Senior DevEx Engineer

WHO WE ARE: MagicSchool is the premier generative AI platform for teachers. We're just over 2 years old, and more than 6 million teachers from all over the world have joined our platform. Join a top team at a fast growing company that is working towards real social impact. Make an account and try us out at our website and connect with our passionate community on our Wall of Love.

The Senior DevEx engineer will have focus and ownership on making every engineer at MagicSchool more effective. You'll work to ensure they have fast and reliable development environments, builds and test runs. Developer Experience isn't just about faster builds - it's a force multiplier for the entire organization.

Responsibilities:

• Find Pain Points and Opportunities

  • You'll work across all our development teams to find the biggest opportunities to speed up our team, minimize distractions, and enable our product teams to focus on customers.

• Optimize Workflows

  • From the developer laptop to the production build, you'll perform hands on engineering work to ensure our applications are built, tested and deployed as quickly and reliably as possible.

• Build the Next Generation Toolchain

  • LLM assistants are changing developer workflows more than any other tool in decades - but if misused they might just be building a mountain of tech debt. You'll become a subject matter expert in this area - making sure LLM assistants and related tools are aligned with the team and the business.

• Expand our Platform

  • Like all growth startups, we need new platforms, new infrastructure, and new services to build at the scale we need. How do we make sure that developers can jump into these new environments and succeed? That's where you come in.

• Share Knowledge

  • We need all our engineers contributing efficiently; this means when we have development standards, tool configurations, and onboarding routines, these need to be shared and documented. Be ready to write developer-friendly documents and answer questions!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer

• Working knowledge of Javascript, Typescript, React, Next.js, Nix, PostgreSQL, Docker, Github Actions, Vercel, Supabase

  • Nice to have: Python

• Technical familiarity with build tools, automated testing platforms, and their performance characteristics

• Experience working cross-functionally or across multiple engineering teams

• Strong and proactive communicator with a collaborative and team-first mindset

• Nice to have: Experience creating comprehensive technical documentation

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge AI technology that directly impacts educators and students.

• Join a mission-driven team passionate about making education more efficient and equitable.

• Flexibility of working from home, while fostering a unique culture built on relationships, trust, communication, and collaboration with our team - no matter where they live.

• Unlimited time off to empower our employees to manage their work-life balance. We work hard for our teachers and users, and encourage our employees to rest and take the time they need.

• Choice of employer-paid health insurance plans so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Dental and vision are also offered at very low premiums.

• Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years.

• Plus a 401k match & monthly wellness stipend

Our Values:

• Educators are Magic:  Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.

• Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

• Community:  Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.

• Innovation:  The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.

• Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.

• Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.

• Excellence:  Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.