Senior Full-Stack Engineering

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer within our Research & Development group at Strategic Education Inc. (SEI), you will sit at the center of a high-impact innovation hub. Unlike traditional academic engineering roles, our team acts as a strategic engine for the entire SEI ecosystem. In this role, you aren't just maintaining platforms-you are exploring the "what's next." You will divide your expertise between building mission-critical SaaS applications for our partners and leading special R&D initiatives that push the boundaries of EdTech. Whether you are translating complex business needs for Sophia's learners or experimenting with agentic systems for Workforce Edge, your work will directly enable economic mobility for adult learners globally.
Multi-Brand Impact: You provide the technical vision for diverse partners like Sophia Learning (low-cost, high-quality ACE credits) and Workforce Edge (employer-sponsored education), ensuring their technology is as innovative as their mission.
Workforce-First Focus: You are building technology designed for the modern career landscape, focusing on scalable, high-quality solutions that serve both adult learners and global employer partners.
Adhere to and promote Agile development methods, including Test Driven Development and setup of automated build environments.
Recommend technical approaches that will help to deliver reliable and efficient code.
Work within a fast paced Agile development environment.
Perform analysis assistance, development (coding), and implementation of custom software to enhance value to the business per designed specifications.
Collaborate with project team members and other information technology colleagues to create systems from defined customer requirements.
Participate in and develop new software releases, work with QA in creating test plans, and assists in creating implementation plans.
Provide level 3 support of development after implementation of enterprise applications.
React
Python
Postgres Database
Typescript
Nest JS

AWS/GCP

AI/Vertex AI
Work Experience:
Four plus (4+) years experience in web application design, development, and implementation.
React JS, Node, and Typescript/Python
Three plus (3+) years of experience working on cloud-based infrastructure (GCP or AWS)
RESTful Web Service development and consumption.
Test Driven Development, AWS, Git, Jira.
Experience working with SaaS based platforms and technologies.
Generative AI experience is a plus
Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Must be able to travel 0-10% of time.
Remote work location.
Travel via plane, car, and metro may be required to perform this job.
Access information using a computer.
In addition to medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, SEI employees may take advantage of well-being incentives, parental leave, paid time off, certain paid holidays, tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA), 401(k) retirement benefit, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition assistance as well as entertainment and retail discounts. Non-exempt employees are eligible for overtime pay, if applicable.
We welcome applications from all. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal pay equity. If you require reasonable accommodations to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources Department at View email address on click.appcast.io.