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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Renaissance - **Location:** Cheyenne, WY, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $109,500.0 - $150,550.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Github, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Applications, Datadog, ReactJS, Amazon ElastiCache, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, AWS Fargate, Front End Software Development, Functional Programming, Data Pipelines, Docker - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/C5C7181D34654B96AEE2FFA8D0E2376D/job/ ## About the Role For this role as a Senior Software Engineer, you should have: * 5+ years of professional software development experience shipping high-quality web-based software that solves important problems for large numbers of users. * Strong full-stack proficiency: hands-on experience with React (or a comparable SPA framework) and TypeScript on the frontend, and building backend services and APIs. * Solid data modeling skills and experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred). * Experience conducting code reviews and mentoring other engineers. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, and a proven ability to thrive as part of an agile, multidisciplinary team. Bonus Points: * Experience with event-based / event-driven architecture. * Experience with our infrastructure stack: AWS (ECS/Fargate, RDS, S3/CloudFront, Elasticache, Lambda) and Docker. * Experience with CI/CD (GitHub Actions) and observability/telemetry tooling (Datadog, Bugsnag, or similar). * A passion for education and improving outcomes for students and teachers, 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. ## Description * Architect, design, and develop features end-to-end for the students, teachers, and school administrators we serve - from the React/TypeScript frontend to the PostgreSQL backend, APIs, the infrastructure layer, and the data pipeline. * Design data models and schemas that keep our systems correct, performant, and maintainable as they scale. * Build and maintain highly available web and backend systems that serve millions of users and thousands of requests per second. * Thoughtfully adopt AI tooling to accelerate your own work and improve how the team builds, ships and maintain software. * Maintain and evolve backend services like our curricula-api and progress services that power student practice and reporting. * Mentor and support other engineers, conduct code reviews, and champion strong engineering practices across the team. * Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers, and communicate effectively in a distributed remote work environment. * Participate in the on-call rotation to ensure prompt resolution of customer-facing incidents. ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Why Your Best Mediors Never Become Seniors (And How to Fix It)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2108-why-your-best-mediors-never-become-seniors-and-how-to-fix-it) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [React Developer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/198-react-developer-salary-2023) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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