About Kiddom Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom's high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.
To tackle this challenge, Kiddom is looking for a Backend Engineer who will embody forward-thinking best practices and bring a positive attitude to work with our team and strive for the betterment of our children's education and the future of our society.
You will...Design and build a scalable, generalized framework for third-party API integrationsLeverage existing infrastructure and components to build RESTful web servicesBuild APIs and robust testing environments for internal and external developersBring an attention to detail - what we do affects people's educational opportunities and we have to be mindful of thatCraft delightful user experiencesOwn the product - we love people who pick up things and run with themWhat we look forBS or MS in Computer Science or a related field5+ years professional software engineering experienceExperience designing and building REST APIsExposure to authorization technologies (OAuth)Experience with continuous integration and automation tools and processesStrong knowledge of design patterns and software engineering best practicesYou've been through the planning, launching and refactoring phases of code you wroteExcellent problem solving and debugging skillsAbility to work as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environmentMotivated and responsible individual who strives to exceed expectationsSincere interest in working at a startup and scaling with the company as we growNice to haveExperience with educational technologiesExperience or interest in educationExperience working at a startupExperience with React/ReduxExperience with Go(lang)Experience with Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, Lambda)Experience with TerraformPotential range: 100k-225k
Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role-related ability during the interview process.
What we offerWe are a passionate, collaborative team focused on building transformative education technology and making a measurable impact in K-12 education.
We strive to create an inclusive, positive team culture where everyone is respected and valued for everything they bring to Kiddom, not just what they produce.
Full-time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day:
Competitive salaryMeaningful equityHealth benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance10 paid sick days per yearUnlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use is 4 weeks off per year.Paid family leave after birth/adoption of caretakers and a minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State.COVID Vaccination PolicyKiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events. We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.
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