Empowerly
We empower students to become the most successful version of themselves with personalized college & career guidance.
College Essay Writing • Resume • Cover Letter • Interview Prep • Career Counseling
11 - 50
Software Engineer - Full Stack
May 30
🏡 Remote – New York
Empowerly
We empower students to become the most successful version of themselves with personalized college & career guidance.
College Essay Writing • Resume • Cover Letter • Interview Prep • Career Counseling
11 - 50
Description
• Consistently ship features and resolve issues to enhance the experience for marketplace counselors, students, and families. • Lead projects related to the engineering software development • Align software development approaches across multiple areas under the technical direction of Engineering Leadership • Proactively identify areas for improvement in the codebase, seeking enhancements to product quality, security, and performance. • Participate in end-to-end product execution, collaborating closely with Empowerly’s Product Managers and UI/UX designers on interaction and visual design. • Engage in prototyping, testing, training, and defining support procedures alongside the engineering team, product team, and executive leadership. • Support the build the technical foundation of the Empowerly platform by designing APIs, coding beautiful UIs, and making effective trade-offs for complex product problems. • Serve as the go-to person and de-facto engineering feature owner as our team scales • Experience with our tech stack: + Front End: HTML/ CSS, JavaScript + ReactJS and related frameworks + Database Familiarity: PostgreSQL + Cloud Infrastructure: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience. • 3+ years of experience working in software engineering. • Experience leading software engineering projects in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment. • Proven ability to lead software design decisions, define and manage end-to-end project requirements, and ship complex products with minimal guidance. • Proficiency in developing and debugging with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PHP, and/or shell scripts. • Strong grasp of full-stack web development frameworks, with the ability to create an application end-to-end. • Experience developing and working with automated testing frameworks to enable reliable end-to-end testing and deployment strategies. • Experience auditing and contributing to product infrastructure. • Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and organizational problems, including to non-technical employees, and propose thorough iterative solutions. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to be agile and adaptable. • Thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment. • Positive, can-do attitude. • Resilience in overcoming minor setbacks and swiftly handling ambiguity. • Impeccable attention to detail.
Benefits
• Driven by a mission to provide comprehensive access to college counseling and beyond. • A high-growth, scrappy, and intense startup environment. • A team of high IQ, developmentally hungry professionals. • A collaborative and energetic team player who is committed to personal and collective growth. • Adaptable, quick to respond, and committed to delivering delightful experiences to both internal and external customers.
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