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SchooLinks is hiring a Full Stack Sr. Software Engineer/Team Lead (Django and React). The role involves leading a skilled engineering team to develop and deliver software solutions while initially contributing as a full stack engineer and progressively taking on full team leadership responsibilities including project planning, code review, and issue management.

Highlights

Lead a team of 3-5 engineers in frontend and backend development.
Translate epics and user stories into technical specifications and development tasks.
Pair plan, code, and review team members' pull requests to maintain quality.
Manage project delivery timelines and remove blockers.
Collaborate with managers and leads to improve platform performance and reliability.
Handle production issues and customer escalations for optimal resolution.
Ensure technical hygiene, code quality, automated testing, and best engineering practices.
Require 2+ years of management or leadership experience in software engineering teams.
Require 4+ years of experience with Django (DRF) and React, plus knowledge of asynchronous task management (preferably Celery) and relational databases (MySQL).
Offer competitive salary, flexible working hours, remote-friendly environment, and potential for promotion and raises.

Full Stack Sr. Software Engineer/ Team Lead (Django and React) Full Description

We're looking for EU-based hands-on engineering leader to lead a talented team of engineers in delivering delightful software for SchooLinks customers.

SchooLinks is an ed-tech company that is changing how students explore and pursue their post-high school goals. We have a suite of over 80 tools for students and school staff including college application management, course planning, financial situations, personality assessments, college profiles, and many others. We are a remote-friendly, globally distributed and venture-backed startup.

This is an EU based remote role.

What you'll do:

Initially you will serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer on an existing team - planning, coding and shipping features to get acclimated with domain of the product, tech stack and development process.
Over time you will work along side the existing Engineering Manager to plan and support the entire pods work.
Ultimately you will take over the team which comprises of 3-5 engineers (frontend and backend)
You will translate epics and user stories into technical specification and ultimately development tasks
You will pair plan, pair code and review your team members PR to ensure high quality.
You will ensure the timely delivery of projects and remove blockers as they arise
You will collaborate with other managers and leads to identify and implement technical solutions to improve the performance, reliability, and quality of the SchooLinks Platform
You will triage, prioritize and manage the resolution of production issues and customer escalations as needed, to ensure optimal resolution
You will ensure your team is maintaining good technical hygiene code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices

Requirements

At least 2 years of management or leadership experience leading successful software engineering teams
At least 4 years of experience working with Django (DRF) and React
Experience with asynchronous task management (Celery preferred)
Solid fundamentals in relational databases such as MySQL
Experience solving challenging technical problems
Have a growth, team-first and customer-oriented mindset
Strong English speaker

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Part of a remote-friendly company
Flexible working hours and healthy asynchronous working practices
Long term employment with considerations for promotion and raises yearly

Original Job Description

We're looking for EU-based hands-on engineering leader to lead a talented team of engineers in delivering delightful software for SchooLinks customers.

This is an EU based remote role.

What you'll do:

Initially you will serve as a Full Stack Software Engineer on an existing team - planning, coding and shipping features to get acclimated with domain of the product, tech stack and development process.
Over time you will work along side the existing Engineering Manager to plan and support the entire pods work.
Ultimately you will take over the team which comprises of 3-5 engineers (frontend and backend)
You will translate epics and user stories into technical specification and ultimately development tasks
You will pair plan, pair code and review your team members PR to ensure high quality.
You will ensure the timely delivery of projects and remove blockers as they arise
You will collaborate with other managers and leads to identify and implement technical solutions to improve the performance, reliability, and quality of the SchooLinks Platform
You will triage, prioritize and manage the resolution of production issues and customer escalations as needed, to ensure optimal resolution
You will ensure your team is maintaining good technical hygiene code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices

Requirements

At least 2 years of management or leadership experience leading successful software engineering teams
At least 4 years of experience working with Django (DRF) and React
Experience with asynchronous task management (Celery preferred)
Solid fundamentals in relational databases such as MySQL
Experience solving challenging technical problems
Have a growth, team-first and customer-oriented mindset
Strong English speaker

Benefits

Competitive Salary
Part of a remote-friendly company
Flexible working hours and healthy asynchronous working practices
Long term employment with considerations for promotion and raises yearly

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