Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Timely

$120K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure and platform engineering, specifically with AWS, Terraform, MongoDB, Python, and CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions.
  • Proficiency in designing full-stack solutions to enhance engineering efficiency and business value.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, particularly in cross-functional team settings.
  • Dedication to continuous improvement, embracing code reviews and collaborative problem-solving processes.
  • Experience working in agile environments and familiarity with testing frameworks such as Jest and Pytest.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup culture, demonstrating strong ownership and prompt delivery of value.
  • Prior experience in the EdTech sector is advantageous but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and deliver solutions for technical platform needs across cloud infrastructure, testing patterns, product libraries, and security practices.
  • Collaborate with engineering stakeholders to address pain points and enhance Timely's value delivery.
  • Lead investigations and make key decisions on essential technology impacting software development at Timely.
  • Ensure production availability by implementing observability and recovery strategies, including on-call support.
  • Elevate team knowledge on platform technologies through documentation, presentations, and mentorship.
  • Manage critical project deliveries by defining scopes, creating tasks, and overseeing timelines.
  • Mentor junior engineers to foster collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and ongoing improvement.

Benefits

  • Join a talented team dedicated to solving important challenges in the education sector.
  • Be part of a financially stable and growing company with a proven track record.
  • Receive comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Enjoy unlimited paid time off (PTO) and access to professional development programs, including free online learning resources.
Full Job Description
About the role

This role is a Senior Software Engineer position with a strong focus on platform and infrastructure development. You and your team will own outcomes around stability, quality, maintainability, and speed of development for the Timely technical platform, encompassing infrastructure, tooling, development patterns, and critical shared libraries or components. In addition to identifying and delivering on projects that have the highest benefit for engineering team productivity and quality, you will help to up-level and onboard the entire team to best practices and establish a strong technology culture at Timely.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Identify, prioritize, design and deliver technical platform solutions spanning areas like cloud infrastructure, test infrastructure & patterns, shared product libraries, security practices, authentication platform and CI/CD tooling.
  • Engage with engineering stakeholders to understand pain points and opportunities to enable Timely to deliver value quickly while maintaining quality.
  • Drive the investigation and decisioning on key technology decisions impacting how Timely builds and maintains software.
  • Own production availability by implementing observability and recovery practices for Timely applications while providing periodic on-call support.
  • Uplevel the Timely engineering team on platform technologies and engineering patterns by maintaining documentation, presenting in different venues, providing cross-team design/code reviews, and mentoring team members.
  • Own the delivery of critical projects by defining scope, creating tickets, and managing delivery timelines.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers, promoting a culture of collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and continuous improvement.


Required Qualifications
  • 3-5+ years of experience in infrastructure and platform engineering and comfort with the following (or equivalent) technologies: AWS, Terraform, MongoDB, Python, CI/CD via Github Actions.
  • Ability to design and develop solutions full-stack to deliver value for the engineering team and wider business, including in the Frontend when necessary.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional environments.
  • Commitment to continuous improvement: seeking out and welcoming code reviews, pairing, and collaborative problem-solving.
  • Experience working in agile environments and familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Pytest).
  • Experience and comfort operating in a fast startup environment and all that entails: strong ownership, self direction, prompt delivery of value to the customer & learnings for the business.
  • Scaling and cyber security experience is preferable.
  • Prior experience in EdTech is a plus but not required.
  • Fully remote role with a preference for candidates based in NY or Boston.


Why Join Us
  • Work with an exceptional team tackling meaningful challenges in education.
  • Be part of a growing, financially healthy company with a proven product.
  • Enjoy comprehensive benefits, including health, dental, vision and life insurance, unlimited PTO, and professional development opportunities including free access to online learning programs

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