Staff Software Engineer

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization focused on providing quality educational content and tools. The Staff Engineer will lead small teams in designing and delivering software improvements, mentor engineers, and ensure the release of high-quality software.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product managers and product designers to build great products
• Coach and mentor software engineers
• Review application code to ensure Great Minds is releasing high quality software
• Evaluate, decide and implement technical architecture decisions and designs and communicate those decisions to others

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience as a software engineer, of which 3 or more of those years show proven experience designing technical solutions at the component or module level
• Expertise designing and operating in a cloud-native application environment (preferably with AWS)
• Ability to develop production-ready code using one or more of the following languages/frameworks: JavaScript, NodeJS, React, Vue, or Angular
• Ability to effectively communicate application architecture (written and verbal) to multiple audiences
• Sense of intellectual curiosity and a passion for learning with a strong problem-solving mindset
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience working with Content Management Systems (CMS) and/or dynamic content authoring workflows is a plus
• Experience in Education, EdTech, or Media Publishing is a plus