Senior Backend Engineer (Remote, United States) at Gaggle Net, Inc.

This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: United States Do you want to be part of a team that saves lives? Gaggle has been supporting student safety and well-being for over 20 years. Gaggle works with K-12 schools to prevent bullying, school violence, self-harm, and suicide. We also provide teletherapy, a crisis line, and other services to help schools do whatever they can to prioritize the mental and physical health of their students. We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who is excited to help with our mission. You will join an energetic, full-stack team of developers to build out the onboarding, configuration, and user management portion of our student safety platform. Note: At this time, we can only consider candidates who are citizens of the United States (or have an active Green Card) and live in one of the 50 states. Responsibilities • Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable backend code to power both internal and external workflows to get Gaggle set up • Collaborate with frontend engineers, infrastructure engineers, product managers, and others to build powerful features • Work with engineers across the organization to define and disseminate best practices and improvements to our technology • Lead the planning and design for the backend portion of projects that help keep students safe Required Qualifications • 5+ years experience working as backend developer on a team of high-performing engineers • Strong proficiency Java 8+ • Strong proficiency with both SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL and DynamoDB preferred) • Experience with TypeScript • Experience being the owner of a codebase or component of a software product and comfort working independently • Experience quickly understanding and modifying unfamiliar code • Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude, Copilot, Junie) into the software development process • Experience writing well-tested code that is deployed on a modern CI/CD pipeline • Experience working on a product-focused team that operates with strong collaboration among engineers with different technical backgrounds and expertise • Excellent communication skills Optional Qualifications • Familiarity with Go • Familiarity with AWS and Lambda architecture • Proficiency with Python • Experience working on small teams in small companies and a “get it done” attitude Salary Range and Benefits Please apply to this posting in order to learn more about the starting salary range and benefit options. Our Team Commitment Gaggle is proud to be recognized as a 2023 Top Workplace and also a proud recipient of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA Today award. We are committed to equal opportunity without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, or sex. This offer from "Gaggle" has been enriched by Jobgether.com and got a 72% flex score. Apply tot his job

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