Key skills
Backend software engineeringAWS infrastructureTerraformAmazon ECSAmazon RDS/AuroraAmazon SESAmazon SQSAmazon SNSScalable system designAttendance analytics systemsEducation technologySolutions-oriented mindsetAnalyticsAWSECSRDSSNSSQSCommunication
About this role
Newsela is a leading education technology company dedicated to meaningful classroom learning for every student. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain components of the software platform to support attendance analytics and family communication tools, contributing to impactful outcomes for students and schools.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain components of our software platform that support attendance analytics, process management, and family communication tools
- Maintain and improve our student and attendance data systems, ensuring they remain performant and scalable as they grow to support tens of millions of records
- Develop new features that enhance product capabilities and drive meaningful outcomes for schools and students
- Automate operational and monitoring processes to support system reliability and scalability
- Optimize and enhance our AWS infrastructure to improve performance, efficiency, and system resilience
- Contribute to technical discussions and help shape practical, scalable solutions, balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
- Partner with cross-functional teams to translate product needs into technical solutions and deliver high-quality outcomes
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong foundation in building scalable backend systems
- Advanced proficiency in our core stack (or similar technologies), including: Experience working with AWS infrastructure, including tools such as Terraform, ECS, RDS/Aurora, SES, and messaging systems like SQS/SNS
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, maintaining strong attention to detail and delivering high-quality work on time
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts, trade-offs, and decisions to a range of stakeholders
- Comfortable working in ambiguous and evolving environments, with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset
- Experience collaborating across teams to drive alignment, communicate progress, and deliver against shared goals
- Experience operating in environments with broad scope and ambiguity, with the ability to work across multiple areas of the stack
- Experience with education or education technology a plus