As a Software Engineer II on an engineering squad at Ellevation, you'll build and operate features that directly shape how educators manage English Learner programs across thousands of school districts. You'll work across a full-stack environment — React on the frontend, C#/.NET Core or Python on the backend — and you'll own your work end-to-end: design, build, ship, and keep it running.
At this level, you're not just executing tickets. You're expected to bring a proposed path when you surface a problem, close open questions by building rather than debating, and leave the systems you touch in better shape than you found them. You'll be a real contributor to how the squad works — in design discussions, in code review, and in the day-to-day quality bar the team holds together.
About You:
You bring a proposed path along with the problem — you've found that framing a solution, even a rough one, moves things forward faster than waiting for the perfect answer.
When something is blocking the team, your instinct is to build the smallest thing that answers the question rather than debate it — a spike, a script, a quick prototype.
You share real opinions in design discussions — on tradeoffs, complexity, and risk — because you believe teams make better decisions when people actually weigh in.
You take code review seriously in both directions: you ask until you understand before approving, and you welcome the same rigor on your own work.
You stay engaged past the merge — on cleanup, follow-up bugs, and alerts that trace back to what you shipped — because you care about the full lifecycle, not just the delivery moment.
You use AI tools to move faster, and you read and own everything that goes out under your name.
You might be a great fit if you:
What You’ll Do:
Build and ship product features across React, .NET Core/Python, and supporting infrastructure — from design through operation.
Bring concrete tradeoffs to design discussions — performance, complexity, blast radius, time-to-ship — so the squad is making decisions based on real costs.
Close open questions by spiking, scripting, or prototyping, keeping the team moving rather than waiting on answers that could be found by building.
Operate what you build: instrument it, respond to alerts, and close the loop on issues that surface after release.
Review code thoughtfully — ask questions, push for improvements when they matter, and welcome the same on your own PRs.
Pick up improvements you notice along the way — tech debt, alerting gaps, missing tests — without waiting to be asked.
What You’ll Bring:
2–4 years shipping production software, with enough end-to-end ownership to know what "done" actually means.
Fluency in at least one frontend JS framework (React/Vue/Angular), and a strongly typed language (C#/.NET/Python/Go) — and comfort learning across the stack where the work takes you.
Experience naming tradeoffs concretely rather than just expressing preferences — you've been in design discussions where your perspective shaped the outcome.
Engineering habits — testing, observability, careful review — that reflect care for the long term, not just the current ticket.
Some experience operating what you've built: you've debugged production, you know what good instrumentation looks like.
Some experience with how code gets deployed and runs in production — you understand the path from commit to live, and you know what good instrumentation looks like.
Why Ellevation?
Working on meaningful challenges that directly impact English Learners.
Helping define and build the future of internal platforms and developer experience at a mission-driven company.
Collaborating in a supportive, cross-functional environment.
Growing personally and professionally as part of a high-performing team.
Leveraging AI responsibly to accelerate how we build, test, and operate systems.
At Ellevation, we believe in the power of education and the educators who make it possible. Joining our team means:
Our Tech Stack
Frontend: React (with ongoing migration from legacy systems)
Backend: C#/.NET Core (and some .NET Framework legacy) or Python
Infrastructure: AWS, Terraform, CI/CD with Jenkins, Docker
Developer Experience: Internal tooling, repo templates, CI/CD workflows, container-based dev
We don’t expect you to know everything on day one — what matters most is your ability to learn, collaborate, and lead through change.
Skills Required
- 2-4 years shipping production software with end-to-end ownership
- Fluency in at least one frontend JS framework (React, Vue, or Angular)
- Proficiency in a strongly typed language or backend stack (C#, .NET Core, .NET Framework, Python, or Go)
- Experience operating/debugging production systems and implementing good instrumentation/observability
- Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment workflows (commit-to-live path), container-based development
- Experience participating in design discussions and concretely naming tradeoffs (performance, complexity, blast radius)
- Engineering best practices: testing, careful code review, and addressing tech debt
- Familiarity with cloud and infra tooling (AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, Docker)
- Willingness to use AI tools to assist engineering work
What the Team is Saying
Ellevation Education Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Public materials list comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, with mental‑health resources and FSA/HSA options. Feedback suggests the health coverage is considered robust and “comprehensive” in practice.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is advertised across company and aggregator pages. Feedback suggests the employer match is viewed positively as part of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or “unlimited” PTO, paid holidays, and at times a winter office closure are highlighted. Feedback suggests the breadth of time‑off options supports work‑life flexibility.
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What We Do
Ellevation is a mission-driven company dedicated to helping English Learners (ELs) achieve their highest aspirations. We are an indispensable partner to school district administrators, teachers and students across the United States, who use our products to manage complex program requirements, build the capacity of teachers to serve multilingual learners, and empower students with the academic language necessary for success in school. Ellevation is the only EL program management solution that goes beyond compliance and impacts instruction in every classroom. We currently serve more than 1,200 partner districts and support 2 million students in nearly every state.
Why Work With Us
We are a mission-driven team of entrepreneurial and passionate people who love to learn, innovate and solve complex challenges. At Ellevation, we provide opportunities for professional development, clear career paths within the company and we promote within. Join our team and feel good about the immense impact your work has on Education!
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Employees work remotely.
Our headquarters are located in Boston, MA but about a third of our team lives and works remotely in other states. We are a remote-first company!
