Software Engineer I

About Renaissance

When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.

Job Description

We’re looking for a motivated Software Engineer I to join our agile, multi-disciplinary engineering team. You’ll play a key role in an impact-driven culture where your creativity, curiosity, and technical skill help shape how we build and scale our highly available SaaS platform used by millions of K-12 students every month worldwide.

In this role as a Software Engineer I, you will: 

• Collaborate closely within an agile, cross-functional team to deliver high-quality software and develop your skills.

• Communicate effectively in a distributed remote work environment.

• Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of frontend and backend systems serving millions of users and thousands of requests per second.

• Contribute your unique perspective and technical expertise to achieve shared goals.

• Continuously learn, experiment, test, and iterate to improve both product and process.

For this role as a Software Engineer I, you should have: 

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

• 1-2+ years of professional software development experience utilizing web technologies.

• Hands-on experience with React or a comparable single-page application framework.

• Familiarity with js for backend or API development.

• Exposure to static types systems (TypeScript -preferred, Java, C#, etc.).

• Familiarity working with relational databases.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in collaborative environments.

Bonus Points

• Professional experience with functional programming languages (Haskell, Scala, Clojure, etc.).

• Professional experience in NodeJS.

• Familiarity with Event based architecture.

Additional information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #LI-Remote

The below compensation range is based on national market data and may vary by experience and location. 

Salary Range

$68,000 - $80,000 USD

Benefits for eligible US employees include:

• World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match

• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need for the future!

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations 

Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws.

Employment Authorization 

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.