Full Stack Engineer

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Odyssey, you’ll build the technology that powers our educational initiatives. You will craft both the face and the functionality of the platform. This includes designing intuitive front-end user interfaces, building scalable and efficient backend systems, and scaling our platform as our number of students grows.

By joining our team, you will leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the quality and accessibility of K-12 education across the United States.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, plan and develop beautiful functional experiences for customers using Node, AWS Lambda and other frameworks and languages.
• Design, write, and execute tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of our applications.
• Design and implement sophisticated database models considering scalability and performance.
• Develop and maintain APIs for widespread public and internal use, enhancing our mobile applications and various systems.
• Drive the continuous improvement of Odyssey’s eCommerce platform in collaboration with the product team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify needs, formulate solutions, and bridge product gaps.
• Foster transparent communication within the team, sharing both challenges and successes openly.
• Contribute to system design, platform management, code reviews, and capacity planning.

About You:

• 8+ years of experience in software development.
• Proficient building robust, scalable applications in a language like Typescript, Ruby, Go, Python.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable pitching new approaches and concepts to the team.
• Solid understanding and experience in Agile practices, with flexibility to adapt to evolving project needs.
• Experience with early to mid-stage tech startups and enthusiasm for startup growth and dynamics.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with building scalable software using AWS technologies.
• Experience with double-entry ledgers, payments, and money movement.
• Experience owning services end-to-end including maintenance of infrastructure.
• Familiarity with IaC technologies, CI/CD and observability tools.
• This role is a remote position, or onsite in NYC, for candidates located in the United States.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• We believe that everyone at Odyssey should be compensated fairly. We set our salary bands based on compensation data from hundreds of companies at our stage. The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $210,000 depending on experience, interview performance and location.
• Odyssey benefits include Medical/Dental/Vision plan(s), health services, short term disability, unlimited PTO and more.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Technology, Information and Internet