Staff Software Engineer
Lead architecture and full-stack development for CodePath’s Ruby-based learning platform, guiding Rails/Sinatra migrations and integrating AI for adaptive education while mentoring engineers.
- Compensation
- $170K–$190K / yr
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5 years with Ruby on Rails
- Familiarity with Claude Code or similar development tools and related best practices
- A systems-thinking orientation: you consider scalability, maintainability, and failure modes before writing a line of code
- Strong PostgreSQL and database design skills, including experience with complex queries, indexing strategies, and schema evolution
- Reasonable working familiarity with the full web stack, from infrastructure to CSS
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical decisions in a small, autonomous team environment
- Strong written and verbal communication. You can explain a technical tradeoff to a non-engineer without losing what actually matters
- Passion for education and desire to make a positive impact
Nice to have
- Familiarity with higher education or edtech
- Direct experience working with LLMs and generative AI in production
- Familiarity with Docker, Ansible, and/or Terraform
- Experience deploying on GCP
Full description
CodePath is the largest educator of college computer science students in the country. We've trained over 50,000 students from more than 1,000 universities. Our partners include Amazon, Google, and other leading technology companies. After nearly a decade of training technical talent, we launched a $150M initiative with Anthropic to prepare people for careers in AI.
We're expanding into new markets and growing our team as AI changes the workforce. People joining CodePath now will help shape this next stage of our work.
We believe technical skills create opportunities. Our goal is to train millions of learners and create lasting economic impact. If you want to build something new, take ownership, and see the results of your work, this is a place to do it.
About the RoleLocation: Remote, United States, Europe, Canada or LATAM
Role-Type: Full-Time
Reports To: VP of Engineering
Compensation: $170,000 to $190,000 per year for US based applicants. Adjusted contingent on location for applicants based in Canada, LATAM, and Europe.
CodePath’s educational programs run on our sophisticated learning platform, a set of Ruby-based applications with functionality spanning admissions, course delivery, grading, career coaching, and reporting.
We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can lead at multiple levels at once: the architecture, the product direction, the team's capacity, and the longer arc of where we're going. You'll move fluidly across the full technical stack, from infrastructure decisions to greenfield product work.
This is a high-ownership role. You'll work directly with stakeholders to understand what students and staff actually need, participate in deciding what gets built, and then lead the execution. You won't be handed a ticket queue. You'll shape the work.
The ideal candidate for this role is a web engineer inspired by potential projects like these:
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Building brand-new functionality in Rails and beyond to create sophisticated and powerful new tools for our users and extend our reach to new kinds of learners we’ve never been able to serve before
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Reimagining core platform components as we migrate them from Sinatra to Rails
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Integrating AI/ML technology into our platform to support mastery-driven, adaptive learning
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Scaling a system that has helped tens of thousands of students to help hundreds of thousands more
Key Activities
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Architect and build web applications across Ruby on Rails, Sinatra/Padrino, and Django that directly support our mission