Scholastic

The global children's publishing, education and media company

Senior Software Engineer

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1920H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

New York

Posted

60 days ago

Salary

$128K - $145K / year

Bachelor DegreeEnglishAWSCloudDynamo DBJavaPythonReactSpringSpring BootSpring BootTerraform

Job Description

• Determines the best approach for software implementations and architecture and works with the team to develop them. • Applies and coaches/advocates for common principles of good code development, including extensibility, reusability, maintainability, and testability through coaching/mentoring and code review. • Takes the primary role of leading sizing/estimating and backlog grooming. • Partners closely with the team’s Product Owner, designer, quality lead, and DevOps to manage within team capacity, manage tech debt, and mature/evolve effective team Agile product development practices. • Works with the PO to develop shared team understanding of business context, value, and strategic importance of their work. • Advocates for the team’s needs with engineering leadership. • Plays a key role in resolving code/architecture related production incidents, partnering strongly with other team members.

Job Requirements

  • Aptitude for troubleshooting and problem solving.
  • Expertise in modern web application/services development, technical design and architecture.
  • Practical experience in software engineering and application/service architecture.
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability with a commitment to delivering high quality software that balances technical and business goals.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate with a variety of audiences at all levels.
  • Strong understanding of Agile product development and practices.
  • Deep knowledge of modern backend (Java, Python) and frontend (React) development ecosystems, tooling, and best practices.
  • Strong backend development experience using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python, including building APIs, services, and data processing components.
  • Leverage agentic AI tools for software development (Cline/Cursor/Kiro etc.)
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and services, Amazon Web Services preferred (Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/Terraform)

Benefits

  • Full suite of health and wellness benefits (including a $0 deductible Medical Plan)
  • Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) with options for both Roth and Traditional Contributions
  • Tuition-Free programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees
  • Generous Parental Leave Program
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with opportunity for discounted stock at a 15% discount

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