Sr Software Engineer 2

Location Requirements: This role is Hybrid to one of our offices: Austin, Naperville or Wayne.

Senior Software Engineer 2 Frontline Central

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer 2 to participate in the agile development scrum team designing, building, testing, deploying, and supporting elegant, scalable and reliable software solutions for our customers. This is a fast-paced and exciting role that provides opportunities to work on a wide array of projects.

This role reports to Engineering Manager and works closely with Engineering, Architecture, Product, Customer Success, SassIO and Strategic Partners to deliver solutions that simplify the daily work life of the front line of education.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to acquire new skills and techniques and apply them within assigned engineering tasks
• Perform analysis and troubleshooting of highly advanced software constructs
• Champion the adoption of coding standard practices and procedures by the team and technology organization
• Lead the research, design, and development of complex software components
• Construct unit tests over complex algorithms to ensure a high degree of quality in code
• Collaborate with other engineers on the team and across the technology organization
• Lead Design Sketch reviews within the team and across the technology organization
• Author complex technical documentation and design sketches at a solution level
• Provide High Level Estimates at a project level
• Participate in functional requirements review meetings with Product Owner
• Coach others on effective time management techniques
• Challenge the team to think about code-quality in terms of long-term maintainability
• Take active role in ensuring the team meets the sprint commitment
• Effectively draw other, quieter, participants into a discussion to get all viewpoints
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional meetings
• Proactively convey details regarding project status and deliverables to key stakeholders "up the chain" in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
• Essential:
  • 8+ years of experience in C# Software Development using .NET frameworks (4.5+, Core).
  • Experience with design and development of REST APIs and SPAs to deliver multi-tenant SaaS solutions.
  • Strong data modeling, index tuning, and query skills using RDBMSs (preferably PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (experience with MongoDB or DynamoDB a plus).
  • Familiarity with an ORM such as Entity Framework.
  • Experience with AWS cloud services like - EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, SQS, Cloudwatch, and CDK.
  • Experience building distributed event-based systems and microservices.
  • Experience with event bus or messaging platforms like Kafka or Kinesis.
  • Experience in analyzing, debugging, and supporting production issues using debuggers and log analysis tools.
  • Experience with Git and GitHub.
  • Experience with Agile methodology, preferably Scrum Framework.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Preferred:
  • Understanding of caching theory and experience with caching technologies like Redis, ElastiCache, or DAX.
  • Familiarity with DevOps principles, practices, and related technologies like TeamCity, Octopus, or Codefresh.
  • Experience with container development using Docker and Kubernetes.

Frontline Education is a pioneer of school administration software purpose-built for K-12 districts. We provide innovative, connected solutions for student and special programs, business operations, and human capital management with powerful data and analytics to empower educators and administrators. We earn the trust of K-12 leaders across the U.S. by serving as a consistently high-performing, forthright partner of school districts through every dimension of the company.

We're a group of unique and talented individuals that love what we do. We've been lucky enough to land jobs with a rapidly growing tech company that supports an appreciative and friendly customer base. We work hard to make our customers happy, but we like to have a good time in the process. We are a company that strives to think in terms of “we” instead of “me.” We believe in the philosophy of servant leadership and that it’s all about putting others first. We also value the balance between family and work.

Frontline embraces diversity, equity, and inclusivity. We are intentionally building a workplace that respects, supports, and values the identities of all our employees. We believe this to be foundational in developing a strong community in our company. Frontline Education is an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

The perks of being a Frontliner:

Frontline offers a competitive compensation package including a base salary, rewarding bonus structure, 401k match, and unlimited PTO! Our company growth has created a promising environment for career advancement and rewarding challenges. We offer a tuition reimbursement program for eligible college credit coursework available to employees depending on their status and length of employment.