




Job Description
The Opportunity
The Springboard engineering team is looking for software engineers with strong backend & frontend technical expertise. In this role, you would be responsible for building exciting features aimed at improving our student experience and expanding our student base, using the latest technologies like GenAI, as relevant. You would also contribute to making our platform more robust, flexible and scalable. This is a great opportunity to create a meaningful impact as well as grow in your career.
We are looking for engineers with different levels of experience and expertise. Depending on your proficiency levels, you will join our team as a Software Engineer II, Senior Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop features for the Springboard platform, which enriches the learning experience of thousands through human guided learning at scale
- Own quality and reliability of the product by getting hands on with code and design reviews, debugging complex issues and so on
- Contribute to the platform architecture through redesign of complex features based on evolving business needs
- Influence and establish best engineering practices through solid design decisions, processes and tools
- Provide technical mentoring to team members
You
- You have experience with web application development, on both, backend and frontend.
- You have a solid understanding of software design principles and best practices.
- You have hands-on experience in,
- Coding and debugging complex systems, with frontend integration.
- Code review, responsible for production deployments.
- Building scalable and fault-tolerant applications.
- Re-architecting / re-designing complex systems / features (i.e. managing technical debt).
- Defining and following best practices for frontend and backend systems.
- You have excellent problem solving skills and are comfortable handling ambiguity.
- You are able to analyze various alternatives and reach optimal decisions.
- You are willing to challenge the status quo, express your opinion and drive change.
- You are able to plan reasonably complex pieces of work and can handle changing priorities, unknowns and challenges with support. You want to contribute to the platform roadmap, aligning with the organization priorities and goals.
- You enjoy mentoring others and helping them solve challenging problems.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner. You are able to communicate with various stakeholders to understand their requirements.
- You are a proponent of quality - building best practices, introducing new processes and improvements to make the team more efficient.
Non-negotiables
Must have
- Expertise in Backend development (Python & Django experience preferred)
- Expertise in Frontend development (AngularJS / ReactJS / VueJS experience preferred)
- Experience working with SQL databases
- Experience building multiple significant features for web applications
Good to have
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or any cloud platform)
- Experience working with any Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas
- Experience working with GenAI ecosystem, including usage of AI tools such as code completion
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and applications deployed on Kubernetes
- Experience with refactoring (redesigning complex systems / features, breaking monolith into services)
- Experience working with NoSQL databases
- Experience with Web performance optimization, SEO, Gatsby and FE Analytics
- Delivery skills, specifically planning open ended projects
- Mentoring skills
Expectations
- Able to work with open ended problems and come up with efficient solutions
- Able to communicate effectively with business stakeholders to clarify requirements for small to medium tasks and own end to end delivery
- Able to communicate estimations, plan deviations and blockers in an efficient and timely manner to all project stakeholders

About Springboard
About
Springboard is on a mission to transform one million lives through education by 2030.
Springboard is an online learning platform that prepares students for the tech industry’s most in-demand careers with comprehensive, mentor-led online programs in software engineering, data science, cybersecurity, UI/UX design, and more.
We act as a support system, coach, and cheerleader for working professionals who are ready to level-up or make a major career shift. Our one-size-fits-one approach combines a bleeding-edge curriculum with expert mentors, career coaches, and student advisors, who provide an individualized and personalized learning experience. We give our students everything they need to fuel their progress, and hold them accountable for their dreams.
Since our founding in 2013, we’ve doubled our team size each year, with offices in Bengaluru and San Francisco. Today, the Springboard community includes tens of thousands of students and alumni, more than a thousand expert mentors, dozens of career coaches, and hundreds of employer partners. Together, we’re building a network that’s bridging the world’s skills gap.
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Binding of UI elements to JavaScript object models
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Create Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code
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Write code that is cross-platform and cross-device compatible
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Ability to wear many hats and learn new technologies quickly






