Senior Software Architect (Remote)

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Join a working family that is dedicated to the mission of the work we do!

Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is, teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.

Position Overview

We are looking for highly talented and innovative people with passion for both a great mission and technology to step into the Software Architecture role. If you have strong experience in designing and building distributed SaaS products for millions of users and are interested in architecting and delivering powering high-trafficked web and mobile solutions to support a fantastic mission -- this is a great opportunity for you to work with other likeminded bright, enthusiastic and talented people.

Specific Roles & Responsibilities:

This position would guide and support our product teams (both existing and future) and continuously work on improving our architecture across the products. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Keep up with emerging technologies and recommend architecture improvements or additions to support business drivers
• Collaborate with product owners, operations team, cross-department architects and engineering managers to define solutions to business problems
• Continuously evaluate product technology performance and identify opportunities for improvements
• Drive evaluation of new capabilities for technical viability and integration capabilities with current ecosystem
• Review product engineering teams' technical approach and solutions
• Provide technical guidance, specifications and documentation to product engineering teams
• Develop, in collaboration with product and engineering teams, technical POCs
• Drive R&D initiatives for new product capabilities

Qualifications:

• 10 years of software development of high-trafficked products
• Experience architecting complex user-facing SaaS products
• Demonstratable experience designing and building complex payment systems
• Experience building and implementing ERP and CRM solutions into B2C SaaS products is a strong plus
• Knowledge of distributed system design patterns with an emphasis on maximizing performance
• Excellent debugging and testing skills, and interest to quickly learn new technologies
• Working knowledge of AWS (GCP is a plus)
• Experience with Agile methodology and software development
• Commitment to following security, accessibility and performance best practices
• Strong sense of collaboration, teamwork, and accountability
• Self-starter and ability to communicate effectively remotely
• Ability to communicate complex technical problems, root cause analysis, and propose solutions.

Why Teaching Strategies

At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there's no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.

Let's open the door to your career at Teaching Strategies!

Some additional benefits & perks while working with Teaching Strategies

Teaching Strategies offers our employees a robust suite of benefits and other perks which include:

• Competitive compensation package, including Employee Equity Appreciation Program
• Health insurance benefits
• 401k with employer match
• 100% remote work environment
• Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance and Professional development and growth opportunities
• 100% paid life, short and long term disability insurance
• Pre-tax medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Voluntary life and critical illness insurance

Teaching Strategies, LLC is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer of Minorities, all Genders, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.