What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Engineer position at Edia?
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 Staff Engineer to take on key technical responsibilities in architecture and implementation. You'll be problem solving in all layers of the stack, from AWS to React, while guiding development of scalable, robust systems.
What You'll Do
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: $250K - $400K
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 Staff Engineer to take on key technical responsibilities in architecture and implementation. You'll be problem solving in all layers of the stack, from AWS to React, while guiding development of scalable, robust systems.
What You'll Do
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of critical backend systems on Node.js/AWS.
- Design and implement scalable, distributed systems that handle high volumes of educational data.
- Be an authority at every layer of the stack.
- Guide technical decisions for infrastructure, performance optimization, and security.
- Collaborate with product and leadership teams to translate business goals into technical roadmaps.
- Lead the implementation of effective engineering practices as the team grows.
- 8 years of experience in backend development with expertise in distributed systems.
- Strong experience with Node.js and AWS cloud infrastructure at scale.
- Deep understanding of system design and data modeling.
- Experience building high-performance, reliable systems from scratch.
- Experience working on systems that required high availability.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- Experience with real-time data processing and analytics platforms.
- Experience at fast-growing startups moving from early stage to scale.
- Varied work experiences: in your career you've been infra-focused, product-focused, and full-stack.
- Technical versatility: You're primarily a backend engineer but recognize that code is code and are willing to dive into any part of the stack.
- Product sensibility: You connect technical decisions to business outcomes and user experiences.
- Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities can shift.
- Opportunity to shape the technical foundation of education products that are actually improving outcomes.
- Fast-growing company with Series A funding and ambitious plans.
- 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: $250K - $400K
Salary : $250,000 - $400,000
