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Senior Backend Engineer

Edia
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/30/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2025
About Edia

Edia is a Series A ed-tech startup revolutionizing K-12 education with AI-driven solutions. We develop software to improve math education, tackle chronic absenteeism, and optimize MTSS processes for school districts. Today, Edia supports 130 districts across the country (e.g. New York City, Miami, Fulton County, Denver, etc.) .

About The Role

We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team and help scale our Node.js applications on AWS. You'll work across our product suite to build robust, scalable systems that serve educators and students nationwide.

What You'll Do

  • Design, build, and maintain efficient and reliable backend systems.
  • Integrate with clients' systems in robust and fault tolerant ways.
  • Debug and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with frontend developers.

Qualifications

  • 5 years of experience in backend development, with at least 3 years working with Node.js.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (containers, pub/sub, managed DBs).
  • Experience building and scaling applications.
  • Knowledge of API design and development.
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and capacity to manage complex systems.

Nice to Have

  • AI/ML implementation in production environments.
  • Programming language implementation / Computer algebra experience.

What Sets You Apart

  • High agency with good taste.
  • Problem-solving ability.
  • Comfort with complexity.

Why Join Edia?

  • Opportunity to build software that makes a meaningful impact in education.
  • We're a fast-growing company, well funded, and with ambitious growth plans.
  • High-ownership engineering culture.
  • Competitive salary and equity package.

Work Authorization: We are currently unable to sponsor or transfer work authorization for all jobs. If things change in the future, we'll be sure to update this section.

We appreciate your interest in Edia and feel free to follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about all we're doing to improve education outcomes in the US.

Compensation Range: $200K - $275K

Salary : $200,000 - $275,000

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