Job description
Have you wanted to build products that help people in meaningful ways?
Do you want to be more than a cog in the machine at a large company?
Are you looking to feel connected, inspired and excited every day?
Our Mission and Values
Goalbook’s mission is to empower educators to transform instruction so that ALL students succeed. Founded in 2011, we now partner with over 1,000 school districts across 47 states. We aspire to build a diverse and inclusive company that can have a systemic and cultural impact on the US K-12 school system over the long term.
Our first core value is Relationships. We believe in the power of human connection and the importance of relationships across different strengths, backgrounds, personalities, and identities in order to achieve our shared goals and overall mission.
Our second core value is Growth. We strive to create a supportive environment so that people are continuously growing as professionals and increasing their impact. We also believe in having the time, space, and support to grow in our personal lives as well.
Our Engineering Team
We are a small, fully-remote engineering team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining a user-facing, industry-leading application and multiple internal tools. Our team has been hugely impactful because we:
- Embrace the opportunity to work across different products and levels of the stack.
- Have genuine ownership of products that further our mission and impact real educators.
- Are enthusiastic about our work and have a proactive mindset that values learning.
- Are flexible and open to change (e.g., technology, user feedback, business priorities). Support each other as people, within our team and across the company.
- Appreciate the time and effort required for both our professional and personal endeavors – it’s not only work that matters.
Who We’re Looking For
Our ideal candidate is a strong software engineer, experienced in modern full-stack web development using AI, who is motivated to both grow and be more fulfilled at work. You have:
- 3-6 years of full-time professional experience as a software engineer.
- Desire and capability to deliver user-centered, intuitive, high-quality software that improves educator effectiveness.
- High proficiency in full-stack web development including: modern frontend technologies, backend RESTful APIs, and data retrieval and storage through SQL or NoSQL databases.
- Designed, developed, deployed and monitored user-facing product features that leverage ML, AI, or LLMs.
- Created and curated prompts and datasets for training, fine-tuning and evaluation.
- Working knowledge of version control, CI/CD, and cloud computing.
- Motivation to grow professionally.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute quality, well-tested code across the stack and actively participate in insightful code reviews.
- Design and implement new UX/UI and API features and enhancements with a forward-thinking approach including AI integration.
- Provide teammates with regular communication, problem-solving assistance, and thoughtful feedback.
- Collaborate with other teams to design, develop, and maintain an accessible, exceptional user experience for educators.
- Maintain and continuously improve upon existing applications and your own professional expertise.
- Limited travel is required, including for onboarding, professional development, and team events.
Our Technology
We are always open to new technologies and their potential benefits to our work. Being intimately familiar with all the components in our current stack is not required, though you should have current equivalent experience.
- Golang, Ruby (API backend)
- Python, Pandas, Jupyter, Colab, HuggingFace, Azure OpenAI (AI)
- Vue.js, Javascript, Semantic HTML and CSS (SPA frontend)
- MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redshift (NoSQL and SQL databases)
- Algolia, OpenSearch (Search)
- AWS (e.g. ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, Cloudfront, Cloudwatch)
- Github, CircleCI, Docker (CI/CD)
Benefits
- Compensation in the range of $130-200k, based on experience and location
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Safe Harbor 401k matching
- Flexible time off policy
- Goalbook Family and Medical Leave
- Goalbook Universal Basic Income
- A truly motivated, passionate, and fun team. We’re collectively interested in helping you grow in your career.
Contact
Submit an application including a cover letter addressed to Joy Maloney, your resume, LinkedIn profile, and how you heard about us. This is a remote position based in the US.
Goalbook is committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture that can represent and serve ALL students in the US public school system. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage applications from all people of diversity, including those with diverse needs, backgrounds, abilities, and other distinct characteristics.
Learn more about being a part of Goalbook! Check out our teammates’ stories and learn more about our benefits.
Please Beware of Recruiting Scams
As you explore job opportunities at Goalbook, we urge you to be cautious of recruitment scams in which fraudsters pretend to represent our company by utilizing the name, image, and likeness of Goalbook team members. The only way to apply to our roles is directly through our website. All communications and calendar invitations will come from a team member with a @goalbookapp.com email address. All interviews are conducted through video calls directly with our team members via Google Meet or Zoom.
