Software Engineer

We are looking for a Software Engineer to support application development for an education-focused organization in California. This Long-term Contract opportunity is ideal for someone early in their career who enjoys building and enhancing web-based solutions across both server-side and client-side components. The position will focus primarily on backend development while also contributing to frontend features, with an initial onsite onboarding period followed by mostly remote work and periodic onsite planning sessions.

Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain software features for a new school-related initiative within an education environment.
• Build backend services and application logic primarily using Python while contributing to frontend development with Angular and TypeScript.
• Create, update, and support user-facing functionality for web applications, ensuring reliable performance and usability.
• Participate in code management and deployment activities using GitHub and Travis CI, including reviewing test results and resolving build issues.
• Collaborate with team members during onsite planning sessions and coordinate effectively in a hybrid work arrangement.
• Support quality-focused development practices by troubleshooting defects, validating functionality, and improving application stability.
• Contribute across both backend and frontend workstreams, with an emphasis on server-side development.
• Complete required compliance training, including mandated reporter training, before or during project onboarding.

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of software engineering experience.

• Hands-on development experience with Angular and TypeScript for modern web application development.

• Strong backend programming ability, including experience with Python in a production environment.

• Familiarity with source control workflows and continuous integration tools such as GitHub and Travis CI.

• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid setting with an initial onsite first week and occasional onsite planning meetings thereafter.

• Exposure to unit testing, debugging, and resolving pipeline or build-related issues.

• Experience supporting projects in education or similarly regulated environments is a plus.

Compensation

$50.00-$55.00 Hourly

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