Senior Software Engineer, Wonderschool

• You are a versatile technologist capable of managing and executing a broad spectrum of engineering tasks, critical to scaling backend systems
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with a focus in developing full stack applications and familiarity with a wide range of technologies and programming concepts
• Prior experience and expertise working with payment systems and payment gateways, especially familiarity with Stripe or other similar payment processing platforms
• Proven experience working on highly complex high-trafficked web applications and APIs, with a focus on observability, performance monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Overall understanding of serverless computing and Platform as a Service providers such as Firebase
• Proficiency with NoSQL data engines like Firestore and SQL data engines like Postgres, with a focus on database design and optimization
• Our tech stack includes: Typescript, NestJS, React, and Elixir/Phoenix, GCP
• We use GitHub Actions and Linear for project management and tracking progress
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or depth of practical experience
• Previous experience with our current technology stack is not required but helpful

Desirable

• We are looking for an experienced Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join our team with a focus on building our backend payments systems
• You will play a crucial role in achieving our team’s core mission, to develop Your expertise in the delivery of high-quality software will be essential in securing and simplifying the financial workflows for Child Care Providers across the Wonderschool platform as we continue to scale
• Develop and maintain systems and processes that ensure high levels of reliability, security, and interoperability across the Wonderschool platform
• Leverage extensive experience with Full-Stack development with a focus on backend systems to design and build out the Wonderschool Payments Platform with reliability, stability, and efficiency
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including; product managers, designers, and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications and project timelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, working closely with the team to identify and implement simple and effective solutions
• Deliver high-quality, performant code and deploying services with a high level of comfort iterating on a system while it is constantly serving traffic
• Communicate technical design effectively with developers of all levels
• Add value to our engineering culture by soliciting feedback from your peers, including other engineers and teammates in your product team, and support your team through thoughtful feedback
• Continually improve our engineering standards in code reviews, advocating for better patterns and technologies, and making a meaningful impact on our development experience and tooling
• Promote a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing within the team