Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Rails, Typescript

Rails, Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, TypeScript
North America Remotely

CommonLit

September 5, 2022
Full Time

Job Description

Job Overview:

  • Company Website: https://www.commonlit.org/
  • Remote Locations: United States
  • Job Type: Full Time

CommonLit’s mission is to improve the educational and economic outcomes of students through better literacy and critical thinking skills. Our non-profit’s application supports millions of students in the United States and around the world with a rigorous, high-interest literacy curriculum in English and Spanish.

Our small (nine-member) engineering team works in a collaborative, high-trust environment where we ship high-quality software to power CommonLit’s curriculum and to assist teachers in assessing their students growth. As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll lead significant technical projects, contribute your own code, review teammates’ work, and advance CommonLit’s mission. You’ll act as a force-multiplier for your teammates’ work in addition to your own high-leverage contributions.

Our team is a group of life-long learners. We value sharing new ideas, lifting each other up, and building performant, reliable software that teachers can rely on in the high-stress classroom environment.

Location

CommonLit’s engineering team is distributed. Due to restrictions on data access, you must work from within the United States. We have an office in Washington, DC that you can work from if you’re in the area
Pay: $150k-$210k

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, CommonLit values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at careers@commonlit.org.

Job Responsibilities:

As a Senior Software Engineer your work will include:
  • Writing high-quality Ruby and Typescript code and tests for our Ruby on Rails monolith
  • Reviewing your teammates’ work in our code review workflow
  • Researching technical ideas for upcoming projects
  • Mentoring and helping level-up less experienced engineers on the team
  • Deploying and operating our application in production

Job Requirements:

  • 5-8+ years of web development experience with some of that time spent on a Ruby on Rails production application
  • Experience working with a modern JavaScript framework (React, Vue, Angular, etc.)
  • Ability to work comfortably in SQL (we use PostgreSQL and Redshift)
  • Experience dealing with performance and scaling issues
  • You live in the United States and have work authorization
  • You have a commitment to improving equity of opportunity for students of color

How To Apply:

Please send a resume and cover letter to careers@commonlit.org with Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Rails, Typescript) in the subject line.

More Information

  • Specific Job Location United States
  • Salary Offer $150k-$210k
  • Experience Level Senior Level
  • Education Level unspecified
  • Working Hours to be arranged (full time based )
  • Job Application Via Employer Email

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