Lead innovation that levels the playing field in education.
Are you ready to apply your technical expertise to make a significant impact in the educational sector? Software Engineering Team Lead at MasteryPrep, you'll ensure that our digital platforms are robust, scalable, and secure, providing a reliable learning environment for underserved students. Your skills will not only optimize our systems but also enhance the educational journey of thousands of students by ensuring uninterrupted access to critical learning resources.
In this role, you will work closely with the development and operations teams to design, implement, and maintain robust infrastructure solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), while also leading cybersecurity initiatives to protect our data and systems from threats. Your proactive approach to system reliability will prevent disruptions and maintain the high availability our users depend on. Join our mission-driven team where your passion for technical excellence meets our commitment to making education accessible and impactful for all students.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain database systems with a focus on PostgreSQL and SQL.
- Take a leadership role in bringing AI-driven innovations to the engineering team.
- Optimize database queries and ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of our data infrastructure.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design schemas and workflows that meet the platform's evolving needs.
- Build, maintain, and improve APIs for seamless data flow and integration with frontend applications.
- Leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services, including Google Firebase and Google Firestore, to complement SQL-based storage solutions.
- Write and maintain high-quality backend code using TypeScript.
About Us
Nearly 90% of low-income students graduate high school without a college-ready ACT or SAT score. MasteryPrep’s mission is to level the playing field in education by offering the most effective test preparation available—made accessible to all students.
Through more than 10 successful years of partnering with school districts and institutions on college readiness services and resources, MasteryPrep has surpassed one million students served since the company’s founding in 2012.
MasteryPrep increased its student outreach by 70 percent in 2021 and is ranked among the Inc. 5000 “Fastest Growing Companies,” featured by “Entrepreneur 360,” and selected among the “Growth Leaders” by Louisiana Economic Development.
When we ask our employees what they love most about working for MasteryPrep, it comes down to the mission, the people, and the challenge:
- The mission: We have a strong mission that truly changes lives and it motivates us everyday.
- The people: MasteryPrep is as diverse as the student population we serve, valuing employees as individuals.
- The challenge: We don’t settle for "good enough." We’re growing tremendously and aim to make every project exceptional.
Required:
- 7+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, with a strong emphasis on SQL and PostgreSQL.
- Extensive experience designing and optimizing database schemas and queries for high-performance applications.
- Experience with other relational databases and NoSQL solutions like Google Firestore.
- Proficiency in TypeScript for backend development.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and database integration within cloud environments.
- A proactive problem solver with a proven ability to meet tight deadlines and deliver solutions with a sense of urgency.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
Preferred:
- Knowledge of edtech platforms or educational technologies.
- Previous experience working in a distributed or fully remote team.
- $165,000 starting salary based on qualifications
- Employee benefits eligibility (health, disability, AD&D, life insurance)
- Ability to work fully remote
- Company-supplied laptop
- Matching 401k
- Paid time off
- Generous paid holidays
Top Skills
What We Do
At MasteryPrep, we believe every student can score college ready on the ACT, and SAT.
And we do mean every student.
Craig Gehring, founder and president of MasteryPrep, earned perfect scores on the ACT and SAT and has been helping students master the ACT ever since.
He founded MasteryPrep in 2013 in the hopes of closing the achievement gap that prevents poor and impoverished students from getting the help they need to improve their ACT scores, get into the college of their choice, and secure a bright future for themselves.
At MasteryPrep, our goal is to help these students boost their scores using targeted, engaging test-prep materials that emphasize remediation and subject-mastery. We have provided hundreds of schools and school districts across the country with an arsenal of teacher-friendly tools that are easily customized to fit their budget, schedule, and student skill level.
Education is capable of lifting students out of poverty and opening them up to a new world of opportunities. When given access to education, every child has the ability to gain the confidence, experience, and potential to broaden his or her horizons. We believe that by changing the world of these students through education, we can change the world for everyone.
Visit us online to see how you can change the world of your students through our college readiness solutions.
