Contract: Senior Software Engineer, Back End (Santa Fe), Santa Fe Capital

Why You'll Love This Role
As a Sr.
Software Engineer you will be part of the EveryDay Labs team within Newsela.
Your work will have a direct and meaningful impact on student outcomes helping school districts reduce absenteeism and increase learning time for students who need it most.
You'll have the opportunity to work on both complex, existing systems and build new products from the ground up, giving you meaningful ownership and visibility into how your work drives impact.
In this role, you'll be part of a collaborative and mission‐driven team where clean code, thoughtful design, and continuous improvement are core to how we work.
You'll engage in an environment that values constructive feedback, strong engineering practices, and shared problem solving, while also having the space to take initiative and make a tangible difference across our product, team, and the communities we serve.
What You'll Be Doing
Design, build, and maintain components of our software platform that support attendance analytics, process management, and family communication tools
Maintain and improve our student and attendance data systems, ensuring they remain performant and scalable as they grow to support tens of millions of records
Develop new features that enhance product capabilities and drive meaningful outcomes for schools and students
Automate operational and monitoring processes to support system reliability and scalability
Optimize and enhance our AWS infrastructure to improve performance, efficiency, and system resilience
Contribute to technical discussions and help shape practical, scalable solutions, balancing speed, quality, and long‐term maintainability
Partner with cross‐functional teams to translate product needs into technical solutions and deliver high‐quality outcomes
About You
5+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong foundation in building scalable backend systems
Advanced proficiency in our core stack (or similar technologies)
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