Senior Software Engineer

About Crimson Academies

Crimson Academies is a global educational organization dedicated to delivering premium, live, interactive learning experiences to motivated students worldwide. Serving over 1,000 students from 65 different countries, we aim to collaboratively unleash each student's vast potential to create extraordinary futures.

Role Overview

The engineering team develops the essential systems powering a global virtual education platform, including student and parent applications, backend services, internal sales and marketing tools, school operations infrastructure, and public-facing digital platforms. This role offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference in children's education by designing and delivering impactful software products.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain Crimson Academies' products across cloud infrastructure, backend systems, and occasionally frontend interfaces.
• Take full ownership of complex technical challenges from problem framing to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Employ test-driven development ensuring high-quality, reliable deliverables that maintain performance over time.
• Contribute to critical architectural decisions and influence the technical trajectory and engineering culture within the team.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and other stakeholders by providing transparent estimates, maintaining clear communication, and meeting delivery commitments.
• Drive improvements in continuous integration, continuous deployment, testing, and operational practices to accelerate safe and efficient releases.
• Monitor product health proactively and respond to issues promptly to maintain service reliability.
• Mentor and support colleagues, enhancing team quality and fostering shared standards of excellence.

Candidate Profile and Requirements

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Extensive full-stack expertise with deep knowledge of backend systems and infrastructure at a senior engineering level.
• Proficiency or near proficiency in the technology stack including HTML5/CSS, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, Docker, AWS, and Terraform.
• Demonstrated history of delivering robust software in environments that leverage strong CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills combined with a collaborative mindset and reliability in delivering commitments.
• An eagerness to develop into technical leadership roles over time.
• A personal dedication to Crimson Academies' values: unlocking potential collaboratively, continuously innovating, and elevating quality for sustained impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing educational or broad consumer-facing products serving an international user base.
• Previous mentoring experience or guidance provided to junior engineers.
• Experience managing live production systems distributed across multiple regions and time zones.

Why Join Crimson Academies?

The engineering team at Crimson Academies upholds high standards because every family entrusting us with their education deserves exceptional reliability and quality. Your code will directly impact students and families globally, every single day. If you seek a senior role with meaningful impact on an ambitious and principled team, we encourage you to apply.