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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Our Mission and Opportunity

Early education is one of the greatest determinants of childhood outcomes, is a must for working families, and has a lasting social and economic impact. Brightwheel’s vision is to enable high quality early education for every child — by giving teachers meaningfully more time with students each day, engaging parents in the development of their kids, and supporting the small businesses that make up the backbone of the $175 billion early education market. Brightwheel is the most loved technology brand in early education globally, trusted by thousands of educators and millions of families.

Our Team

We are a fully remote team with employees across every time zone in the US. Our team is passionate, talented, and customer-focused. Our exceptional investor group includes Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GGV Capital, Lowercase Capital, Emerson Collective, and Mark Cuban.

We believe that everyone—from our employees to the students, teachers, and administrators we serve— should be given the opportunity to learn and thrive, whatever their background may be. We celebrate diversity in all forms because it allows our team and the communities we serve to reach their full potential and do their best work.

Our Culture

We challenge ourselves every day to improve our quality of life—from our employees to the students, teachers, and administrators we serve. We care deeply about how our work enriches our customers now and scales for the future.

We are owners and see our work through. We are growth-minded, we iterate, and we seek to improve continuously. We are pragmatic and root decisions in data, logic, and intuition. Yet we value speed and a strong bias for action. We lean into collaboration, assume the best from everyone, and welcome differing opinions. We have audacious goals with a can-do attitude, break down walls to get stuff done, and are resourceful in order to accomplish more with less.

What You'll Do

Work alongside product and design to scope and implement new features or product lines.
Provide input to both delivery and discovery–providing new ideas, proposals, and constructive criticism to the team.
Be a steward of quality, scalability, security, and performance. You'll work with other engineers to ensure that we have a solid foundation that serves our customers and enables the team to continue building a great product.
Design and architect new software systems, or introduce new technologies, as appropriate, to support brightwheel’s growth.
Share knowledge and expertise across the engineering team

Qualifications: Technical Skills

5+ years of professional experience, preferably in dynamic companies/teams
Proficiency in both contributing to and designing APIs using Ruby on Rails
Expertise in writing automated tests (unit/integration/functional)
Expertise in using Git (or VC equivalent)
Experience with a variety of codebase sizes and age
Experience with microservice or service-oriented architectures
Experience with modern webapps like React.js preferred
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) preferred

Brightwheel is committed to internal pay equity and offers a competitive compensation package, including base salary, equity, and benefits. Our benefits package includes premium medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous paid parental leave, a flexible paid time off policy, a monthly wellness and productivity stipend, and a Learning & Development stipend.

For cash compensation, brightwheel sets standard ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Multiple factors determine final offer amounts, including geographic location, candidate experience, and expertise. If you have questions about the compensation band for your region, please ask your recruiter.

Brightwheel is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Brightwheel Glassdoor Company Review

3.8