Sr. Software Engineer

Job Description

Who You Are
Brightwheel is seeking a Sr. Full-Stack Engineer to join our Billing and Payments pod. This team is responsible for processing millions of payments per month for our customers.
We are seeking a Senior Full-Stack Engineer who is well-rounded technically with expertise in frontend development. And who is passionate about the positive impact their code can make in people's lives. Brightwheel engineers work closely with Product and design, as well as with other areas of the business to deliver a platform that meets our teachers’ & school administrators’ biggest needs.
Every engineer at Brightwheel is afforded a high degree of ownership and autonomy. We are a lean, fast-moving team and value individuals who can optimize for being impactful while considering both technical and business drivers.



What You'll Do
  • Work alongside Product and Design to scope and implement new features or product lines to ensure that Early Childhood Education center administrators are paid on time, every time.
  • Be a steward of quality, scalability, security, and performance. You'll work with other engineers to ensure that we have a solid foundation that serves our customers, and enables the team to continue building a great product. 
  • Design and implement new software systems, or introduce new technologies, as appropriate to support brightwheel’s growth.
  • Share knowledge and expertise across the engineering team

  • Qualifications, Skills, & Abilities
  • 5+ years of professional experience, preferably in dynamic companies/teams
  • Expertise with React
  • Proficiency in both contributing to and designing APIs
  • Preferred experience with Ruby on Rails
  • Expertise at writing automated tests (unit/integration/functional)
  • Bonus for experience with React testing library and cypress
  • Experience with package management
  • Experience with state design for large react applications