API Developer

About The Role

We’re looking for a thoughtful, experienced Backend Engineer (SSE / SDE 3) to join our engineering team. You’ll help us build reliable, scalable, and user-friendly systems that directly impact thousands of students around the world as well as internal teams that help drive this mission. You’ll be responsible for shaping backend architecture, driving best practices, and mentoring engineers.

If you enjoy solving meaningful problems, collaborating with good people, and writing clean, efficient code, you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and build scalable systems : Design and implement robust, fault-tolerant services and APIs that scale well.
• Drive technical direction : Define and enforce coding standards, architecture guidelines, and design principles.
• Be a technical force multiplier : Mentor SDE I and SDE II engineers through pair programming and feedback.
• Work with data : Design and manage relational databases, write optimized queries, and maintain data integrity.
• Write maintainable code : Keep it clean, well-tested, and easy to collaborate on.
• Optimize for performance and reliability : Proactively identify performance bottlenecks and improve backend reliability.
• Collaborate deeply across teams : Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to turn ideas into solutions.
• Document thoughtfully : Help us keep clear, helpful documentation for our systems and APIs.

What We’re Looking For

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Experience working in Agile or sprint-based environments.