Teaching Strategies, LLC
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Join a working team that is dedicated to the mission of the work we do!
Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is, teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.
Position OverviewOur Platform Engineering team builds and maintains the core services and web applications that power scalable SaaS solutions used by educational organizations worldwide. We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges across the stack and building systems that enable product teams to move faster and more effectively.
This role combines backend platform development, frontend application architecture, and cloud-native engineering practices. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across services, APIs, and user interfaces while helping drive engineering quality, scalability, and operational excellence.
Specific Roles & Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable platform services, UI, APIs, and shared application capabilities
- Build modern, performant user experiences using React and Next.js
- Develop and optimize backend services using Go and PostgreSQL
- Design and implement GraphQL APIs and supporting data models
- Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, API-driven applications
- Contribute to platform architecture, technical design, and engineering standards
- Troubleshoot application issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement sustainable solutions
- Improve developer experience through tooling, automation, and engineering best practices
- Participate in code reviews, technical planning, and architectural discussions
- Mentor engineers and promote high standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools and agentic workflows to accelerate debugging, validation, automation, and delivery
- Stay current with emerging technologies, frameworks, and modern software engineering practices
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production web applications
- Strong experience with Go and modern JavaScript/TypeScript development
- Deep experience with React and Next.js
- Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL, including schema design and query optimization
- Experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs
- Experience building and supporting microservices-based architectures
- Familiarity with micro frontend architectures and distributed systems
- Experience developing and deploying cloud-native applications using AWS services such as Lambda, EKS, AppSync, and Docker-based workloads
- Strong understanding of secure, accessible, and high-performance web application development
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows, preferably using Bitbucket or GitHub
- Strong debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills across the full stack
- Experience working in Agile development environments
- Ability to balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering best practices
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern developer productivity tools
Why Teaching Strategies
At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there’s no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Let’s open the door to your career at Teaching Strategies!
Some additional benefits & perks while working with Teaching Strategies
Teaching Strategies offers our employees a robust suite of benefits and other perks which include:
- Competitive compensation package
- Employee Equity Appreciation Program
- Health and wellness insurance benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance, professional development, and opportunities for career growth
- Best in class technology equipment for every employee
- Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field
Teaching Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can thrive.Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
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