When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology. Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom.

Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide!

Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.

The Ecosystem Services, Speedy Set up team is responsible for creating the future of License, Provisioning and Rostering for all existing and new logos of Renaissance. This team plays a key role in our ability to streamline the onboarding process and reduce the overall time and cost to get customers up and running so educators and children quickly realize the value of our product offering. We are seeking a highly motivated and expert Staff Engineer to join our growing team.

In this role as a Staff Software Engineer, you will:

• Report to the Senior Director of Engineering
• Support team members in crafting and implementing Golang services in cloud native architectures.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance and scalable software applications using Golang and modern stacks
• Ensure API standard processes are followed and that API documentation is maintained
• Mentor and train the team in agile engineering practices such as code reviews, CI/CD, test and test-driven development and pairing
• Guide the team in coding standards for cleanliness, security and maintainability
• Establish process and best practices for observability and monitoring
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and QA to drive software development efforts
• Be accountable for the successful completion of projects by leading the technical planning and execution of high priority or high risk projects in partnership with product managers.
• Contribute to the company’s technical vision and lead efforts to evaluate and implement new technologies

For this role as a Staff Software Engineer, you should have:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field
• 10+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer
• Demonstrated ability as a technical leader mentoring and guiding team members for at least 3+ years
• A strong background in modern practices for building applications, services and data ingestion pipelines
• Strong organization skills and be comfortable navigating ambiguity and owning technical direction
• Extensive experience working with Golang or modern technology stacks along with strong knowledge of cloud architecture, specifically AWS
• Proven track record of crafting and implementing low latency APIs
• Experience designing and running data pipelines and ETL processes
• Experience handling legacy systems and migrations of large core systems
• Experience with observability tools and practices
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and the ability to maintain high availability and reliability

Bonus Points:

• Familiarity with Agile engineering practices such as TDD and pairing
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to complex security challenges
• Shown ability to own and drive technical initiatives from start to finish
• Strong commitment to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Salary Range: $109,000 - $149,100 This range is based on national market data and may vary by location.

Benefits:

• World Class Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Frequently cited statistics show that some women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications! Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need into the future. We hope you're open to learning new skills to grow with us. Make our team, your team! Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

At Renaissance our mission is: “To accelerate learning for all children and adults of all ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds, worldwide.” Inherent in that guiding principle is dedication to serving all identities by recognizing the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in our organization, our work and our products. Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.