Sr. Full Stack Engineer

About the Role:

We are looking for a full stack engineer to join the team and help us accelerate the development of the Electives platform. The ideal candidate comes from a background in building SaaS solutions for at least 5 years and has experience with:

• AWS (DynamoDB, Lambda, Route53, Cognito, CloudFront)
• React
• Node.js
• CI/CD
• Test automation

Experience with the following is a big plus:

• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Okta
• ML

Most importantly, we are looking for quick learners who are not afraid of picking up and mastering new skills. The technology landscape is changing quicker than ever and we expect our stack to be evolving as well.

As a senior full stack developer, the ideal candidate will bring a wealth of experience in best practices around security, scalability, resilience, performance optimization, automation, CI/CD, and other aspects of enterprise-grade software development.

We seek candidates that are not only passionate about technology but are also curious to fully understand the business problem they are solving. As such, we expect candidates to demonstrate good understanding of the business objectives they were trying to achieve in their previous work.

Communication skills are very important to us as we are a small and very flat team that expects people to work together and push the business forward. As part of your role as a Sr Full Stack Engineer you will also guide more junior team members, assist with code reviews and help with the creation of company standards, architecture principles, and practices.

About Electives

Electives is a new kind of professional development platform that connects employees to unique teachers - from Olympians, to FBI agents, to distinguished professors and social justice advocates. We believe that great teachers can be life-changing, and we help organizations embed these life-changing moments into their culture. Electives serves a portfolio of global partners and is backed by top investors, including Boston Seed, Accomplice, and Bertelsmann Media

Why Join us?

• Create a meaningful impact: Our team has big dreams to change how we think about learning as adults and what quality learning can do for employees’ and companies’ futures.
• Spend more time with your loved ones: Enjoy flexible work hours and location, including a home office stipend. We also have a flexible vacation/time-off policy with volunteer and DEI days off included.
• Get access to unlimited learning: Every employee can take any Elective on any given day. We also provide a learning stipend for you to learn on your own outside of our offerings.
• Get compensated well: we provide competitive salary, equity, and benefits. Electives will also make a donation to the charity of your choice during your first week.

The Electives Culture:

Since we help drive learning cultures at other organizations, it’s no surprise that culture is extremely important to us. We strive to attract people who:

• Embrace Differences and actively seek as well as respectfully express perspectives; our best learning comes from our differences.
• Take ownership, roll up their sleeves and do something when they see an improvement opportunity.
• Are bold and try new ways of solving old problems. After all, we are trying to change the face of learning in the workplace.
• Commit to the best idea regardless of where it came from. Innovation is more important than tenure or titles.
• Have a Growth Mindset. We are building something new that does not exist; we do not have all the answers, but are confident we can find them.
• Play the long game and don’t take shortcuts. We make decisions that build products and relationships for the future.
• Have each other's back and always look for ways to elevate their coworkers. We succeed as a team and we fail as a team.