Do you love solving problems, collaborating with dedicated colleagues, and changing the world for the better? Our Development team is growing and we’re looking for multiple software engineers to help us build our suite of award-winning solutions. You’ll get to work on cutting-edge tech that’s making a real difference. Our software developers aren’t just coders, they’re problem-solvers who work closely with QA, Product, and other departments to find out-of-the-box solutions to the challenges our customers face. As a Software Engineer on our team, you will have the opportunity to design, build, test, maintain, and have a direct and meaningful impact on the roadmap of the digital platform.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Identify and uphold Full stack engineering best practices
Collaborate with designers & product managers to iterate on the design & implementation of our product
Design and create services that grow with the needs of the company
Monitor performance, watch for traffic drops related to usability problems & rectify the issues
Review app and feature code, and plan future API upgrades with the development team
Assist in the development of applications & features that will be put on the website, mobile app, and external client apps
Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies
Work with with modern libraries and tooling
Strong analytical problem solving skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-starter with strong initiative, quality deliverable and ability to work under pressure
Business-minded approach to time, costs, and deadlines
Demonstrated ability to work well within a team environment

ABOUT YOU:

3+ years of experience developing large scale web applications using GO and Javascript/React
Experience with modern libraries and tooling
Significant GO and Javascript programming skills and data structures
Significant Microservices architecture and development skills
Significant knowledge of SQL Database and NoSQL Databases (Oracle, Postgres, Cassandra)
Significant experience in Messaging architectures & development- Kafka or equivalent
Proven Experience in building RESTful APIs and a deep understanding of REST principles
Proven Experience working with Docker or similar technologies, GIT, CI/CD and writing unit/integration tests
Strong analytical problem solving skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-starter with strong initiative, quality deliverable and ability to work under pressure
Business-minded approach to time, costs, and deadlines
Demonstrated ability to work well within a team environment

Bonus Points:

Proven Experience Cloud Platforms like Azure or Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Experience in programming using JavaScript, Node and React ecosystem is a plus point
Familiarity with developing e-commerce application modules such as Catalog setup and Search (Solr, ElasticSearch etc.)
Proven Experience with Continuous integration, Continuous delivery and Continuous deployment
Experience architecting and building high volume, fault-tolerant, highly available, and globally distributed systems in a cloud-native environment
Experience with Agile development methodologies
Familiarity with A/B testing, monitoring, and alerting
Energetic, flexible, collaborative, team player and good interpersonal skills
A passion for keeping up-to-date with the latest cloud trends and technologies

ABOUT US

For 25 years, Lightspeed Systems® has been a leader in the ever-changing landscape of K-12 learning technology. Lightspeed Systems works with tens of thousands of schools to maximize the safety, mobility, and effectiveness of their students’ learning experience. Every device can be covered with the most effective web filter, student safety monitor, classroom management software, device management tool, and analytics program available. Learn more at www.lightspeedsystems.com.

ABOUT OUR ATX HQ

If “work from where it makes sense” includes being onsite for you some or all the time, you will LOVE being at the ranch. Our uniquely Lightspeed (and totally Texas) corporate headquarters has everything Lightspeeders need to get the job done – and a whole lot more.

15,000 sq. ft. of open work area, offices, and huddle rooms
A private chef serving up lunch Tuesday through Thursday every week
A state-of-the-art fitness center (with outfitted locker rooms)
Physical therapist onsite regularly
Indoor and outdoor casual collaboration spots
Pet-friendly office environment
A golf simulator, go-carts, shuffleboard, corn hole, and MORE fun

All within 31 sprawling acres of Live Oak trees that foster a natural habitat for local wildlife. It is not uncommon to be greeted daily by whitetail deer. (Maybe it wants to join your meeting?)

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