Software Engineer

Accelerate Learning is dedicated to engaging and inspiring STEM education for PreK-12. As a Software Engineer, you’ll contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of backend services and internal tools, while gaining exposure to modern frameworks and event-driven systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain applications for online digital STEM applications
• Develop services and APIs using TypeScript/Node.js, Fastify, and React
• Contribute to React frontend development and integration with EdTech applications, ensuring a seamless user experience
• Support service-to-service communication strategies and event-driven architecture
• Implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms (JWT, API keys, personal access tokens)
• Collaborate with teammates on audit logging, error handling, testing, and observability for high-quality, resilient applications
• Work with GitHub for version control, pull requests, and code reviews, and Jira for agile workflows and issue tracking
• Leverage AWS services (Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, etc.) for cloud-based deployments and scalability
• Partner with Product, engineering, and QA teams to deliver features that directly impact educators and learners

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 3–5 years of professional experience in software development
• Proficiency with TypeScript/Node.js (backend) and React (frontend)
• Experience with APIs, authentication, and service-to-service communication
• Experience with AWS deployments and cloud services
• Strong understanding of testing practices (Playwright or similar) and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn
• A collaborative team player with strong communication skills for effective collaboration across technical and non-technical teams
• Familiarity with Fastify, Zod, OpenTelemetry, GraphQL, or gRPC
• AI/ML integrations or serverless-first architecture