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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Franklin Covey Co.
- **Location:** Montpelier, VT, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $148,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Adobe InDesign, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Code Review, Relational Databases, Database Queries, Django Web Framework, Python (Programming Language), Data Streaming, TypeScript, Web Applications, Datadog, ReactJS, Grafana, Backend, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Maintaining Code, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B71890B9A8BF41D183CB55212B1F1926/job/

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
 * Experience coding in a production Python environment
 * Experience with React and TypeScript
 * Experience writing SQL queries and designing relational data models
 * Experience using agentic development workflows

Preferred Skills & Experience

 * Ability to articulate where AI workflows create leverage for a small team and where they create liability
 * Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform
 * Experience coding in a Django environment
 * Experience with tiered web application architecture, including backend services, APIs, and frontend integration
 * Experience creating performance monitors and dashboards using observability tools such as Datadog
 * Experience improving or refactoring complex systems in production without impacting customer experience-especially under conditions involving tight synchronization, legacy code, or data consistency challenges
 * Excellent written communication skills, as much of our work and collaboration is driven through writing
 * Passion for leadership development and empowering growth in individuals and teams

## Description

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help us improve how we design, build, and ship software in a world of rapid technical change. You'll leverage your experience working with AI to modernize our engineering practices while maintaining our high standards for quality, security, and reliability. You'll also be a hands-on coach and mentor, helping junior engineers become more technically savvy and self-sufficient.

Essential Job Functions

Build

 * You will ship regularly and iteratively, writing testable, readable, and maintainable code.
 * Develop a deep understanding of how data flows through complex systems and work with intricate data models.
 * Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve velocity while maintaining code quality.
 * Design and implement solutions considering scale, security, performance, and privacy.

Lead

 * Guide other engineers on best practices for safely and effectively integrating AI into their development workflows.
 * Help junior engineers develop the technical skills needed to become tomorrow's senior engineers.
 * Propose and help implement improvements to our engineering processes, including (but not limited to) how to adapt as AI continues to advance.
 * Participate in and lead code reviews, share learnings through presentations or documentation, and mentor others.

Collaborate

 * Engineers participate early in the product development process. You will review quantitative and qualitative research about our clients and learners and weigh in on the product strategy and roadmap.
 * Collaborate with fellow Engineering Team Members in Design and Operational Reviews to guide technical decision-making and identify performance issues.
 * Partner closely with Product to provide multiple viable technical paths for new features and improvements.
 * Embrace our writing-focused culture: much of our collaboration, planning, and ideation happens in written form.