Staff Engineer, Software Engineering

United States

At Guild, we believe talent is everywhere and that opportunity should be too. We continue to have our home and headquarters in Denver, but we have embraced a distributed model of working to reach the best talent in the United States. While some roles may require proximity to our Denver office, roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 30 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI and Washington D.C. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.

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If you are an Internal Candidate, please apply via our Internal Job Board. 

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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:

• Nurture A Learner’s Mindset - using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
• Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
• Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company

Guild Education, Inc. has an opening for a Staff Engineer, Software Engineering in Denver, Colorado.

Duties: Design, build, and own new services and infrastructure (primarily in AWS) utilizing primarily Typescript (NodeJS and React) and Python. Create code that is understandable, testable, and shared across teams and partners. Lead engineering efforts, share knowledge, and provide feedback within and across multiple teams and partners. Shepherd engineering initiatives within the Academic Pillar and collaborate with engineers across the broader engineering org (specifically at the Staff Engineer level and above). Deliver on time and be accountable to multiple teams and partners. Evaluate existing processes and procedures to identify areas that need optimization. Assess the efficiency of technologies, instruments, and equipment. Build, setup, and improve systems, procedures, and equipment. Collaborate with the engineering team on prototype development. Utilize software to perform efficient planning, designing, and development. Project the costs and timeframes of projects, as well as create work schedules and set deadlines. Perform quality control and resolve structural design and other issues throughout the implementation stages. Collect and interpret analytical and performance data, as well as prepare progress reports. Ensure compliance with industry standards and safety regulations. Keep abreast of developments and innovation in the area of specialization and provide examples of how teams can make use of them. May telecommute pursuant to company policy. $236,901.08/per year

Requirements: Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation. Position requires 5 years of experience in the following: 1) Software architecture design; 2) Typescript (NodeJS and React); 3) Python; 4) Assessing the efficiency of technologies, instruments, and equipment: AWS (composed via CloudFormation, CDK and SAM), GraphQL, REST APIs, and Datadog; 5) AWS system design experience; 6) Data store experience (relational and no-sql); 7) Micro service design principles; 8) Mentoring more junior engineers; 9) Implementation of plans and suggested improvements to existing systems; 10) Identifying gap/improvements in systems and processes to enable vertical scaling.

CONTACT: Please send resume and cover letter to work@guild.com. Please refer to Job#21732.11.

At Guild, we unlock the talent and economic potential of America’s workforce for employees and their companies. We partner with the nation’s largest employers—including Walmart, Chipotle, Discover, Hilton, Macy’s, Target, and The Walt Disney Company—to create cultures of opportunity that help them attract and retain top talent, while building the workforce of the future from within. By using our proprietary Career Opportunity Platform to develop education and learning programs that work in the real-world, thousands of employees at those companies have gained the skills, knowledge, and guidance they need to build a brighter future for themselves and their families—all without paying for tuition or career services on their own. 

Guild is female-founded and a certified B Corp. The company has been named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2022 list, CNBC Disruptor50 list three years in a row, Inc. Best Led Companies list, Fast Co. World Changing Ideas list and the B Lab Best for the World list among many others. 

Guild is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:

• Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
• Access to a 401k to help save for the future
• Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
• 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
• Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
• Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
• Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth

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