Senior Full Stack Developer

Job Description

The Senior Full Stack Developer will be one of the key senior members responsible for engineering efforts on Stride’s Tutoring platform, which supports both B2B and B2C platforms. The Senior Full Stack Developer is expected to be a strong member of an agile team working with our Product Owner, User Experience designers, and technical leadership and related engineering teams to provide an inspired and effective online tutoring experience for our students and tutors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Develop and maintain responsive, user-friendly web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Implement state management with Redux and style components using CSS frameworks like Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Build scalable microservices with Node.js, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Develop and integrate RESTful and GraphQL APIs for efficient and secure communication between services.
• Write and maintain unit tests for both backend services and frontend applications to ensure code quality.
• Utilize AWS services like Lambda to build, deploy, and manage server less microservices, optimizing for performance and cost.
• Implement search capabilities with OpenSearch, including setting up indexes, managing queries, and optimizing performance.
• Create and execute queries with DynamoDB and relational DB.
• Ensure software meets performance and security requirements.
• Analyze logs, debug applications, and implement both immediate and long-term improvements.
• Review team members' code for adherence to coding standards, structure, and best practices.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues during development.
• Provide technical expertise, guidance, and mentorship to team members, helping them solve complex problems.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, QA, and product management.

Supervisory Responsibilities: The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:    

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in full-stack development with expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented (OO) best practices and design principles.
• Proficiency in back-end development with Node.js and experience integrating multiple microservices.
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols: OKTA integration, OAuth 2.0, OpenID, and SAML.
• Experience with code management and deployment tools: Bitbucket and Jenkins.
• Familiarity with code quality tools: SonarQube for code inspection, static analysis, and detecting bugs and code smells.
• Experience with application monitoring tools: New Relic.
• Proficient in Atlassian tools: JIRA and Confluence.
• Quick learner and self-starter with the ability to adapt and take on multiple roles during the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Certificates and Licenses: None required. 

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Five (5)+ years working on fast paced Agile teams.
• Five (5)+ years of working in microservice pattern.
• Three (3) years of experience with Relational DBs like Postgres.
• One (1) year of experience with AWS.
• Must be adept at solving complicated technical problems.
• Experience of distributed architectures.
• Able to triage issues within the code and/or data.
• Experience in cross browser support issues and solutions.
• Ability to travel 5% of the time 

• Ability to clear required background check  

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Experience in developing Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Familiar with emerging web technologies.
• Familiar with open source technologies and frameworks.
• Experience with Shopify, Salesforce, Snowflake, PowerBI.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. 

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

• We anticipate the salary range to be $66,379.50- $170,037.60. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)