AWS Poly, Azure Speech Service
• Experience with SQL, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch
• Experience building and deploying high-capacity applications in cloud environments, especially AWS
• Strong understanding of how to architect solutions for scalability and performance
• Experience working with LLMs and AI tooling for developers
• Ruby highly preferred
• Familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and best practices for meeting 2.1 AA compliance

Benefits

• Life/Health/Dental/Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Educational assistance
• Commuter pass subsidies
• Generous employee referral bonuses
• PTO and paid holidays

Pay

$140k-$150k annual base salary range

Schedule

Tuesday and Thursday (2-day minimum) Hybrid schedule

Location

Boston - Hybrid or Remote - Eastern US Time Zone

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vista Higher Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to: [email protected]

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