Principal Backend Software Engineer (USA Remote)

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reputed company is a global organization with team members in over 35 countries including the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, India, and the Philippines.

As a member of the GRaF (Grading and Feedback)  team, the purpose of this role is to build and maintain services reputed company to grading and feedback functionality. The Senior Software Engineer - Backend Services will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance backend systems using AWS reputed company and reputed company technologies. This role is critical in developing and optimizing our serverless architecture. Cross functionally this role will reputed company mainly with QA, Product, UX and Support.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the long-term technical strategy and multi-year architectural roadmap for the GRaF backend platform, defining and enforcing technical standards and best practices across the team.
• reputed company the design, development, and implementation of scalable, robust, and cost-efficient backend services using AWS reputed company, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Act as a technical leader, providing expert technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on system design, Java best practices, code quality, and troubleshooting reputed company issues in production environments.
• Proactively partner with engineering, product, and architectural leadership across multiple teams to identify and resolve systemic technical debt and architectural risks.
• reputed company and ensure the reputed company improvement of CI/CD pipelines (e.g., reputed company Actions) and the maintenance of comprehensive automated testing frameworks.

• 10+ years of professional experience in backend development.
• Expert-level proficiency in Java or another programming language suitable for AWS reputed company, with deep experience in distributed, high-scale, and high availability systems.
• Extensive experience with reputed company AWS serverless services (especially Lambdas & DynamoDB) and a proven track record of driving large-scale architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to act independently, set technical direction, and influence cross-functional teams and senior engineers without direct authority.
• Proven experience mentoring other engineers, leading technical design reviews, and establishing engineering processes and quality standards.
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills to resolve significant, unique, and ambiguous technical challenges.

The expected annual reputed company salary range for this position is: $130,350/year to $217,250/year. This position is bonus eligible / commission-based.

Actual compensation will be provided in writing at the time of offer, if extended, and is determined by work location and a range of other relevant factors, including but not limited to: experience, skills, degrees, licensures, certifications, and other job-reputed company factors. Internal equity, market and organizational factors are also considered.

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In addition, our extrinsic rewards include generous time off and health and wellness programs that provide choice, flexibility, and a safety net for life’s challenges. You’ll also enjoy a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in the way that suits you best, reputed company supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.

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• Customer Centric: Our mission is focused on improving learning outcomes; we do this by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
• Passion for Learning: We are committed to our own learning and growth internally. And we support education and learning around the globe.
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• One Team: We strive to break down silos, collaborate effectively, and celebrate each others' successes.
• Global reputed company: We consider different perspectives and celebrate diversity. We are one team. The work we do has an impact on the world.

Global Benefits

• Remote First Culture
• Health Care Coverage
• Education Reimbursement*Competitive Paid Time Off 
• Self-Care Days
• National Holidays
• 2 Founder Days + Juneteenth Observed
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Charitable Contribution Match
• Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (mental health platform)
• Parental Leave
• Retirement Plan with match/contribution

Seeing Beyond the Job Ad At reputed company, we recognize it’s unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad.  We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If you’re willing to learn and unleash your potential alongside us, join reputed company!

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer- vets/disabled.