Location: Remote (U.S. Based)
About Abre
At Abre, we believe that education opens doors to opportunity—and we’re on a mission to help schools better support the whole child. Our education management platform simplifies the way schools manage, connect, and analyze data across systems, giving educators, families, and communities the tools they need to drive student success.
We work with districts across the country and are growing fast. Our team is passionate, mission-driven, and committed to building meaningful solutions for the educators and learners we serve.
What We’re Looking For
Abre is seeking a Software Engineer III–IV to join our team. You’ll help shape the architecture and direction of our product, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver performant, scalable, and modern software solutions. You bring deep engineering expertise, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for solving real problems in education through technology.
Your Impact & Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Design, build, and maintain high‑throughput PHP services on our LEMP stack (PHP 8+, MySQL) for our Integrations product
- Optimize schemas, queries, and indexing strategies to keep page loads sub‑200ms and scale to millions of users
- Shape and implement our Vue.js UI front‑end—establish best practices for accessible, performant components and rendering
- Evaluate emerging frameworks and tooling to keep our user experience modern and maintainable
- Coordinate releases for the Integrations product, ensuring zero downtime and smooth rollouts
Cross‑functional Collaboration
- Partner with product, UX, data engineering, and QA to translate requirements into robust, well‑tested features
- Collaborate with data teams to support real analytics and ML pipelines
Mentorship & Culture
- Lead code reviews, tech talks, and hiring interviews; mentor junior and mid‑level engineers on best practices and career growth
- Promote a culture of feedback and collaboration—help shape guild meetings, system architecture discussions, and our engineering values
Continuous Improvement
- Identify and tackle technical debt, propose infrastructure as code (Terraform) enhancements, and automate CI/CD pipelines
- Monitor performance and costs on AWS or GCP; recommend optimizations for compute, databases, and caching layers
Minimum Qualifications
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience, including full‑stack delivery
- Proven expertise with PHP (7.x/8.x), MySQL, Linux server environments, Nginx/PHP‑FPM
- Hands‑on with modern front‑end tech (React, TypeScript, HTML/JSX), along with build tools and testing frameworks
- Familiarity with gRPC or REST API design, message‑driven architectures, and web security best practices
- Experience with Git workflows, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar), and automated testing (unit, integration, E2E)
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Go, protobuf/gRPC, or other compiled languages for microservices
- GCP experience (App Engine, GCS, Compute Engine, BigQuery)
- Infrastructure as Code proficiency (Terraform, CloudFormation) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Exposure to data‑driven systems or ML model pipelines in a production setting
- Prior experience scaling SaaS products in an EdTech environment
Benefits
- Remote-first culture with flexible schedules
- Generous PTO and holidays, including company-wide breaks
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage, including medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) with company match
- Professional development support and dedicated Learning Fridays
- Wellness stipend and technology allowance
- A mission-driven team that values transparency, trust, and impact
Abre.io is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
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