Sr Backend Software Engineer

Vista Higher Learning•Boston, MA

131d•$130,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

In the role of Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will join our talented and growing Development team that is an essential part of building Vista Higher Learning’s unique and industry leading online language education products sold in the K-12 and Higher Education markets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
7+ year’s Backend Software Engineering experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails or Python + JavaScript
Demonstrated software architectural design experience, including data persistence and API design
Strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), LLM APIs and AI tooling
Strong understanding of networking and web browser protocols
Advanced working knowledge of nix systems, and comfort working at terminal command line.
Advanced SQL and DB schema design knowledge
Advanced working knowledge of git & GitHub
Experience collaborating with other departments/teams
Strong communication, listening and interpersonal skills to be able to actively listen to needs and respond to audience appropriately

Nice To Haves

Fullstack development experience
Knowledge around LLM evaluation and MLOps practices
Experience with Sagemaker, AWS Poly, Azure Speech Service
Experience with SQL, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch
Experience building and deploying high-capacity applications in cloud environments, especially AWS
A strong understanding of how to architect solutions for scalability and performance
Experience with Ruby highly preferred
Experience in ed-tech, education, language-learning or a similar industry
Familiarity with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and best practices for meeting 2.1 AA compliance

Responsibilities

Participate in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Perform tests to optimize performance
Write clean code to develop functioning web applications
Work effectively and collaborate with different team members to deliver on-time and efficient projects

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