Senior Software Engineer, DevOps (EdTech)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, DevOps (DevOps): Managing infrastructure for Rosetta Stone and Wyzant products with an accent on high availability, scalability, and site reliability. Focus on automating CI/CD pipelines, optimizing containerized cloud solutions, and streamlining company-wide architecture.

Location: Must be based in San Mateo, CA (onsite at headquarters)

Salary: $130,000 – $200,000 + equity

Company

The largest EdTech company in the US, providing personalized learning through products like IXL, Rosetta Stone, and Wyzant.

What you will do

• Manage site performance, uptime, and scalability for high-demand services.
• Develop monitoring dashboards, alerting systems, and runbook documentation.
• Partner with application teams to support test environments and manage CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and propose architecture changes to consolidate and streamline technology across the company.
• Develop custom tooling for deployment and release processes.
• Master and maintain various production technology stacks.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional hands-on software engineering or DevOps experience.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience with public cloud providers (GCP preferred).
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes for containerized cloud solutions.
• Experience with web servers, message queues, load balancers, and databases.
• Fluency in at least one programming language such as Java, C++, Go, Python, Bash, or Perl.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with base salary and equity.
• Collaborative culture emphasizing open exchange of ideas, kindness, and respect.
• Mission-driven work impacting millions of learners globally.
• Comprehensive corporate benefits package.