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

🇺🇸 Remote - Austin, TX

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ October 20th, 2025

MySQL

Edtech.com's Summary

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