We’re looking for a Sr Software Engineer, Backend to join our growing product and engineering team. This is a hands-on role where you’ll design, build, and scale the systems that power student–university interactions. You’ll own critical APIs and services that enable real-time data, automation, and integrations — and you’ll have the chance to shape product direction at a foundational stage.
This role is perfect for someone who thrives in fast-moving, high-growth environments, loves architecting elegant solutions to complex problems, and wants to see their work make an impact on the future of higher education.
What You’ll Own🔹 Core Backend Development
Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and system integrations.
Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and security across distributed systems.
Automate onboarding and workflows by building ingestion jobs and database-driven configurations.
🔹 Collaboration & Cross-Functional Impact
Partner with product, frontend, and data teams to design and deliver impactful features.
Work closely with Solutions Engineering and Customer Success to ensure seamless school deployments.
Contribute to system design discussions, technical decision-making, and mentorship within the team.
🔹 Continuous Improvement
Champion best practices in testing, code quality, and CI/CD automation.
Proactively identify bottlenecks and scale systems to handle high-volume data and transactions.
Stay ahead of emerging frameworks, cloud technologies, and AI-driven tools to keep us innovative.
✅ You bring 5+ years of backend engineering experience — ideally in SaaS, EdTech, or high-growth startup environments.
✅ You’re strong in Node.js (our core), but fluent enough to learn and adapt — whether that’s TypeScript/Express, Python/FastAPI, or other modern stacks.
✅ You’ve built and scaled RESTful APIs (GraphQL a bonus) and know how to keep them clean, secure, and fast.
✅ You’ve worked across databases (Postgres, Redis, or NoSQL) and can design for scale, reliability, and performance.
✅ You’re comfortable in cloud-native environments (GCP preferred; AWS/Azure fine too) and can navigate Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform without blinking.
✅ You care about automation and pipelines — cutting manual steps by building config-driven systems, ETL, and ingestion workflows.
✅ You build with a security-first mindset — you know your way around OAuth2/OIDC, role- and policy-based auth, and compliance frameworks (SOC2, FERPA).
✅ You’ve touched CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and observability tools (Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Sentry) — and you know they’re not “nice to have,” they’re table stakes.
✅ You thrive on architecting distributed systems and microservices that balance complexity with simplicity.
✅ Bonus points if you’ve played with AI/ML integration (OpenAI, Hugging Face, vector search like FAISS/pgvector) or have a knack for developer productivity hacks using AI tools.
✅ You’re a self-starter who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, and you love the challenge of building 0→1.
✅ You’re a collaborator at heart — sharing knowledge, giving feedback, and celebrating wins with the team.
✨ We’re solving a high-stakes, high-impact problem — helping institutions remove friction and students unlock brighter futures
✨ You’ll have real ownership in a high-velocity, early-stage environment with direct influence across the company
✨ You’ll help shape the future of a category-defining company, working alongside smart, ambitious, mission-first operators
✨ You’ll do the most meaningful work of your career, leaving a lasting legacy in how higher education serves students
At EdVisorly, we’re building a best-in-class team to transform higher education through AI-first technology and student-centered design. We welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences, united by a shared belief: empowering institutions is the fastest path to unlocking opportunity for students.
If you’re ready to help reshape the transfer journey, we’d love to meet you.
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We are committed to ensuring that freshmen and sophomores in community college are given an equitable opportunity to become juniors and seniors at universities and colleges across the United States.
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