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Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, Backend role at Kiddom Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer, Backend role at Kiddom Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. This range is provided by Kiddom. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $160,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr About Kiddom 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. You will 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 What We're Looking For 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 Kiddom Offers 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 Salary range is dependent on geographic location, prior experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process. What we offer Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits from their first day of employment: Competitive salary 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.Seniority level Seniority levelNot Applicable Employment type Employment typeFull-time Job function Job functionEngineering and Information Technology IndustriesE-Learning Providers Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Kiddom by 2x Get notified about new Senior Software Engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA . 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Join to apply for the Staff Software Engineer, Platform role at Kiddom This range is provided by Kiddom. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience - talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $180,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr About Kiddom 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. The Systems Engineering team supports tools and core services that provide a great product experience to our end-users and a great developer experience to our engineering teams. A typical day might start out looking for trouble and end with project plans and cross-functional collaborations that run a thorny problem to ground. This role combines technical leadership with strategic impact, shaping Kiddom's systems to grow each school year. You'll work in languages from Go to TypeScript to Python, on technologies from web APIs to graph databases to edge computing and LLMs. You will have the opportunity to drive technical change across every team. You will help engineers around you do their best work using tools you select and build. Note: There is a list of questions as part of the application process. Not filling them out or putting N/A automatically disqualifies you. Qualifications 10+ years of software development experience at scale 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects Fluency in Go is a must Fluency in at least one of these languages: TypeScript, Javascript, Python Experience managing services in AWS or other cloud platforms Experience with Docker containers and Linux virtual machines You put the dev in DevOps, bridging applications to infrastructure Qualities Conscientious of impact, always keeping the end-user in mind Enjoy teaching best practices and learning new technologies Have a knack for finding simple solutions to big problems, enrolling engineering teams and stakeholders in your vision Track record of shipping quality products that scale without drama Calm professionalism during production incidents. Share your worst outage stories to learn and level up junior engineers Adaptable to changing customer needs and unexpected system behavior Salary range is dependent on geographic location, prior experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process. What we offer Competitive salary 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Senior Backend Engineer, Tooling Join to apply for the Senior Backend Engineer, Tooling role at Kiddom. Base pay range $160,000.00/yr - $200,000.00/yr About Kiddom 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. Kiddom's Tooling team builds and maintains the core systems that empower all engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient software. As a Senior Backend Engineer on this team, you'll focus on developing backend services, automation frameworks, and internal developer tools that improve the velocity and reliability of our entire platform. You'll play a key role in shaping how Kiddom engineers build, deploy, and observe systems at scale - with an emphasis on clean, maintainable, and testable code written primarily in Python, and secondary exposure to GoLang. You will Design, build, and maintain backend services and automation tooling primarily in Python, with opportunities to contribute to GoLang-based systems Develop and maintain internal APIs, asynchronous task frameworks, and services that improve developer productivity and platform reliability Collaborate cross-functionally with other engineering teams to understand their needs and build internal systems that streamline workflows Optimize and maintain integrations with internal and external systems, including CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and developer infrastructure Own projects end-to-end - from system design and architecture to implementation, deployment, and monitoring Drive engineering excellence through thoughtful code reviews, automated testing, and performance optimization Champion modern backend practices - including observability, scalability, and fault tolerance - within the Tooling ecosystem Mentor junior engineers and contribute to shaping the future of Kiddom's backend and infrastructure practices What We're Looking For BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field 6+ years of professional experience designing, building, and maintaining backend systems at scale Deep expertise in Python, including experience building APIs and asynchronous processing systems Familiarity with GoLang, with an interest in contributing to Go-based services and tooling Strong proficiency with both relational and non-relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis) Hands on experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture Production experience on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including Docker, Kubernetes, and IaC (Terraform, etc.) Solid understanding of design patterns, testing, and backend performance tuning Strong debugging and system observability skills Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with product managers, frontend teams, and other stakeholders Excellent communication skills - written, verbal, and architectural documentation Desire to mentor and elevate team members' technical skills Passion for improving K-12 education and building systems that serve teachers, students, and educational equity Salary range is dependent on geographic location, prior experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process. What we offer Competitive salary 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 (prorated 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Kiddom is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, pregnancy, age, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.