Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Remote Contractor, Brazil)
We're looking for Senior Full Stack Engineers to join our team as remote contractors.
We're seeking experienced engineers based in Brazil or across Latin America who want to join a US engineering team building our next generation of our enterprise software platform for delivering amazing customer experiences to our clients.
In this role, you will work with many other engineers owning, architecting, and building an extremely valuable SaaS platform for the higher education industry.
You will collaborate with other engineers, product managers, designers, and leaders as part of our software engineering team.
We're a remote-first, results-driven team that values impact over hours.
Fridays are kept flexible to wrap up anything outstanding, and success in this role is measured by the results you deliver and the impact you create—not by time spent online.
Who we are
Kuali builds software solutions for higher education.
We help our customers — colleges & universities — focus on providing a fantastic education to students by decreasing their administrative costs.
We operate in a competitive space ripe for innovation, with users ready to be delighted.
Our Culture
As a company, we are guided by our cultural values:
Iterate to evolve
Cultivate openness
Act with accountability
Assume the best
Practice humility
Deliver amazing experiences
As Kuali Engineers, we learn from and teach each other, practice transparency and empathy, delight in delivering value to our customers, and we WIN.
We work remotely and have a long history of distributed collaboration.
We travel to meet in person a few times each year.
We maintain a four-day work week policy, Monday-Thursday.
About You
We're looking for curious, enthusiastic, empathetic Senior Software Engineers who solve problems, execute on ideas, advocate for the customer, and contribute to a team culture built on trust and mutual respect.
You'll have a significant impact on what we do and how we do it.
We build and support systems using both Java and Node.js/React.
We value versatile developers who can learn new tools and adapt to greenfield and refactoring projects.
We believe the best results come from diverse teams with a broad range of ideas and perspectives.
You will
Have 3+ years of experience building software or web applications with object-oriented or functional programming languages
Be willing to work on web applications on both the front- and back-end
Understand how to build solutions with an agile approach and collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers
Be interested in using tests to verify proper functionality
Do not rely solely on testers to ensure code quality
Required Skills
Fluent in English (English is our company's official language)
Full Stack TypeScript/JavaScript (React, NodeJS, etc)
Relational Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc)
AWS
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
Preferred / Additional Experience
Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and other NoSQL databases
Logging technologies
Elixir (experience with Elixir is a plus, though you can learn Elixir on the job)
Experience owning and maintaining complex systems
Perks
Remote-first and results-driven
4 Day work week
Competitive fixed monthly pay
Opportunity to work on self-driven projects during quarterly hack weeks
Seniority and Employment
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
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