Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

WHO WE ARE: MagicSchool is the premier generative AI platform for teachers. We're just over a year and a half old, and more than 5 million teachers from all over the world have joined our platform. Join a top team at a fast growing company that is working towards real social impact. Make an account and try us out at our website and connect with our passionate community on our Wall of Love.

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), Squad

Role Description: The Senior Software Engineer will take end-to-end ownership of full features and products, both new and existing. They will feel a sense of ownership over these features and products far beyond just taking tickets – they will obsess over speed, quality, and user impact.

Responsibilities: 

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for:

• Taking new features and products from idea to delivery

  • Understands systems and architecture. Will make sure the new components fit within the existing system, and that they are designed in an extensible way.

  • Produces a lot of quality code in a short amount of time.

  • Effectively debugs complex code

  • Can build software that is easy for others to understand and easy to maintain

• Helping us ensure we’re building the right things

  • Develops opinions on the user experience

  • Is comfortable (and excited) to talk to users to understand their pain

  • Works closely with the designer and product manager to build the right things the right ways. Doesn’t just take tickets, pushes on priority and design.

Qualifications/Competencies/Skills:

• Gets a lot done: Works hard, resourceful, do whatever it takes

• Adaptable: Smart, learns fast, curious

• Builds relationships easily: emotionally intelligent, communication, warm

• Strong communication skills: team-first mindset, highly collaborative, can articulate decisions within team’s context

• Working knowledge of Javascript, Typescript, React, Next.js, Serverless & Edge functions, SQL, and PostgreSQL

• Nice to have: Python

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience as an engineer

• Preferred: 7+ years of experience as an engineer

• Preferred: Startup experience

Squad Alignment:

The Senior Software Engineer may join one of the following squads based on their skills and interests:

Squad 1

• Focus: Frontend development with design system expertise, strong attention to detail, and a full-stack approach.

• Skills: Confidence in working with databases and understanding tradeoffs of query approaches.

Squad 2

• Focus: Driving positive change through better "Team Flow" practices and habits, with fun and creative touches.

• Skills: Experience with integrations, Learning Management Systems (LMS), rostering, and database strengths (e.g., PostgreSQL).

Squad 3

• Focus: DevOps (e.g., Kubernetes), data engineering (e.g., tuning/managing BigQuery), advanced Python (e.g., architecture, developer experience), or infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform); someone obsessed with developer experience, setting up automated testing, etc

Notice: Priority Deadline and Review Start Date

Please note that applications for this position will be accepted until 2/10/25 - applications received after this date will be reviewed on an intermittent basis. While we encourage early submissions, all applications received by the priority deadline will receive equal consideration. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to reviewing your application.

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge AI technology that directly impacts educators and students.

• Join a mission-driven team passionate about making education more efficient and equitable.

• Flexibility of working from home, while fostering a unique culture built on relationships, trust, communication, and collaboration with our team - no matter where they live.

• Unlimited time off to empower our employees to manage their work-life balance. We work hard for our teachers and users, and encourage our employees to rest and take the time they need.

• Choice of employer-paid health insurance plans so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Dental and vision are also offered at very low premiums.

• Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years.

• Plus a 401k match & monthly wellness stipend

Our Values:

• Educators are Magic:  Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.

• Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

• Community:  Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.

• Innovation:  The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.

• Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.

• Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.

• Excellence:  Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.