Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software EngineerBraven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students, followed by support that lasts through graduation.Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of the platform, tools, and automation that power Braven's programs. On the Systems team, we prioritize impact, ship the simplest thing that works, and iterate as we learn, balancing the agility to move quickly with the discipline of strong engineering practices and keeping real impact on students' lives ahead of elegant code. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of complex, end-to-end full-stack initiatives across our learning platform, data systems, and the AI and automation that scale our programs, raising the technical bar through architecture and code reviews and mentoring engineers as the team grows.This role is on the Systems team and reports directly to the Sr Dir, Software Engineering.Design and ship complex features (60%)Scope and lead full-stack initiatives in Python and/or Ruby on Rails across our platform, data pipelines, and program automation, from ambiguous problems to production.Make pragmatic architecture and technical design decisions that keep our systems robust, performant, secure, and maintainable.Raise the team's technical bar (25%)Review code and architecture proposals, and mentor engineers to help them grow.Champion testing, observability, and engineering best practices, and improve our processes and documentation.Collaborate and stay current (15%)Partner across technical and non-technical teams, participate in scrum and sprints, and integrate the systems our programs rely on.Stay informed on industry trends, security, data privacy, and emerging AI tooling, and bring them to the team.Other duties as assigned