[Remote] Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ClassDojo is a company focused on providing children with an engaging educational experience through their communication app used in K-12 schools. As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will be responsible for building and optimizing web applications and infrastructure while collaborating with your team to enhance the engineering culture and deliver high-quality features to users. Responsibilities Ship new and improved features to end users in collaboration with your team Write, debug, and optimize new and existing code for our web apps, API, databases, infrastructure with automated tests and monitoring Deliver code to production and features to users frequently and incrementally Collaborate with your team through pair programming, mob programming, code reviews, and design sessions Contribute to cross-team technical improvements and investments Seek out opportunities to provide shared value through improvements of our common systems, tooling, and practices Support and improve our build and delivery pipelines Contribute to technical design and architecture conversations with your expertise and perspective Being curious and proactive about new tools, products, and approaches for AI powered engineering, evaluating how we can responsibly improve developer velocity, reliability, and quality Contribute to better practice, processes and teamwork Help to unblock teammates as well as other teams through hands-on work and guidance Break work down so we can deliver value to users incrementally Help grow other engineers into more senior engineers Systematically improve the quality of our product and process Encourage collaboration and psychological safety Know and spread awareness about the larger business context of what teams and individuals are working on Skills You have 8-10+ years of professional software experience You have worked at companies at various sizes and stages - from well known larger tech players all the way to startup stage (whether as a founder/co-founder or in a high growth stretch) You have delivered impactful user and business outcomes You have driven technical excellence through improvements to process, practices, and tools (e.g. experience with test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps practices) You're open to evolving with the role over time, including adapting engineering and product development practices as AI-powered products and workflows continue to become a larger part of our day to day You have strong communication. You clearly translate business requirements into technical solutions You're excited to get things done, in a fast-paced environment You have an ownership mindset you are comfortable with both responsibility and accountability You're thoughtful about creating and maintaining a world-class engineering culture You work well in teams and enjoy collaborating with engineers, designers and product teams You enjoy working in a pair programming environment You are passionate about education and care about having impact on tens of millions of kids' lives with your work You live and work in the Americas timezones You've used Node and/or React at scale You've worked with MongoDB or MySQL You have DevOps experience, especially on AWS Company Overview ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use to build close-knit communities. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https//www.classdojo.com.

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