We design experiences and build products for mission-driven organizations. You will have an opportunity to make an impact on a variety of initiatives. Your primary focus will be on EnrollWise, our flagship product. EnrollWise is a best-in-class admissions and enrollment platform for public school districts that empowers families to make informed decisions and allows schools to perform fair and equitable student placements. We are actively expanding the EnrollWise product line.
Cross-functional collaboration is key at Blenderbox. The proper candidate will thrive working within agile, cross-functional teams and proactively contribute subject matter expertise.
This is a full-time US-based remote position. The majority of your work will be focused on back-end, with some front-end engineering.
Responsibilities- Own and drive the development of new product features and enhance existing.
- Develop software components that are efficient and scalable.
- Maintain a high level of quality for software deliverables.
- Review and provide feedback on PRs from other team members.
- Collaborate on requirements definition and product design & development.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and estimation.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers to advise on technical feasibility of proposed design approaches.
- Actively participate in evolving our engineering quality standards.
- Provide strong thought leadership on emerging technologies.
Minimal Qualifications- 4+ years of hands-on production experience with Python and Django framework.
- Experience with Decoupled architectures.
- Experience building and integrating performant and secure APIs.
- Strong familiarity with the AWS ecosystem.
- Experience building microservices while leveraging the AWS ecosystem.
- Solid grasp of application security and performance optimization techniques.
- Knowledge of best practice software architecture patterns and concepts.
- Ability to write scalable, reusable, testable, and efficient code.
- Proficient in front-end theming, layout building and CSS pre/post-processors.
- Comfortable with JavaScript.
- Proactive and have excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Stellar problem solving, organizational and time management skills.
- US Citizen or authorized to work in the US.
Nice to have- Experience developing SaaS products.
- Experience with NoSQL database backends.
- Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with other programming languages.
Salary Range$100-130k, commensurate with experience.
What We Offer- Full coverage for Health Care, Dental, Vision
- FSA, HSA coverage options
- 401K & Pension Plan with employer contributions of at least 5%
- 20 days of PTO, 11 Holidays, 5 Wellness Days
- Home office improvement budget
- Career growth and professional development coaching / support
- Company-provided laptop
- 100% virtual work environment - all team members are remote
