SchooLinks

Compensation

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We're looking for EU-based hands-on engineering leader to lead a talented team of engineers in delivering delightful software for SchooLinks customers. SchooLinks is an ed-tech company that is changing how students explore and pursue their post-high school goals. We have a suite of over 80 tools for students and school staff including college application management, course planning, financial situations, personality assessments, college profiles, and many others. We are a remote-friendly, globally distributed and venture-backed startup. This is an EU based remote role. What you'll do: Initially you will serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer on an existing team - planning, coding and shipping features to get acclimated with domain of the product, tech stack and development process. Over time you will work along side the existing Engineering Manager to plan and support the entire pods work. Ultimately you will take over the team which comprises of 3-5 engineers (frontend and backend) You will translate epics and user stories into technical specification and ultimately development tasks You will pair plan, pair code and review your team members PR to ensure high quality. You will ensure the timely delivery of projects and remove blockers as they arise You will collaborate with other managers and leads to identify and implement technical solutions to improve the performance, reliability, and quality of the SchooLinks Platform You will triage, prioritize and manage the resolution of production issues and customer escalations as needed, to ensure optimal resolution You will ensure your team is maintaining good technical hygiene code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices At least 2 years of management or leadership experience leading successful software engineering teams At least 4 years of experience working with Django (DRF) and React Experience with asynchronous task management (Celery preferred) Solid fundamentals in relational databases such as MySQL Experience solving challenging technical problems Have a growth, team-first and customer-oriented mindset Strong English speaker Competitive Salary Part of a remote-friendly company Flexible working hours and healthy asynchronous working practices Long term employment with considerations for promotion and raises yearly