Candidates must be comfortable attending daily 7:30 AM PST stand-up meetings.
Senior Software Engineer
Engagement: Contract-to-Hire | Remote
We are seeking an experienced Full-Stack Software Engineer to join a talented fully remote engineering team. This role sits at the intersection of a mature cloud-based and WordPress-driven platform and a forward-looking AI engineering roadmap focused on innovative solutions within the higher education space.
REQUIRED - CORE ENGINEERING
• Strong backend API development experience (Python and PHP preferred)
• Frontend development experience with React or similar frameworks
• Cloud infrastructure familiarity
• Relational and/or NoSQL database design experience
• RESTful API design and integration
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows
• Active participation in code reviews and pull request reviews
• Comfortable leveraging AI coding assistants as part of daily development workflows
• Agile / Scrum team experience
PREFERRED
Familiarity with the following technologies:
• WordPress
• Frontend: TypeScript, JavaScript, React
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, CDK, ECS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Bedrock
• Backend: FastAPI, PHP, Python, MongoDB
• AI & Agent Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, Langfuse, VoyageAI
AI Engineering Experience:
• RAG architecture and