Engineer

ParentSquare

Software Engineer developing and shipping impactful code for communication tools at ParentSquare. Collaborating on AI development practices and enhancing student outcomes through technology.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $135,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsJavaScriptMySQLPHPPostgresPythonRubyTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write and ship clear, simple code that makes educators’ lives easier and improves student outcomes.
Partner with product owners, design, and senior engineering teammates to ensure we build features as cleanly and simply as possible.
Actively utilize and champion AI development practices within your daily workflow, helping your peers find ways to increase sprint velocity and code quality.
Build and maintain features that operate robustly at scale while adhering to the highest level of security for the schools that rely on us.
Contribute to a unified technical direction and a team culture focused on excellence, continuous learning, and speed.
Actively participate in PR reviews and help implement the future architecture of our systems, including supporting the evolution of our monolithic systems.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Professional experience working on services utilizing Ruby, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or PHP
Solid experience building application services with MySQL or PostgreSQL , including a strong understanding of relational databases beyond just standard ORM usage.
Experience working within distributed systems and an understanding of how to work with and evolve monolithic architectures.
Experience deploying, monitoring, and operating services on cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS (Aurora, RDS, SQS) .
Proficiency with building and consuming RESTful APIs .
Bachelor's degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
Paid Parental Leave
Stock options
Health + wellness reimbursements
PTO that increases each year
15 paid holidays, including your birthday!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Application DevelopmentRESTful API DevelopmentDistributed SystemsMonolithic ArchitectureDatabase Design

Soft Skills

CollaborationCode ReviewContinuous Learning

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science