Senior Software Engineer

### Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally in fast-paced, product-focused environments
- Proven ability to deliver complex projects end-to-end - from design and implementation through testing and deployment
- Solid foundation in backend or full-stack, with a focus on building scalable, high-quality systems and user experiences
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern CI/CD practices
- Familiarity with services, event-driven systems, and data storage technologies
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make thoughtful, data-informed technical decisions
- Curiosity to explore and apply emerging technologies and frameworks
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
- Experience mentoring or guiding peers and contributing to a culture of learning
- Experience building and scaling education-focused or consumer-facing applications
- Experience with community-driven or multi-user experiences, or systems that drive user motivation and engagement
- Worked in environments with high data or performance requirements
- Contributed to mobile-first product initiatives or multi-platform development, SDUI
- Hands-on involvement in incident response or operational engineering practices

### What the job involves
- Quizlet's Product Engineering organization builds the core experiences that help millions of students and teachers achieve their learning goals. We collaborate across teams to achieve user-centric outcomes, focusing on developing intuitive interfaces, engaging learning tools, and robust, scalable systems
- You’ll be joining a passionate group of engineers, designers, product managers, and data scientists dedicated to solving real-world educational challenges
- Our teams operate with autonomy, embrace experimentation, and are deeply committed to user-centric design. We value transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration at all levels
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Community team, you will design, build, and deliver user-facing features that enable learners, educators, and creators to connect and contribute on Quizlet
- Working across the stack, you’ll develop scalable systems for creating, organizing, and interacting within communities
- This role partners closely with Product, Design, Trust & Safety, Legal, and Marketing to build community experiences that are reliable, safe, and aligned with learning outcomes
- You’ll contribute to architectural decisions, drive engineering best practices, and support the team through code reviews, design discussions, and technical mentorship
- Deliver end-to-end projects that directly contribute to Quizlet’s product and business priorities - from planning and design through implementation, testing, and rollout
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, and Data Science to translate ideas into technically sound and impactful solutions
- Build and maintain high-quality, scalable systems that reflect a strong understanding of your team’s domain and its impact on learners and advertisers
- Apply industry best practices and modern technologies to improve code quality, system reliability, and developer efficiency
- Lead and contribute to technical discussions, offering thoughtful insights and helping to align the team on the best path forward
- Break down complex projects into actionable, well-scoped tasks and execute them efficiently with minimal oversight
- Proactively identify and resolve issues before they affect timelines, quality, or user experience
- Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and sharing domain knowledge
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve engineering practices, from build systems to deployment pipelines to observability tools

### Benefits
- Competitive Healthcare: Comprehensive health, dental, vision and disability plans for you and your family. 100% paid premiums for employees, 75% for dependents
- PTO & Family Benefits: Everyone gets 20 days of PTO, a minimum of 10 paid holidays, and 5 volunteer days off. We also provide resources for growing families, such as Carrot (fertility & family forming) and UrbanSitter (daycare & nannies). Our generous family leave plan offers 12 weeks of leave plus disability leave for birthing mothers when welcoming a new little learner into their family.
- Learning & Development: Here at Quizlet, we invest in our employees’ career development to support learning and professional growth. Employees have access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning solution designed to help them gain new skills and advance their careers. We host speakers and workshops and also offer support for other professional development opportunities.
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options and a 401k match that makes saving for retirement easy.
- Wellness: We strive to promote the physical and mental health & well-being of our employees. We offer resources for mental health & well-being, plus a $100/month reimbursement towards wellness and fitness memberships.
- Commuter Benefits: We don’t have a school bus, but we'll help cover 50% of your public commuter & parking costs, plus pre-tax FSA. If you decide to work late, your ride home is on us.