Senior Software Engineer - Remote EdTech Platform

Really Great Reading; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks paid time off

Base health insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Really Great Reading is hiring a Senior Software Developer to own hands-on delivery across Django/Python backend and React/TypeScript frontend. You will collaborate with a small agile team to evolve the current RGR application, improve security, and drive migration work for a new platform.

You will write production-grade code, participate in CI/CD improvements, and help document workflows while thriving in a fully remote environment that values ownership and clear written communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack software development experience.
• Strong command of Python backend development (Django, Django REST Framework, Celery).
• Strong command of React frontend development with TypeScript and Redux.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, REST APIs, and OAuth2 / JWT authentication.
• Comfort with Docker, AWS (S3, Lambda), and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Familiarity with asynchronous and real-time architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, Redis).
• Excellent written communication and strong autonomy in a 100% remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize features across the stack using Django/Python (backend) and React/TypeScript (frontend).
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of the current app during platform evolution.
• Participate in incident response and production issue resolution.
• Write clean, well-tested production code and document legacy systems.

Skills

Python

Django

Django REST Framework

Celery

React

TypeScript

Redux

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

OAuth2 / JWT

Docker

AWS

CI/CD

Kafka

RabbitMQ

WebSockets

Redis

Written communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Sentry

Nginx

Job description

Really Great Reading is hiring a Senior Software Developer to own hands-on delivery across Django/Python backend and React/TypeScript frontend. You will collaborate with a small agile team to evolve the current RGR application, improve security, and drive migration work for a new platform.

You will write production-grade code, participate in CI/CD improvements, and help document workflows while thriving in a fully remote environment that values ownership and clear written communication.