Principal Software Engineer

At Meazure Learning, we aim to empower open-minded, inquisitive, and driven people, and we love how each new addition to the team adds to our culture. Here, you can positively impact the careers of millions of test-takers and reshape the education technology landscape by working toward one vision:

“To provide life-long learners across the globe the freedom to pursue their academic dreams and career aspirations safely, securely, and conveniently.”

Our Vision starts with our values—Hungry, Humble, and Smart.  We are looking for team members who model drive for results. Team members who think of the organization and team first without ego or agenda. Leaders who instinctively collaborate and operate with emotional intelligence. This is the foundation of success for all employees at Meazure Learning. 

The Role:

Our Engineering team gets to innovate and experiment daily with some of the latest technologies in our industry for a product that is paving the way in our space. We are always looking for opportunities to learn, grow, and have fun with each other. Our team culture encourages individuality, collaboration, and creative problem solving.  

The Principal Software Engineer appreciates the complexities of building a product (SAAS) and understands software architecture so that solutions are clever enough to solve the immediate problem, flexible enough to adapt to our changing market, and simple enough to maintain so that it can stand the test of time.

The Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product management to create product roadmap and validate user stories
• Develop technical specifications for new products and services 
• Drive prototype development to ensure feasibility of designs or validate use of emerging technologies
• Understand the broader context of the technology vision, and advise management and product about tradeoffs that may impact schedules 
• Lead projects and provide technical guidance and mentorship to scrum team members 
• Perform design and code reviews, validate that designs are fulfilling user story criteria
• Align solutions with architectural direction and standards across teams 
• Tackle complex technical problems; perform root cause analysis; and implement effective solutions.
• Identify areas of technical debt, outline what needs to be done and communicate ROI urgency of addressing
• Assist in recruiting initiatives 
• Maintaining high-quality technical documentation for code, systems, and processes

The Desired Attributes:

• 10 years of professional software development disciplines and deep technical skills
• 3 years in Principal Software Engineering lead role
• Mastery in at least one of: Golang, Javascript (React or Angular), Ruby on Rails, C#.NET, Java
• Expertise in a technical area such as: Video Streaming, Security, Machine Learning, Front-end development, Event-Driven Design, Microservices
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, algorithms, and data structures
• Experience with microservices, containerization, cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
• Experience in profiling and optimizing the performance of complex systems
• Experience in optimizing tables and queries for Postgres
• Knowledge of security best practices, encryption techniques and compliance standards
• Strong follower of agile/scrum methodologies

The Benefits: 

• Competitive Salary
• Exceptional Benefits:
• Professional development
• Remote and hybrid first organization
• Great working environment with a team of exceptional people

Learn more at www.meazurelearning.com