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Boost My School is hiring a Senior or Lead Software Engineer to contribute to their platform that supports schools and students. The role involves deploying code rapidly in a full-stack environment, improving infrastructure, frontend, backend, and analytics, while actively collaborating with the team and influencing technology choices.

Highlights

Develop and deploy production code multiple times during the first week and continuously thereafter.
Lead initiatives impacting the success of partner schools within an isomorphic React/Relay and Rails GraphQL API stack.
Write maintainable code with practices including continuous deployment, incremental pull requests, linting, type checking, and comprehensive test coverage.
Support teammates across roles including Support, QA, and DevOps Engineering where needed.
Travel on average twice a year for company retreats and occasional school visits.
Requires 6+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in B2B SaaS environments.
Emphasizes teamwork, accountability, clear communication, and delivering empathetic feedback based on radical candor principles.
Bonus for familiarity with the school fundraising industry or advancement programs.
Compensation includes a base salary of $157K-$181K, total cash of $174K-$201K, equity with 4-year vesting, medical/dental/vision benefits, remote work stipend, and company equipment.
Works in a culture valuing ownership over work, flexible scheduling, professional development, and aligned company and individual goals.

Senior or Lead Software Engineer Full Description

Senior or Lead Software Engineer

Full-time, remote only, USA. $157-181K base salary. $174-201K all-in cash. Equity with 4-year vesting.

Love building a product that improves a user’s life so much that they can’t help but share it with their peers?

Boost My School is looking for a Senior or Lead Software Engineer to join our team helping schools ensure all students succeed 🚀.

Why work at Boost?

1. We make meaningful impact helping schools and students

Boost is trusted by 350+ schools to bring in $200M a year from 100,000 families and donors
Our platform and partnership with our schools delivers world-class satisfaction: 97% school retention and 85 NPS
Every Boost team member has clear accountability over results that directly impact the success of our company and schools
Our business model is designed so that we succeed only when our schools succeed
You’re given a monthly budget to donate to schools of your choice on Boost

2. We win as part of a thoughtful and collaborative team

Our work culture is inspired by championship sports teams
Openly view all company communication outside of personal matters - we mostly communicate over Slack public channels and Notion public wikis
Openly view company, team, and individual performance metrics
Take on tasks in which you have the final say over your manager or the CEO
Every full-time team member is financially aligned to top company goals through an annual company bonus
Get to know your remote teammates at our all-company in-person retreat in July and departmental coworking onsites in fall/winter

3. We embrace ownership over our work, growth, and time

Our hiring goal is for each team member to stay at Boost for 5+ years
Internal meetings are scheduled during our core working hours (12pm to 4pm ET) so you have more flexibility over your time
Use our weekly No Meetings Day to get uninterrupted work done (or to do your laundry while you work)
Take care of errands or pick up your kids as long as you communicate accountability over the things you’re responsible for
Receive regular professional development through weekly 1-on-1s and quarterly career check-ins
Our company calendar is aligned with the school year - we have 15 company days off across major holidays and July Fridays Off
Outside of the 15 company days off, we suggest taking an additional 10 to 15 days off, and require taking 1 week of continuous time off per calendar year
Use your remote working stipend ($200/mo) for your internet bill, to buy lunch, or for professional development
Company covers medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses through QSEHRA ($537/mo for individuals, up to $1,091/mo for those with families)
A company laptop will be shipped to you before your first day

Responsibilities

Join a fast-moving environment - you’ll deploy to production multiple times on your first week
Be responsible for and implement initiatives that directly impact the success of our schools
Make major contributions across the entire stack: infrastructure, frontend, backend, analytics, internal tools
Play a role in selecting future technologies - our stack is an isomorphic React/Relay web app that talks to a Rails GraphQL API
Work with teammates that care about writing maintainable code - we practice continuous deployment, incremental pull requests, strict linting, type checking, and strong test coverage
Support your teammates and fill in gaps as needed since we are a small team
Our team has less experience in Support, QA, and DevOps Engineering, bonus if you get excited by any of those
Travel expectations: On average twice a year for company retreats, occasionally a school visit

About you

6+ years of software engineering experience, ideally at a B2B SaaS company
You make meaningful impact: You always look for ways to better help your customers succeed
You win as a team: You’re thoughtful and collaborate to accomplish shared goals together
You embrace ownership: You hold yourself accountable for your actions and their results
You overcommunicate: You go above and beyond to ensure you’re on the same page with your teammates
You use radical candor: You give and seek out empathetic feedback to help the team grow together
You move fast with intention: You make decisions and execute quickly to both succeed and learn faster
Bonus: You’re familiar with the school fundraising industry - e.g. you helped raise money for your school or you know what “advancement” means

If you want to apply for this position

Please email [email protected] with:

your LinkedIn or resume
a short cover letter explaining why you would excel in this position at Boost
short explanation of code that you’re proud of

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