Frontline Education
Senior Back End Software Engineer 2
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Remote - US
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Full-Time
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$140K - $170K
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Software Engineering
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February 26th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Frontline Education is hiring a Senior Back End Software Engineer 2. This role involves designing and maintaining scalable backend services using .NET technologies while integrating AI-driven workflows and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The engineer will collaborate across teams to build transparent, secure, and auditable systems supporting educators and administrators.
Highlights
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using modern .NET technologies
- Integrate AI-driven workflows including language models, classification, prediction, and automation
- Collaborate with product, data, security, and compliance teams to meet regulatory and audit requirements
- Develop documented, testable APIs supporting complex enterprise workflows
- Contribute to architectural direction, platform modernization, and technical strategy
- Mentor engineers through code reviews and design collaboration
- Experience with C#, .NET, AI production integration, relational databases, and distributed systems concepts
- Background in regulated or compliance-oriented industries such as education or healthcare
- Salary range from $140,000 to $170,000 plus performance-based incentives
- Strong communication skills to explain technical tradeoffs to diverse stakeholders
Senior Back End Software Engineer 2 Full Description
Senior Back End Software Engineer 2
Location: United States
Description
Senior Back End Software Engineer 2
Location: Remote, Hybrid to Wayne, PA; Hybrid to Naperville, IL
How You'll Contribute to Our Mission
Frontline Education is seeking a Senior Back-End Software Engineer to help design and evolve the systems that power mission-critical solutions for school districts and educational organizations. In this role, you will work at the intersection of modern software engineering, applied AI, and compliance-focused product development.
Your work will help ensure that powerful technology is delivered in ways that are reliable, transparent, and trustworthy. By translating emerging AI capabilities into secure, scalable backend services, you will directly support educators and administrators operating in complex regulatory environments where accuracy and accountability matter every day.
How You'll Drive Success
• Design, build, and maintain highly available, scalable backend services using modern .NET technologies
• Integrate AI-driven workflows such as language models, classification, prediction, and automation into new and existing product capabilities
• Partner closely with product, data, security, and compliance teams to ensure new features meet regulatory, audit, and governance expectations
• Architect solutions that balance thoughtful innovation with risk awareness, especially in compliance-focused domains
• Develop well-documented, testable APIs and services that support complex enterprise workflows
• Build systems with observability, resiliency, and performance at the forefront
• Contribute to architectural direction, platform modernization, and long-term technical strategy
• Mentor fellow engineers through code reviews, design collaboration, and shared best practices
• Participate in incident response and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen system reliability
• Integrate AI-driven workflows such as language models, classification, prediction, and automation into new and existing product capabilities
• Partner closely with product, data, security, and compliance teams to ensure new features meet regulatory, audit, and governance expectations
• Architect solutions that balance thoughtful innovation with risk awareness, especially in compliance-focused domains
• Develop well-documented, testable APIs and services that support complex enterprise workflows
• Build systems with observability, resiliency, and performance at the forefront
• Contribute to architectural direction, platform modernization, and long-term technical strategy
• Mentor fellow engineers through code reviews, design collaboration, and shared best practices
• Participate in incident response and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen system reliability
What You Bring to Help Us Grow
• Strong experience in professional software engineering with deep focus on backend development
• Expertise in C#, .NET, and enterprise service architecture
• Experience bringing AI-enabled capabilities into production environments, including orchestration, inference workflows, or human-in-the-loop systems
• Background working in regulated or compliance-oriented industries such as education, healthcare, finance, or government
• Understanding of data privacy, security, and governance considerations in enterprise systems
• Experience with relational databases and ORM technologies
• Solid grasp of distributed systems concepts such as messaging, background processing, and fault tolerance
• Ability to communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Expertise in C#, .NET, and enterprise service architecture
• Experience bringing AI-enabled capabilities into production environments, including orchestration, inference workflows, or human-in-the-loop systems
• Background working in regulated or compliance-oriented industries such as education, healthcare, finance, or government
• Understanding of data privacy, security, and governance considerations in enterprise systems
• Experience with relational databases and ORM technologies
• Solid grasp of distributed systems concepts such as messaging, background processing, and fault tolerance
• Ability to communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
What You'll Need to Thrive
• Sound engineering judgment and the ability to make thoughtful decisions in complex environments
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working across disciplines
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and a practical approach to applying them responsibly
• Commitment to building systems that are transparent, auditable, and trustworthy
• A growth mindset that embraces feedback, continuous learning, and shared ownership
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working across disciplines
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and a practical approach to applying them responsibly
• Commitment to building systems that are transparent, auditable, and trustworthy
• A growth mindset that embraces feedback, continuous learning, and shared ownership
Our Mission, Our People, Our Purpose
At Frontline Education, we’re reimagining what’s possible by becoming an AI-first organization, transforming how we think, work, and serve the educators who shape our schools every day. By using AI in thoughtful, practical ways, we’re creating tools that help educators save time, gain insights, and focus more on what matters most — their students.
As part of our team, you’ll be expected and empowered to build and apply AI skillsets that grow with you, because at Frontline Education, technology amplifies what matters most: the human drive to learn, improve, and make a difference.
Compensation & Benefits
The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $170,000 and commensurate with your experience, skills, and internal equity. In addition to base salary, you will be eligible for performance-based incentives aligned to individual, team, and company results.
Inclusion, Belonging & Equal Opportunity
Frontline Education is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We aspire to have an inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join our team.
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Interview Process & Data Privacy
As part of our interview process, Frontline uses video conferencing tools that include photo capture and may include automated transcription features. A screenshot or photo will be taken at the start of the interview for internal identification and record-keeping purposes only, and transcription may be used to support notetaking and evaluation consistency. These materials are used solely by our recruiting and hiring teams, stored securely, and not shared outside the hiring process. Candidates may opt out of the transcription at any time by notifying their recruiter in advance. Frontline processes this information in accordance with applicable data privacy laws and only for legitimate business purposes related to recruitment and hiring.
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