Senior Software Engineer at Southgeeks

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Thanks for checking in to find out about our open position. We´ll provide as much information as possible, but please feel free to reach us if you have further questions. We´ll be happy to see your application, even if there are skills you don't quite master!

About Us

At South Geeks, we engage top-performing Software Engineers, Security Experts, and Data Analysts from Latin America to join our clients’ teams worldwide. For over 8 years, we’ve been helping future-shaping companies scale faster by curating world-class tech talent and building long-lasting, strategic partnerships. We pride ourselves on a people-centered culture that powers innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

About the Client

Our client is a fast-growing edtech company that is transforming how schools and families communicate and collaborate in support of student success. As their user base expands rapidly, they are looking for engineers who can help build reliable, scalable systems and ship features that make a real difference in education.

About the Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer to collaborate across product, design, engineering, and customer-facing teams to deliver new features, enhance system reliability, and ensure the platform scales securely. You’ll work on everything from design to deployment, contributing across the stack to ship impactful functionality every sprint. Beyond coding, you’ll mentor peers, improve processes, and help shape how millions of families and educators connect.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Owners to define, build, and ship features for educators.

• Collaborate with engineering peers to improve cost efficiency, security, scalability, and maintainability.

• Work across the stack—web, service layer, databases, and message queues—to deliver customer value.

• Operate production systems at scale: review code, debug issues, and optimize performance.

• Lead and contribute to projects that improve the platform for schools and families.

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a collaborative, high-performance team culture.

What You Need to Succeed in This Role

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.

• Hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails

• Strong experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.

• Experience deploying and operating systems at scale on AWS (Aurora, RDS, SQS, etc.).

• Proficiency with RESTful API development.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• Familiarity with agile development processes and CI/CD pipelines.

• Openness to leveraging AI-powered tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Cursor) to accelerate development.
  
  What We Offer

• Long-term projects

• 100% remote work

• Payment in USD

• Generous PTO

This position is available for LATAM residents only.