Senior Engineer

Otus•Chicago, IL

13d•$135,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Engineer to help bring the best possible software solutions to educators. You will own complex technical problems, collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional partners, and help design and build reliable, scalable software. We value engineers who are curious and thoughtful, value open communication, and are committed to continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to immediately contribute and see the results of your work in use by students, teachers, parents, and district administrators across the country.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience
Professional experience building and maintaining backend services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
Experience contributing to software architecture and system design decisions, with a strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable software
Strong understanding of database technologies, data modeling, and SQL, with experience working with relational databases
Hands-on experience deploying and supporting software in production environments, including application monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis
2+ years of professional experience working with a modern frontend framework, preferably Angular
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to thrive in an environment of continuous improvement and open feedback
Must be legally authorized to work in the US.
Company is unable to support sponsorships at this time.

Nice To Haves

Experience building and maintaining event-driven or asynchronous systems, using technologies such as Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms
Experience with search and indexing technologies such as OpenSearch
Experience with advanced observability and telemetry, including OpenTelemetry (OTel)
Experience with Docker and containerized applications
Experience building solutions hosted in AWS
Experience with backend frameworks such as NestJS
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Experience working with K-12 education technology

Responsibilities

Own complex technical problems and features, from understanding the problem and defining an approach through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing improvement.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Design, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, identify dependencies, and translate user needs into effective technical solutions.
Contribute to system and architecture design decisions, evaluating tradeoffs and balancing maintainability, reliability, scalability, and time to delivery.
Proactively communicate technical risks, dependencies, decisions, and changes in direction, and investigate production issues across interconnected services and external dependencies.
Foster a collaborative engineering culture through code and design reviews, knowledge sharing, constructive feedback, and technical guidance to other engineers.
Continuously develop technical knowledge and quickly build context in unfamiliar systems and technologies to solve problems effectively.

Benefits

Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision coverage effective day 1 of employment
20 PTO days per year
5 Sick days per year
16 Holidays per year, including your birthday and a day to do something you love
12 weeks of full paid parental leave for the care of a new child
$1,500 Annual Professional Development/Tuition Reimbursement Benefit
Eligible for performance-based incentive compensation
Employer Paid Life and Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
401K Plan with a Safe Harbor Employer Match (up to 4%)
$500 per year Work From Home Allowance
MacBook Pro and an additional monitor for your home office
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