Senior Backend Engineer, Academies - US Remote

March 26

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The lifelong learning and skill-building platform for one in three Fortune 50 companies.

Education • Credentials • Social Recruiting • EdTech • Education Technology

501 - 1000

💰 Venture Round on 2021-07

Description

• Provide technical leadership to the team with design, architecture and estimation of functional components and workflows. • Own the end-to-end development of new features and/or enhancements to existing features • Work with the Product Manager, Engineering Manager and the team in planning and elaborating technical stories for sprint releases • Help troubleshoot production issues and work with the team to continuously evaluate and improve the quality, reliability, and scalability of the Integrations platform • Conduct research, build proof-of-concepts, and architecture/design discussions • Continuously evaluate and recommend improvements to existing engineering processes including planning, development, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting • Build relationships with architects, business owners and other stakeholders across Degreed and influence technology decisions based on data

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience • 5+ years of demonstrated software development experience with an Object Oriented language (C#, C++, Java, Python, Go) • 5+ years of demonstrated software engineering experience in an agile environment designing, architecting, and implementing robust SaaS systems • 3+ years of technical leadership experience • Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, technical and non-technical • Ability and willingness to mentor other engineers • Solution-driven with the ability to understand the big picture • Lifelong learner and passionate about discovering new things and taking on new challenges.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (both PPO and HDHP plans available) • Dental and vision plans for you and your family • Employer-paid life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability • Company equity • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with up to 4% match • Company funded HSA and dependent care FSA (pending eligibility) • Generous Parental Leave • Unlimited Paid Time Off and 5 sick days per year • Education benefit: Up to $1,200 per year for anything you want to learn (and we mean anything!) • One-time Home Office Stipend to make your workspace more comfortable • Monthly internet and phone stipend • Monthly wellness stipend through Forma • Wellness programs focused on your financial, physical, and mental wellbeing