Who we are
We founded Timely to build the tool we wish we'd had when we were in schools -- hoping to save hundreds of hours of wasted time while helping schools develop better schedules that enable their academic, budget and staffing priorities. Our solution addresses the needs of school-based employees who toil away building schedules and central office employees who need visibility into them.
The school schedule reflects values and priorities. With 75 to 90% of a district budget dedicated to personnel, there are few questions more paramount than how your staff and students spend their time every day, what positions you need, how many teachers you will hire, and how students will interact with them. Strategic resource allocation across schools, proper access to core courses and electives, and dedicated support to sub-groups begins with the development of a school schedule.
Timely is your home for secondary scheduling featuring AI optimization and support from a team of former educators who know and have lived scheduling. Not only does Timely save time and headache, it unlocks resources so district and charter leaders can build a schedule that aligns with their vision.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the development of key Timely app enhancements and features across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), delivering high-quality code and design in a timely manner.
- Collaborate with product and engineering team members to unpack opportunities, evaluate product and technical solutions, and define ready-to-execute and well-scoped stories.
- Attend, and play a central role in, standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos. Take accountability in identifying dependencies, blockers, and opportunities in the way the work is tackled.
- Identify and advocate for addressing tech-debt, improving app performance, undertaking maintenance, and prioritizing app security.
- Suggest, and often drive, improvements in process and communication on the Timely app team, and the Engineering team as a whole.
- With Product Managers, engage with customers and customer-facing teams to conduct discovery, understand user challenges, and ideate on rapidly-testable solutions.
- Troubleshoot customer issues and provide timely resolutions to keep users scheduling smoothly. Participate in some limited on-call responsibilities as necessary.
Requirements
- 2+ years experience building production web apps across the stack, with proficiency in React for frontend and Python for backend preferred.
- Experience implementing unit and integration tests for complex web applications; familiarity with TDD (Test-Driven Development) is a plus.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with product, customers, and cross-functional teams.
- Commitment to continuous improvement: seeking out and welcoming pairing, task delegation, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving.
- Adherence to lean or agile software development principles, advocating for test automation, continuous delivery, and continuous improvement. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Pytest) is preferred.
- Ability to thrive in the fast-paced dynamic nature of an early stage startup, with a high degree of ownership across a broad range of responsibilities.
This is a fully remote role with a preference for candidates in the NYC or Boston areas, but we welcome applicants from other locations who are aligned with our mission and values.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance: medical, dental, vision, life, short & long-term disability
- Generous time off: unlimited paid time off and 12 weeks of parental leave
