Learning Commons

Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Learning Commons

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Redwood CityCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $261,800 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Build Across the Stack – Design and implement scalable backend services, APIs, and infrastructure that power our Learning Commons platform and AI-enabled tools.
  • Strengthen Cloud & DevOps Foundations – Improve cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, CI/CD workflows, and deployment automation to increase reliability and developer velocity.
  • Own Reliability & Performance – Enhance observability, monitoring, and incident response practices; debug and resolve production issues across application and infrastructure layers.
  • Improve Scalability & Developer Experience – Identify bottlenecks and drive pragmatic improvements that make systems faster, safer, and easier to build on.
  • Collaborate & Raise the Bar – Partner with product, data, security, and platform teams; contribute to design discussions, code reviews, and shared engineering standards.

Requirements

  • Strong Engineering Fundamentals – Proven experience building and operating production systems in cloud-native environments.
  • Infrastructure & DevOps Depth – Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code, containerized systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud architecture.
  • Modern Tooling Fluency – Experience with tools such as Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, Databricks (or comparable technologies).
  • Operational Excellence Mindset – Experience with observability, monitoring, and incident response; comfortable debugging complex distributed systems.
  • Systems Thinking – Solid understanding of scalability, networking, and secure system design, with pragmatic decision-making in fast-moving environments.
  • Collaborative Communication – Ability to contribute to technical design discussions, align cross-functionally, and elevate engineering standards within a team.
Benefits
  • Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
  • Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
  • Funding for select family-forming benefits.
  • Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
backend servicesAPIscloud infrastructuredata pipelinesCI/CD workflowsdeployment automationobservabilitymonitoringincident responsescalability
Soft Skills
collaborative communicationsystems thinkingpragmatic decision-making