Staff Software Engineer

Empleora; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CodePath is the largest educator of computer science students in the country. We’re expanding our team to move at the speed of AI and to architect the next frontier of our work.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll own architecture, product direction, and team capacity across the full stack, from infrastructure decisions to greenfield projects. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to understand student and staff needs, influence what gets built, and lead end-to-end execution without a ticket

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years with Ruby on Rails.
• Familiarity with Claude Code or similar development tools and related best practices.
• A systems-thinking orientation: you consider scalability, maintainability, and failure modes before w

Responsibilities

• Architect and build web applications across Ruby on Rails, Sinatra/Padrino, and Django that directly support our mission
• Make consequential technical decisions on infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and emerging technologies with full ownership of the tradeoffs
• Set the code quality bar through reviews, architectural guidance, and constructive feedback
• Write automated tests that reflect real edge cases, not just coverage targets
• Identify performance bottlenecks and systemic issues before they become outages
• Mentor other engineers and raise the technical ceiling of the team

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Claude Code familiarity

Systems thinking

Tools

Sinatra/Padrino

Django

Job description

CodePath is the largest educator of college computer science students in the country. We've trained over 40,000 students from 1,000+ universities, and our partners include Amazon, Google, and other leading technology companies. We've spent nearly a decade training the next generation of technical talent, and we just launched a $150M initiative with Anthropic, building one of the most ambitious AI workforce programs in the world.

We're now expanding into new markets and scaling our team so we can move at the speed AI is transforming the workforce. People joining CodePath now will have the opportunity to help architect the next frontier of our work.

We believe technical skill is the fastest way to turn raw talent into real opportunity. We train the engineers the AI era runs on, building toward millions of learners, hundreds of millions in revenue, and billions in economic impact. If you want to own something and be part of a 0-to-1 journey at an organization moving at the speed of AI, this is the place to build it.

About the Role

Location: Remote, United States, Europe, Canada or LATAM

Role-Type: Full-Time

Reports To: VP of Engineering

Compensation: $170,000 to $190,000 per year for US based applicants. Adjusted contingent on location for applicants based in Canada, LATAM, and Europe.

CodePath’s educational programs run on our sophisticated learning platform, a set of Ruby-based applications with functionality spanning admissions, course delivery, grading, career coaching, and reporting.

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can lead at multiple levels at once: the architecture, the product direction, the team's capacity, and the longer arc of where we're going. You'll move fluidly across the full technical stack, from infrastructure decisions to greenfield product work.

This is a high-ownership role. You'll work directly with stakeholders to understand what students and staff actually need, participate in deciding what gets built, and then lead the execution. You won't be handed a ticket queue. You'll shape the work.

The ideal candidate for this role is a web engineer inspired by potential projects like these:

• Building brand-new functionality in Rails and beyond to create sophisticated and powerful new tools for our users and extend our reach to new kinds of learners we’ve never been able to serve before

• Reimagining core platform components as we migrate them from Sinatra to Rails

• Integrating AI/ML technology into our platform to support mastery-driven, adaptive learning

• Scaling a system that has helped tens of thousands of students to help hundreds of thousands more

Key Activities

• Architect and build web applications across Ruby on Rails, Sinatra/Padrino, and Django that directly support our mission

• Make consequential technical decisions on infrastructure, data modeling, API design, and emerging technologies with full ownership of the tradeoffs

• Set the code quality bar through reviews, architectural guidance, and constructive feedback

• Write automated tests that reflect real edge cases, not just coverage targets

• Identify performance bottlenecks and systemic issues before they become outages

• Mentor other engineers and raise the technical ceiling of the team

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years with Ruby on Rails

• Familiarity with Claude Code or similar development tools and related best practices

• A systems-thinking orientation: you consider scalability, maintainability, and failure modes before w