Senior Backend Engineer

🇺🇸United States$160K–$220K/yri2h ago

K-12 Engineering Backend Development Software Engineering Cloud Computing AI Development Devops

Role Snapshot

Senior Backend Engineer at Edia, a leading AI technology company in K-12 education, architecting and overseeing Node.js backend systems while leveraging AI-assisted development to scale products serving 1M+ students across the U.S.

Key Responsibilities: Direct AI coding assistants to implement large-scale backend changes and new features across the product suite, review and refine AI-generated code to production standards, and architect robust systems serving educators and students. Ship full-stack features end-to-end and use AI to automate internal business operations.

Skills & Tools: Strong code reading and debugging abilities with experience in Node.js and AWS cloud infrastructure; excellent at communicating intent to AI tools, context switching across codebases, and making judgment calls on AI suggestions. React frontend experience is a nice-to-have.

Qualifications: Experience architecting systems at scale with the ability to break down large architectural changes into executable steps for AI assistants, plus demonstrated startup or fast-paced environment experience. Work authorization must be independently held; employer cannot sponsor or transfer.

Location: United States

Compensation: $160K–$220K/yr (estimated)

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Job Description

About Edia

Edia is the leading AI technology company in K-12 education, helping 1M+ students across the U.S. have an exceptional experience in school.

About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help scale our Node.js applications on AWS. This role is different from a traditional engineering position: we've fully embraced AI-assisted development, and we expect most code to be written by AI tools. Your job is to direct that process effectively.

You'll work across our entire product suite and internal tools, building robust systems that serve educators and students while also using AI to automate our business operations.
What You'll Do

Architect and oversee backend systems across our product lineup and internal tooling
Guide AI coding assistants to implement large-scale changes and new features
Review, debug, and refine AI-generated code to production standards
Use AI internally to automate business operations
Ship full-stack features end-to-end

What We're Looking For

Essential skills:

Fast at reading code, human or AI generated
Strong debugging skills and an eye for bugs
Capacity to envision large architectural changes and break them into steps an AI can execute
Ability to context switch and juggle multiple in flight tasks
Experience with Node.js and cloud infrastructure (AWS, containers, managed databases)
Comfort working across multiple codebases and problem domains

What sets you apart:

You think at systems scale
You're effective at communicating intent to AI tools and iterating on their output
You have good judgment about when to accept AI suggestions and when to push back
You're comfortable with ambiguity and can take ownership of loosely-defined problems

Nice to have:

Frontend experience (React)—you'll be reading it regardless
Startup experience

Why This Role Is Different
We're not looking for someone who wants to write every line of code themselves. We're looking for someone who can leverage AI to move faster than traditional development allows, while maintaining the quality and reliability our school district partners depend on. If you're excited about working at the frontier of how software gets built, we'd love to hear from you.

Work Authorization: We are currently unable to sponsor or transfer work authorization for all jobs. If things change in the future, we'll be sure to update this section.

We appreciate your interest in Edia. Feel free to follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about what we're doing to improve education outcomes in the US.