Senior Software Engineer, RedShelf
Digital transitions for publishers, schools, and businesses
Job no longer available
Digital transitions for publishers, schools, and businesses
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help publishers, schools, and businesses transition effortlessly to more affordable and efficient digital textbooks and course materials.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a unique blend of technical expertise, insatiable curiosity, and an analytical mindset
- This person should be comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively with Product and Engineering colleagues
- Experience with TypeScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or PostgreSQL is helpful to succeed quickly in this role
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of experience developing complex, product-focused codebases
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines, using observability tools and modern typescript automation testing tooling and frameworks
- Real-world experience developing with modern programming languages, 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
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an experienced Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer will have a significant impact on our business success as well as the success of millions of university students
- Own the design and implementation of large-scale systems
- Communicates 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
- 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
Our take
In the age of remote education and the digitization of learning resources, RedShelf is an EdTech company that helps publishers, educational institutions and students migrate their reading materials online. Addressing the need for more affordable educational resources, RedShelf eases the transition without scrimping on quality.
Through an online rental and purchase marketplace, RedShelf provides students with digital textbooks and integrates them into university systems through its RedShelf Manager platform. With over 10,000 publishing partnerships, RedShelf has a client base of almost 2000 institutions and businesses.
Having raised over $48M in funding, the company is firmly established as a leader in its sector. And in recent years it has experienced impressive growth, with this momentum it will surely continue to build, and it will be an exciting one to watch.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-18% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Mar 2023
$15m
LATE VC
Oct 2020
$10m
LATE VC
Total funding: $58.1m
Company benefits
- Medical (two plans including an HSA with RedShelf contribution), Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life, AD&D, Disability, and Accident Insurance
- FSA - Including Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter/Parking
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Vacation Packages
- Paid Sick Leave
- 401(k) Plan
- Semi-Annual Incentive Pay Program
Company HQ
Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
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Leadership
Rob Holland
(CEO)Initially joined RedShelf as the President in 2023 before becoming CEO in 2024. Prior to this, they were the EVP and GM at DISQO, the COO at Feedback Loop, and an Advisor and COO at Bluecore.
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