Senior Software Engineer, Data

About the role

Build the core platform systems behind digital reading experiences, spanning backend services, front-end interfaces and data pipelines. The work aims to help children become confident readers and give educators and families useful insight.

What you will do

• Design and ship dependable platform features with a focus on safety, precision and the user
• Work with product managers, designers and other engineers on new features and improvements
• Treat the platform as a product, tracking customer needs and owning outcomes through metrics
• Own development from design through production and watch system performance in live settings
• Create and maintain APIs and connect them with third-party services
• Build reliable data flows across application databases, event systems and analytics platforms

What they look for

• At least six years of full-stack engineering experience, including setting technical direction
• Background building for internal stakeholders and external users, such as authentication or onboarding
• Practice writing automated tests at unit, integration or end-to-end level within normal delivery
• Experience with data-intensive systems such as pipelines, analytics infrastructure or data modeling
• Comfort using data and empirical evidence to guide decisions and measure impact