Senior Software Engineer

Braven • Chicago, IL

12d • $111,300 - $153,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

Braven is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of the platform, tools, and automation that power Braven’s programs. This role is part of the Systems team, which prioritizes impact, simplicity, and iteration. The Senior Software Engineer will own complex, end-to-end full-stack initiatives across the learning platform, data systems, and AI/automation to scale programs. Responsibilities include raising the technical bar through architecture and code reviews, and mentoring engineers. The role reports directly to the Sr Dir, Software Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, completion of a technical training program, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Nice To Haves

• Strong full-stack proficiency across backend, frontend, and database design, with experience in technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Python, React, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Git.
• Strong mentoring and communication skills, able to manage stakeholders and bridge technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience applying AI and automation to ship faster or scale operations, such as LLM-assisted development or workflow automation.
• Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship complex features (60%)
• Scope and lead full-stack initiatives in Python and/or Ruby on Rails across our platform, data pipelines, and program automation, from ambiguous problems to production.
• Make pragmatic architecture and technical design decisions that keep our systems robust, performant, secure, and maintainable.
• Raise the team’s technical bar (25%)
• Review code and architecture proposals, and mentor engineers to help them grow.
• Champion testing, observability, and engineering best practices, and improve our processes and documentation.
• Collaborate and stay current (15%)
• Partner across technical and non-technical teams, participate in scrum and sprints, and integrate the systems our programs rely on.
• Stay informed on industry trends, security, data privacy, and emerging AI tooling, and bring them to the team.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior