[Remote] Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that’s changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. They are seeking a Software Engineer who is passionate about modern development workflows and AI adoption to enhance educational communication tools.

Responsibilities

• Write and ship clear, simple code that makes educators’ lives easier and improves student outcomes
• Partner with product owners, design, and senior engineering teammates to ensure we build features as cleanly and simply as possible
• Actively utilize and champion AI development practices within your daily workflow, helping your peers find ways to increase sprint velocity and code quality
• Build and maintain features that operate robustly at scale while adhering to the highest level of security for the schools that rely on us
• Contribute to a unified technical direction and a team culture focused on excellence, continuous learning, and speed
• Actively participate in PR reviews and help implement the future architecture of our systems, including supporting the evolution of our monolithic systems

Skills

• Professional experience working on services utilizing Ruby, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or PHP
• Solid experience building application services with MySQL or PostgreSQL, including a strong understanding of relational databases beyond just standard ORM usage
• Experience working within distributed systems and an understanding of how to work with and evolve monolithic architectures
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and operating services on cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS (Aurora, RDS, SQS)
• Proficiency with building and consuming RESTful APIs
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)

Benefits

• Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
• An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
• Paid Parental Leave
• Stock options
• Health + wellness reimbursements
• PTO that increases each year
• 15 paid holidays, including your birthday!
• As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.

Company Overview

ParentSquare is a startup that develops a school-home communication platform. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Goleta, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.parentsquare.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

ParentSquare has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.