Staff Software Engineer

Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead small teams in the design and delivery of software improvements while maintaining significant coding responsibilities.

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
• Required Education: 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