Senior Software Engineer
Job Overview:
At Cambium Assessment, we’re building a next-generation tools that helps educators understand student performance, take timely action, and improve outcomes. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in designing and delivering a modern, scalable platform with a SPA front end framework (VueJS /ReactJS), C#-based microservices, and AWS-native infrastructure, integrating with modern data warehouse and analytics platforms.
You’ll collaborate closely with product, UX, and data teams to turn complex reporting needs into intuitive, high-performing features for teachers and school leaders.
Job Responsibilities:
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Design & build front end experiences
- Develop rich, responsive applications and dashboards and reporting workflows using VueJS /ReactJS
- Implement reusable components, state management, and front-end architecture that scales.
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Own backend microservices & data flows
- Design and implement microservices (primarily in C#/.NET) that power reporting, data access, and business logic.
- Build and consume APIs and data services that integrate with modern data warehouses (e.g., Clickhouse, Amazon Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks) .
- Work with data engineers to ensure reporting services are optimized for query performance and scalability.
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Leverage AWS at scale
- Design and implement services using AWS (e.g., ECS/Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Redshift, CloudWatch, etc.).
- Advocate for and implement best practices around scalability, resilience, security, and cost optimization.
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Drive quality and reliability
- Champion automated testing, code reviews, and observability (logging, metrics, alerting).
- Help evolve our CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices.
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Collaborate & mentor
- Work closely with Product Managers and UX Designers to refine requirements and deliver user-centric solutions.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers; set engineering standards and practices for the team.
- Participate in technical design discussions and architecture reviews.
Job Requirements:
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5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Exceptional experience building single-page applications with React/VueJS (hooks, component patterns, state management, performance optimization).
- Hands-on experience designing and building microservices (preferably with C#/.NET in production).
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AWS experience is required , including designing, deploying, and operating services using core AWS offerings.
- Experience working with or integrating against at least one modern data warehouse such as:
- Clickhouse
- Amazon Redshift
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs , distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
- Strong grounding in software engineering best practices : code reviews, testing (unit/integration), version control, CI/CD.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, agile team.
Nice to Have's:
- Experience with Python for services, data processing, or automation.
- Background in K–12 education , edtech, or reporting/analytics systems.
- Experience with:
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ETL/ELT tools and patterns (e.g., AWS Glue, custom pipelines).
- Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CloudFormation, CDK).
- Modern data stores (e.g., PostgreSQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, or other NoSQL).
- Observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, New Relic).
- Authentication and authorization frameworks (e.g., OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Cognito).
What We’re Looking For (Mindset & Traits):
- You care about user experience and can translate teacher needs into technical solutions.
- You’re comfortable moving between front end, backend, and data layers, and owning features end-to-end .
- You enjoy mentoring others , improving team practices, and raising the engineering bar.
- You’re pragmatic: you balance ideal architecture with real-world constraints and timelines.
- You’re excited by the green field development opportunity rather than just maintainin