Software Engineer II

We’re looking for a Software Engineer II, Fullstack to design and implement solid architectural solutions with the rest of the engineering team, supporting our Pear Assessment product - a platform that provides real-time, interactive formative assessments, enabling teachers to capture diverse student responses, gain instant insights, and adapt instruction across live and self-paced learning environments.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and continually improve our Pear Assessment product and related services; Build and ship features that power real-time formative assessments and classroom engagement experiences for educators and students; Develop & maintain high-performance backend services in Typescript that power the assessment platform; Develop intuitive, high-performance React interfaces for interactive assessments, dashboards, and data visualization; Develop and enhance OpenSearch-based semantic search systems to enable fast, relevant discovery across hundreds of millions of educational documents; Optimize data pipelines and queries to deliver low-latency insights and feedback to teachers during live and asynchronous sessions; Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to translate educational needs into impactful technical solutions; Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance under high usage across classrooms and districts; Continuously improve code quality, testing practices, and engineering standards within a collaborative team environment; Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives; Architect and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, leveraging services like SQS for asynchronous processing and event-driven workflows; Work with MongoDB and other data stores to model, store, and efficiently query large-scale assessment and engagement data; Integrate AWS IoT services where applicable to support real-time classroom device interactions and data ingestion; Integrate LLM/AI services to power intelligent features such as automated insights, content generation, and enhanced search relevance

Requirements

4+ years of professional industry experience building and delivering scalable software features in a production environment; Strong experience with Javascript/Typescript/Nodejs/Python and familiarity with concurrency patterns, APIs, and service-oriented architecture; Experience building modern React applications with TypeScript, including working with APIs, state management, and responsive UI components; Familiarity with designing and consuming APIs (REST/WSS) and contributing to backend services handling moderate to high traffic; Working knowledge of databases (SQL or NoSQL such as MongoDB/PostgreSQL), including basic query optimization and data modeling; Understanding of caching concepts (e.g., Redis) and performance optimization techniques; Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and services like S3, SQS, or similar; Experience with modern frontend tooling and libraries (e.g., React Query, component libraries); Ability to build reliable, maintainable, and scalable features with guidance from senior engineers; Strong ownership mindset with a focus on code quality, testing, and continuous improvement; Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams; Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a willingness to learn and grow; Motivated by the opportunity to build impactful products in the education space

Nice to have

Experience with big data analytics tools (AWS Athena, Spark, or similar query engines); Experience integrating with LLM/AI APIs (Gemini, OpenAI, or similar); Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (SQS, Kafka, RabbitMQ); Prior experience in EdTech or building products for K-12 education; Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and basic orchestration concepts; Exposure to data processing or aggregation workflows for generating insights from application data

Benefits

Competitive pay; health insurance; accident insurance; life insurance; retirement savings plan; paid annual leave; paid holidays; paid parental leave; paid leave for life events; paid year-end holiday break; work from home funds; wellness checks; varied and challenging role in an innovative, global company; supportive, driven colleagues who have your back and share your passion