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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

United States, San Francisco 160000.00 - 220000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted December 09, 2025
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Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning. We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our growing team and help build the next generation of scalable backend services. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance systems that power our applications. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in backend technologies, and system architecture, along with a passion for solving complex problems for our users and mentoring engineers. The individual selected for this role will have a passion for education, the ability to empathize with teachers, strong product acumen, and a commitment to Kiddom’s mission and vision.

Job Responsibility

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and databases
  • Ensure the scalability, security, and performance of backend systems
  • Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features
  • Optimize applications for performance, reliability, and scalability
  • Conduct code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, ensuring system uptime and reliability
  • Work with our customers to troubleshoot issues and bugs and also help with Kiddom onboarding

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field
  • 6+ years professional software engineering experience
  • Experience scaling integration systems
  • Proficiency in working with databases (SQL & NoSQL) such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis
  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and containerization tools like Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
  • Strong knowledge of design patterns and software engineering best practices
  • You've been through the planning, launching and refactoring phases of code you wrote
  • Excellent problem solving and debugging skills
  • Ability to work as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment
  • Motivated and responsible individual who strives to exceed expectations
  • Sincere interest in working at a startup and scaling with the company as we grow

Nice to have

  • Experience in Edtech industry
  • Familiarity with Golang, Typescript
  • Experience with AWS Lambda, Terraform

What we offer

  • The opportunity to make a measurable impact in K-12 education
  • Competitive salary and equity in a hyper-growth, mission-driven organization
  • Full health benefits: medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • 401k
  • An inclusive, positive team culture
  • A passionate, collaborative team obsessed with building transformative education technology
  • Meaningful equity
  • Health insurance benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance
  • One Medical membership (in participating locations)
  • Flexible vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year
  • 10 paid sick days per year (pro rated depending on start date)
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid bereavement leave
  • Paid family leave after birth/adoption. Minimum of 16 paid weeks for birthing parents, 10 weeks for caretaker parents. Meant to supplement benefits offered by State
  • Commuter and FSA plans

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