Senior Software Engineer, LearnWith.AI

Description:

We are seeking an elite engineer who excels at ownership, strategic thinking, and solving high-complexity technical problems. In this position, you will develop the most critical features of a product while directing its technical trajectory and securing its long-term viability and expansion. The technical choices you make will have direct consequences for the product and its users, granting you the freedom to innovate and the accountability to execute.

You'll Contribute To Products That Are Reshaping Education

• TeachTap: Uses AI to animate historical figures in a TikTok-inspired learning format.
• TeachTales: Captivates students through personalized, immersive storytelling that enhances understanding.
• TimeBack: Functions as a learning copilot that connects with existing tools, actively guiding students.
• Athena: Employs AI-generated videos and assessments to produce quantifiable academic results.

You will lead the technical advancement of our products, guaranteeing they remain scalable, maintainable, and resilient over time. Working in close partnership with product teams, you will convert broad requirements into technical architecture and address intricate challenges while upholding rigorous quality benchmarks. The decisions you make will define the product's trajectory and affect how thousands of students engage with learning.

We emphasize careful planning and proactive design. Our AI-first methodology automates repetitive work, allowing you to concentrate on high-value decisions and strategic problem-solving. You will enjoy substantial autonomy and the capacity to shape product direction while prioritizing long-term stability and scalability.

If you are prepared to guide the technical transformation of our SaaS products and harness generative AI to expand what's possible, we want to connect with you.

What You Will Be Doing

• Feature Development: Architecting and building new features with emphasis on scalability, maintainability, and sustained product value.
• Requirement Engineering: Working alongside the product team to clarify requirements and guiding technical conversations to ensure features align with product objectives.
• Operations and Maintenance: Overseeing and sustaining product reliability, optimizing performance, and proactively detecting and addressing issues.
• Technical Design: Executing high-stakes technical decisions that directly influence user experiences and product scalability.

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Jumping between short-lived projects or pursuing the latest technology fads.
• Contributing to internal IT infrastructure or outsourced work with no meaningful user impact.
• Wasting time in perpetual meetings or managing tedious infrastructure problems.

Basic Requirements

Senior Software Engineer key responsibilities

• At least 1 year of full-stack development experience, working on front and backend features.
• At least 2 years as the primary technical contributor for a SaaS product, driving strategic technical decisions.
• At least 4 years of experience working on actual SaaS products, not outsourcing or internal IT projects.
• Experience in using generative AI in your day-to-day development work.

About LearnWith.AI

LearnWith.AI is an edtech startup that leverages AI and subject matter experts to cultivate a new way of learning. Our unique approach leverages 50+ years of learning science, cutting-edge data analytics and AI-powered coaching. In doing so, we can help students learn more, learn faster, and learn better - and have fun while doing it. We are a remote-first company that hires globally via Crossover.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $50 USD/hour, which equates to $100,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.