Senior Software Engineer, Back End

About the Role

Join EveryDay Labs at Newsela to build impactful solutions that reduce absenteeism and increase learning time for students, with opportunities to own and develop both existing and new products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software platform components for attendance analytics, process management, and family communication.
• Maintain and improve student and attendance data systems for performance and scalability.
• Develop new features to enhance product capabilities and drive student outcomes.
• Automate operational and monitoring processes for system reliability.
• Optimize AWS infrastructure for performance, efficiency, and resilience.
• Contribute to technical discussions and shape practical, scalable solutions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate product needs into technical solutions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong foundation in building scalable backend systems.
• Advanced proficiency in our core stack (or similar technologies).
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, including Terraform, ECS, RDS/Aurora, SES, and messaging systems (SQS/SNS).
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills for articulating technical concepts and decisions.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous and evolving environments with a proactive mindset.
• Experience collaborating across teams to drive alignment and deliver goals.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with education or education technology.