Software Engineer Lead - AI-Driven EdTech Solutions

Arizona State University; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Tuition Reduction

Retirement Plan

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Arizona State University EdPlus is seeking a Software Engineer Lead to design, develop, and lead the implementation of scalable digital services for transfer learners. You will guide API contracts, integrations, and AI-assisted workflows while mentoring engineers in a hybrid Scottsdale environment.

The role emphasizes secure, architected cloud-native solutions, collaboration with product and stakeholders, and advancing engineering practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs, microservices, and web apps using JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js; NestJS preferred.
• Front-end experience with Vue 3 and Composition API preferred.
• Strong relational DB skills (PostgreSQL) and ORM patterns.
• Cloud-based backend development on AWS (S3, SQS, Textract, ECR, ECS, CloudFront, IAM).
• Experience in asynchronous systems with message queues, retries, idempotency, and failure handling.
• Security, authentication, and authorization knowledge (IAM, JWT, OAuth).
• CI/CD and IaC practices with GitHub Actions, Terraform, Docker.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support secure, scalable digital services for transfer learners.
• Provide technical leadership across backend services and web apps.
• Architect end-to-end transfer workflows including AI-assisted extraction and articulation.
• Own and evolve API contracts and service integrations.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices including security and observability.
• Define AI-powered and multimodal application strategies and evaluate new tech.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Vue 3

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

NestJS

TypeORM

PostgreSQL

AWS S3

SQS

Textract

ECR

ECS

CloudFront

IAM

Jest

Vitest

Terraform

Docker

GitHub Actions

Job description

Arizona State University EdPlus is seeking a Software Engineer Lead to design, develop, and lead the implementation of scalable digital services for transfer learners. You will guide API contracts, integrations, and AI-assisted workflows while mentoring engineers in a hybrid Scottsdale environment.

The role emphasizes secure, architected cloud-native solutions, collaboration with product and stakeholders, and advancing engineering practices across the organization.