Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

Role Overview:

As a Staff Software Engineer - Frontend at Kiddom, you will play a critical role in designing and delivering full-stack product features with a strong emphasis on frontend architecture. Your work will involve scoping, building, and optimizing product features and cross-cutting concerns to address complex problems at scale. You will collaborate with other senior-level engineers, select the appropriate tools and technologies, and implement robust, production-grade software solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Delivery: Own the design and delivery of full-stack product features, focusing on frontend architecture and scalability.
• Data Solutions: Scope out and build the best-possible data solutions for both green-field and legacy problems, ensuring they meet the scale and performance requirements.
• Tool Selection: Shortlist and evaluate tools and technologies that align with project goals and technical requirements.
• Implementation & Validation: Develop and validate production-grade software solutions, ensuring they meet high standards of quality and performance.
• Abstractions & Integration: Build abstractions that improve integration with common data stack-oriented technologies and generalize your work to benefit a variety of use cases.
• Impactful Features: Develop key product features that directly impact the success of the company and enhance the overall user experience.

Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development and system architecture.
• Technical Skills: Expertise in designing scalable systems, working with data-oriented technologies, and implementing production-grade software.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, or Golang.
• Tools & Technologies: Experience with front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue), databases (SQL, NoSQL), and cloud services (e.g., AWS, GCP).
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex, real world problems.

Challenges and Opportunities:

• Scale & Complexity: Tackle the challenge of designing and implementing scalable solutions for a high-impact platform.
• Innovation: Explore and adopt new technologies to enhance our tech stack and stay at the forefront of the industry.