Senior Software Engineer

Schoolhouse

32d • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who wants to build something that’ll have an impact. You’ll join our 5-person engineering team and own full-stack features that hundreds of thousands of learners and tutors use worldwide.

Engineers at Schoolhouse have lots of ownership — you’ll work directly with our designer and other stakeholders to build out new experiments and streamline existing operations. We think the best way for engineers to build a quality product is to be involved early, drive progress, and stay close to our end users.

Scaling free quality interactions between students around the world comes with challenges that live at the intersection of UX, people ops, and technology. We need to both meet learner / tutor needs while ensuring that these interactions stay high quality and safe.

Some examples of what we’ve worked on include:

Building an AI simulation & coach to help tutors practice for their first tutoring session
Experimenting with new ways to connect tutors to learners wanting immediate homework help
Creating a moderation system to automatically recognize and act on safety issues so humans can focus their time on the most important issues

Requirements

• You’ve been a full-stack software engineer 3+ years and have a track record of creating new user experiences, making technical decisions, and writing maintainable code.
• You have experience with Typescript, Node.js, React, Next.js, and Postgres (or can ramp up quickly).
• You build for users & have a nose for understanding what would help them the most.
• You move quickly while maintaining quality and want to ship regularly. Perfect is the enemy of good.
• You fill in the gaps — you ask for help, but still work independently to figure things out. If necessary you can put on another hat if it’ll help users the most.
• You’re available to work in a US timezone.

Nice To Haves

• You have deep technical experience with our stack Typescript, Node.js, React, Next.js, Postgres, AWS, and GCP.
• You have experience building mobile apps.
• You have experience working in education or on an ed-tech product.

Responsibilities

• Experiment & build features alongside other stakeholders from ideation to implementation
• Write simple, readable code & create abstractions that future engineers can easily maintain & change

Benefits

• Work with an amazing team. We’ve got folks with backgrounds in education, consulting, astrophysics, startups, and more.
• Fully remote with flexible working hours. Meetings are in US Pacific Time mornings.
• Take real time off. We have unlimited PTO & use it. Folks regularly take time off throughout the year.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Work-from-home stipend. Professional development budget. Health, dental, vision (for US employees).
• Semesterly retreats and monthly regional meetups
• Make an impact you can see. Check out our community stories page. Watch students help each other learn. See tutors grow into leaders. Your code will help real people learn and grow.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed