Staff Software Engineer

2 days ago

Chicago IL United States ZipRecruiter Full time

Job Description

RedShelf is a fast-paced and growing Chicago-based EdTech company helping to make education both more affordable and more effective through the use of digital instructional resources. Partnering with more than 600 publishers and 1,900 campuses nationwide, we provide a leading-edge, end-to-end software platform for effortlessly distributing those materials to students and instructors.

Job Summary

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer with strong architecture expertise and a solid background in designing testable and reliable systems to join our fast-paced, mission-centered team. The ideal candidate will have a unique blend of technical expertise, insatiable curiosity, and an analytical mindset. This person should be comfortable working independently, providing technical leadership, and mentoring other engineers in the architecture, design, development, and testing of mission-critical services, applications, and infrastructure layers. Experience with TypeScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or PostgreSQL is helpful to succeed quickly in this role. The Staff Software Engineer will have a significant impact on our business success as well as the success of millions of university students.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Own the design and implementation of large-scale systems
  • Communicate technical strategy across teams
  • Design and implement comprehensive test strategies to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of systems, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end testing
  • Mentor fellow engineers
  • Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)
  • Write quality product, system development code and tests
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback
  • Track and triage production and system issues. Debug/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations and quality
  • Work with architects to develop technical requirements and broad system design

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software development experience
  • 7+ years of experience developing complex, product-focused codebases
  • 3+ years of experience leading or mentoring other engineers
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines, using observability tools and modern typescript automation testing tooling and frameworks
  • Real-world experience developing with modern programming, preferably with Typescript
  • Proven track record of building successful full-stack applications, products, or platforms
  • Self-sufficient and highly motivated, self-directed and possesses high energy and a passion for RedShelf's mission

Other Desirable Skills/Experience

  • Comfortable using GenAI tools to assist in daily engineering activities
  • Knowledge and appreciation of the advances in higher educational software, course materials, and digital publishing is a plus
  • Background and/or experience in educational technology and/or publishing

Why RedShelf?

RedShelf prides itself on maintaining an informal but fast-moving, hard-working, entrepreneurial culture. Our team members are smart, innovative, and passionate about improving education through digital technology.

We offer the best of both worlds: the energy and opportunity of a rapidly-growing organization, coupled with the stability of an extensive client base, strong financial backing, and proven track record of success. In addition to a forward-thinking environment with ample opportunity for professional and personal growth, our team members enjoy competitive compensation and benefit packages.

RedShelf is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and others who would enrich the diversity of RedShelf are encouraged to apply.

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