Senior Backend Engineer — Infra & Platform for Scalable AI Education

Kira; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO policy

Daily lunch stipend

Job summary

A leading educational technology company in San Francisco seeks a Senior Software Engineer to enhance backend systems that improve educational experiences. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in software engineering, backend expertise in technologies like Kotlin and Python, and a proactive attitude. This full-time role offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 - $230,000 and requires in-office presence four days a week.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience in backend technologies and cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Ship impactful, end-to-end features for educational experiences.
• Set and evolve technical direction aligned with business goals.
• Improve product foundations including code quality and reliability.
• Own operational excellence in performance and scalability.

Skills

Backend experience (Kotlin, Python, Go, Rust, Scala)

Technical decision ownership

Production systems operation

API design

Clear communication skills

Attention to detail

Adaptability in fast-paced environments

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

MySQL

CI/CD pipelines

React

TypeScript

Job description

A leading educational technology company in San Francisco seeks a Senior Software Engineer to enhance backend systems that improve educational experiences. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in software engineering, backend expertise in technologies like Kotlin and Python, and a proactive attitude. This full-time role offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 - $230,000 and requires in-office presence four days a week.