Senior Software Engineer

Achievement Network (ANet) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping all students achieve strong educational outcomes. We partner with school and system leaders to strengthen teaching and learning through the strategic use of assessments, coaching, and tools that drive meaningful results. Individuals who join ANet become part of a dynamic, mission-driven, and collaborative organization focused on making a lasting impact in schools. We are committed to supporting one another and growing together as a team. OPPORTUNITY The Senior Software Engineer will help the Engineering Team build products that teachers and school leaders use to help shape excellent instruction for students. Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, the Senior Software Engineer will apply modern development technologies and best practices to deliver high-quality software systems and solve technical challenges. TRAVEL Up to 2-3 times a year RESPONSIBILITIES Implement ANet?s next generation of technology products that support data-driven educational practices

• Design, develop, test, and maintain a robust and scalable data lake solution, RESTful back-end services, and, occasionally, web applications that provide ANet?s educational partners with insights that boost student learning
• Engage in technical design and code reviews, embracing and promoting best practices to document and deliver a high- quality software system that scales
• Monitor and troubleshoot production data pipelines, proactively address issues, performance bottlenecks, and system failures
• Contribute to the evolution of our data infrastructure, recommending and implementing solutions to improve testability, maintainability, scalability, and efficiency
• Join product managers and business analysts to understand available data and translate user stories into reporting platform capabilities
• Collaborate and integrate with third-party data providers to ingest and share data using established, sustainable patterns adopted by the team
• Keep abreast of new technologies and propose adoption as appropriate

• Expertise in area of focus:
• 6+ years of experience delivering high quality software solutions in enterprise environments
• 3+ years of recent, hands-on experience designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining production software utilizing
• Java 17+, Spring Boot 3+, data modeling skills, and SQL for microservice development
• Modern data warehousing, data lake, ELT/ETL design patterns, and PySpark for data pipeline development
• Cloud platforms and infrastructure deployment tools (AWS and Cloud Formation preferred)
• CI/CD automation pipelines
• Scrum or other Agile development processes
• 2+ years of hands-on experience developing web applications using Javascript or Typescript with a modern front-end framework (Angular preferred)
• Experience working in a highly collaborative culture and creating consistent, sustainable solutions across applications and sub-teams
• Communication:?
• Ability to articulate? complex ideas clearly and confidently in written and verbal form to technical and non-technical audiences?
• Demonstrates empathy and ability to hear and respond to feedback?
• Critical Thinking and Data Orientation:
• Adept in working closely with business partners to build technology solutions that meet the needs of internal and external users
• Adept at adjusting solutions to increase consistency, sustainability, and maximize the effectiveness of the entire team
• Planning and Prioritization:?
• Adept at project and time management, with experience leading long-term projects alongside changing priorities in both project and product requirements
Ideal candidates may also demonstrate the following preferred qualifications:
• Expertise in area of focus:
• A Bachelor?s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or related degree
• Demonstrated experience and success working remotely
COMPENSATION The salary range is Level 6E (SSE) $114,750 - $191,250, with an offer to be in the range of $114,750 to $153,000. In order to uphold our commitment to transparent, equitable, competitive, and sustainable compensation, ANet does not negotiate pay BENEFITS We offer comprehensive benefits to best support our people. Benefits include: medical, dental and vision insurance where ANet pays a portion of the cost of these benefits for employees and their families/domestic partner; generous paid time-off including 10 paid holidays and paid days off between the Christmas and New Year?s holidays; paid parental leave; educational expenses reimbursements;? flexible spending accounts; professional development; a 401(k) plan with a 4% match; short and long-term disability coverage; and basic life and personal accident insurance. Conflict of Interest / Outside Work Disclosure Because this role includes direct instructional coaching and partnership work, candidates must disclose any current consulting, contracting, or employment with organizations that provide instructional coaching, curriculum implementation support, or similar services to schools or districts. ANet reviews outside work to ensure there is no conflict of interest with core services or partner relationships. Individuals currently contracting with organizations that are in direct competition with ANet may not be eligible for this role.

ANet is committed to building an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone at our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage all individuals of all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.