About Us:
Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.
Our Mission:
Seesaw’s mission is to provide every elementary student with joyful and connected learning experiences that lay the foundation for success in life.
Your Team:
This Software Engineer will join our Core Platform team, a back-end team functioning as the backbone of our organization, dedicated to crafting and maintaining the fundamental infrastructure and service libraries that drive Seesaw's success. By constructing the foundational layers upon which all other product teams build, they empower rapid and scalable development of exceptional user experiences. Additionally, the Core Platform team assumes ownership of critical operational aspects, including security, reliability, and cost-effectiveness to ensure the seamless operation of Seesaw's platform and cloud infrastructure.
Your Role:
Seesaw is seeking an experienced back-end, infrastructure-focused Software Engineer to join our Core Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in shaping the very foundation of our platform, constructing the layers that enable our diverse product teams to swiftly create exceptional user experiences at scale. Your responsibilities will encompass ensuring the security, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of Seesaw's platform, IT, and cloud infrastructure.
Your Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering) to design, develop, and maintain the core infrastructure of Seesaw's services.
- Create scalable and efficient back-end systems that enable rapid development of user-centric features.
- Ensure the security and reliability of Seesaw's platform, proactively identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks.
- Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost-effectiveness, leveraging best practices in resource management.
- Contribute to an iterative development process to deliver new features that students, teachers, families, and school administrators love.
- Back-end software development for our platform (Python / DynamoDB / ElasticSearch).
- Help develop a strong technical roadmap and engineering culture through design proposals, industry engagement, and more.
Your Requirements:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in a back-end/infrastructure Software Engineering role.
- Strong proficiency in Python, AWS (or another Cloud provider).
- Strong Computer Science fundamentals - a bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent experience.
- Direct experience designing, developing, and maintaining software at scale.
- Comfort working within complex systems and ability to write readable, maintainable self-documenting or well-documented code.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Bonus credit: Experience working in AppSec and/or InfraSec space, and infra-as-code development experience.
Compensation & Benefits:
The annual base salary range for this position is: $134,400 - $160,000 + RSUs.
Benefits include: Medical/Dental + Orthodontics/Vision Coverage, 401k Match, Flexible Paid Time Off, Mindfulness First Fridays, Monthly Technology Stipend, Home Office Setup Stipend, Professional Development Stipend, Paid Parental Leave, Charitable Donation Matching, Volunteer Days.
Seesaw cares about building a diverse and inclusive team to better advocate for the needs of our incredibly diverse K-12 users.
We prioritize work-life balance and encourage everyone to work at a sustainable pace.
Seesaw provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, age, sexual orientation, or military or veteran status.
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