Senior Software Engineer, Backend

📋 Description

• • We’re looking for a Sr Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing product and engineering team. This is a hands-on role where you’ll design, build, and scale the systems that power student–university interactions. You’ll own critical APIs and services that enable real-time data, automation, and integrations — and you’ll have the chance to shape product direction at a foundational stage.
• • This role is perfect for someone who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments, loves architecting elegant solutions to complex problems, and wants to see their work make an impact on the future of higher education.
• • WHAT YOU’LL OWN
• • 🔹 Core Backend Development
• • Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and system integrations.
• • Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and security across distributed systems.
• • Automate onboarding and workflows by building ingestion jobs and database-driven configurations.
• • 🔹 Collaboration & Cross-Functional Impact
• • Partner with product, frontend, and data teams to design and deliver impactful features.
• • Work closely with Solutions Engineering and Customer Success to ensure seamless school deployments.
• • Contribute to system design discussions, technical decision-making, and mentorship within the team.
• • 🔹 Continuous Improvement
• • Champion best practices in testing, code quality, and CI/CD automation.
• • Proactively identify bottlenecks and scale systems to handle high-volume data and transactions.
• • Stay ahead of emerging frameworks, cloud technologies, and AI-driven tools to keep us innovative.
• • YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF…
• • ✅ You bring 5+ years of backend engineering experience — ideally in SaaS, EdTech, or high-growth startup environments.
• • ✅ You’re strong in Node.js (our core), but fluent enough to learn and adapt — whether that’s TypeScript/Express, Python/FastAPI, or other modern stacks.
• • ✅ You’ve built and scaled RESTful APIs (GraphQL a bonus) and know how to keep them clean, secure, and fast.
• • ✅ You’ve worked across databases (Postgres, Redis, or NoSQL) and can design for scale, reliability, and performance.
• • ✅ You’re comfortable in cloud-native environments (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure fine too) and can navigate Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform without blinking.
• • ✅ You care about automation and pipelines — cutting manual steps by building config-driven systems, ETL, and ingestion workflows.
• • ✅ You build with a security-first mindset — you know your way around OAuth2/OIDC, role- and policy-based auth, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, FERPA).
• • ✅ You’ve touched CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability tools (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Sentry) — and you know they’re not “nice to have,” they’re table stakes.
• • ✅ You thrive on architecting distributed systems and microservices that balance complexity with simplicity.
• • ✅ Bonus points if you’ve played with AI/ML integration (OpenAI, Hugging Face, vector search like FAISS/pgvector) or have a knack for developer productivity hacks using AI tools.
• • ✅ You’re a self-starter who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, and you love the challenge of building 0→1.
• • ✅ You’re a collaborator at heart — sharing knowledge, giving feedback, and celebrating wins with the team.
• • WHY EDVISORLY
• • ✨ We’re solving a high-stakes, high-impact problem — helping institutions remove friction and students unlock brighter futures
• • ✨ You’ll have real ownership in a high-velocity, early-stage environment with direct influence across the company
• • ✨ You’ll help shape the future of a category-defining company, working alongside smart, ambitious, mission-first operators
• • ✨ You’ll do the most meaningful work of your career, leaving a lasting legacy in how higher education serves students
• • WE BELIEVE INSTITUTIONS THRIVE WHEN STUDENTS THRIVE.
• • At EdVisorly, we’re building a best-in-class team to transform higher education through AI-first technology and student-centered design. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences, united by a shared belief: empowering institutions is the fastest path to unlocking opportunity for students.
• • If you’re ready to help reshape the transfer journey, we’d love to meet you.