Senior Software Engineer (AI-Forward)

Recademics is a fast-growing edtech company focused on building innovative educational experiences. The Senior Software Engineer will play a critical role in building, scaling, and modernizing their education platforms, utilizing full-stack technologies and AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications using Node.js (backend) and React (frontend)
• Lead development of scalable, well-structured APIs, with GraphQL as a primary interface layer
• Actively use AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Copilot, agent-based IDE workflows) to accelerate development, refactoring, and debugging
• Retrofit and modernize existing/legacy applications to work effectively with AI-assisted and agentic development patterns (e.g., improving modularity, test coverage, and architectural boundaries so AI tools can reason over the codebase)
• Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver clean, intuitive user experiences
• Participate in architectural discussions with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and velocity
• Own features end-to-end: technical design, implementation, testing, and iteration
• Communicate clearly and asynchronously with teammates across time zones
• Contribute to internal standards and best practices around AI-augmented engineering workflows

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience as a full-stack developer, with senior-level ownership expectations
• Strong expertise in: JavaScript (ES6+)
• TypeScript (strongly typed, production-grade code required)
• Node.js
• React
• HTML / CSS
• Modern front-end patterns and tooling
• Experience Designing And Maintaining APIs (GraphQL Strongly Preferred)
• Experience working in monorepo and microservice architectures
• Hands-on AWS experience, including building, deploying, and operating services
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform and/or AWS CDK)
• Experience with Docker and Redis in production environments
• Hands-on experience using AI coding tools in production, such as: Claude Code or similar LLM-driven coding environments, Copilot, Cursor, or agent-based IDE workflows
• Mission-driven and excited about improving access to high-quality education
• Strong communicator who thrives in a remote-first, async-friendly environment
• Comfortable working autonomously and proposing alternative solutions when tradeoffs arise
• Passionate about continuous learning, especially as AI reshapes software development
• Experience retrofitting or refactoring legacy codebases to better support: AI-assisted development, Improved testability, modularity, and reasoning boundaries
• Understanding of agentic programming concepts (task decomposition, tool-calling agents, human-in-the-loop workflows)
• Experience with AWS-hosted systems
• Experience With Redis Or Other Caching Layers
• Startup or scale-up experience where speed and ownership matter
• Prior leadership of technical initiatives in a remote-first organization
• Familiarity with LMS or online education platforms (Canvas, Blackboard, custom LMSs)
• Exposure to Lean principles and iterative delivery
• Love for the outdoors when you're not coding!