Software Engineer, Backend

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $172.5k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Seesaw Learning

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📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Education • SaaS • B2B

Seesaw Learning is an innovative educational technology company that offers a comprehensive platform designed to enhance learning experiences for elementary students. With a focus on multimodal learning tools, Seesaw enables students to become creators of their own learning journeys while supporting teachers and engaging families. The platform provides interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features to foster continuous visibility and support students' educational development. Seesaw's tools cater to diverse learning needs, making learning accessible for students with various abilities and language backgrounds, ultimately building future-ready skills.

📋 Description

• Modify, diagnose, and change Seesaw’s Python HTTP backend running on Tornado • Work with data stored in Dynamo, Elasticsearch, and Redis • Contribute to infrastructure-as-code for provisioning AWS resources • Apply distributed-systems reasoning to technical decisions • Own technical work from inception through implementation, production monitoring, and alerting • Share best practices for code authoring, tool usage, and observability with engineering teams • Ensure platform security and reliability by addressing vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks • Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost-effectiveness • Help develop the technical roadmap and engineering culture through design proposals and industry engagement • Partner with senior engineers, product managers, and stakeholders on strategic initiatives and infrastructure alignment

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years experience with backend development • Thorough understanding of distributed systems, including eventual consistency, fan-in fan-out patterns, and backpressure • Familiarity with AWS core services (EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, ECS/EKS) or similar cloud experience • Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions • Experience owning and operating infrastructure running software at high scale, including billions of incoming requests per month • Deep understanding of backend development and infrastructure at scale • Expertise implementing HTTP APIs and interacting with data storage layers • Infrastructure provisioning experience • Ability to execute independently and make sound decisions about when to seek information • E-Verify participation and employment eligibility verification may apply

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental + Orthodontics/Vision Coverage • 401(k) 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 • Flexible vacation policy • Work-life balance and employee well-being focus

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