Staff Engineer, Composer Platform

🕒 5 days ago

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

💵 $180k - $250k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Finalsite

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1998

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 Debt financing on 2014-12

Education • SaaS • B2B

Finalsite is a provider of web and communications technology for K–12 and higher education institutions. Finalsite offers an education-focused CMS and website design (Composer), AI chatbot tools, mass notifications and messaging, mobile apps, enrollment and admissions management, and marketing services aimed at helping schools build community, improve communications, and grow enrollment. The company serves school districts, independent schools, international schools, charter schools, and faith-based schools and notes it has been trusted by schools for more than 25 years.

📋 Description

• Define and lead technical strategy, architecture, and modernization initiatives for the Composer platform • Drive decoupling and migration efforts from legacy application dependencies while maintaining platform stability • Improve platform reliability, scalability, observability, and operational resilience • Establish engineering standards related to instrumentation, monitoring, alerting, and system performance • Lead architecture review practices and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on technical decisions • Support distributed systems and containerized application environments • Provide technical mentorship and guidance through code reviews, design feedback, and engineering best practices • Utilize AI-assisted development tools to support codebase navigation, modernization, and platform evolution

🎯 Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience as Staff Engineer or senior-level individual contributor supporting large-scale production platforms • Strong experience with Ruby/Rails or comparable backend application frameworks • Experience leading modernization, migration, or architectural decoupling initiatives • Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and application resiliency principles • Experience with observability tools, monitoring frameworks, and alerting strategies • Experience supporting containerized applications and scalable production environments • Strong communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills • Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar technologies

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive benefits • Professional development opportunities • Collaborative culture built on partnership and purpose