Staff Software Engineer

Company Description:

Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines the power of a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an elegant architecture that is unique in our industry.

We are a growing, values-led community of 350 employees in the US, UK and Australia who share a vision to unify school communities, improve the quality of education, and enhance learning. And we’re succeeding! As of early 2024, we are supporting 3200+ schools in 60 countries.

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This is a full-time, staff software engineering role where you will work as a technical lead and individual contributor on our Finance product team. On this team, you will help to build and improve our Student Billing and Accounting product. Student Billing is used by schools to manage charges, payments, and statements for students and their families. The Accounting product is used by schools to manage their general ledger and accounts payable/accounts receivable. Having an all-in-one integrated billing, accounting, and school information system improves the lives of school staff and families as it brings otherwise complex workflows into one streamlined systems.

This role includes technical leadership and mentorship for other engineers on the team. Candidates with experience in financial systems, tuition management systems, and/or integrating with payment processors are especially encouraged to apply.

This role is a backend engineer position, with a heavy focus on the database layer. A strong candidate for this position would be well versed in SQL objects, like stored procedures, functions, and triggers, and be comfortable implementing business logic and performing query tuning and optimization. Candidates will be expected to work more than 60% of their time in SQL.

Our engineering team is remote-friendly, distributed, and has employees in a variety of states and contractors in several countries. While our headquarters is in Wakefield, MA and proximity to this location is a plus, candidates are encouraged to apply from anywhere.

Responsibilities

• Owning technical architecture discussions and leading technical decisions for our accounting product area.

• Develop and lead the team to execute against both short-term and long-term roadmaps.
• Provide technical mentorship for team members.
• Improve and maintain our Ruby on Rails applications.
• Improve and maintain our products through SQL code.
• Build new features within our flagship product, Axiom.
• With Product Management, participate in the development of new features and platform improvements.
• Enable other product areas, such as Admissions and Fundraising, to leverage our accounting platform.
• Expand our internal tools to automate and improve workflows.
• Assist in documenting Finance team systems and tools.
• Integrate Veracross with third-party systems used by private K-12 schools.

Requirements

• Understanding of core accounting standards and concepts, including but not limited to: GAAP, General Ledger, and Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable.
• Experience with accounting applications, such as Quickbooks, Freshbooks, Xero, or Sage.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent technical organization and planning skills.
• The ability to perform technical responsibilities remotely in a mostly asynchronous environment.
• The ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• 8+ years of professional programming experience.
• Proven experience in system architecture, ensuring system scalability and performance.
• Experience with the Ruby language, Rails framework, or similar languages and technologies; experience with modern JavaScript development a plus.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience with source control, especially git.
• A service- and team-oriented mindset

Benefits

• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve)
• 56 Hours of paid sick leave annually
• Top tier benefits -
• Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed)
• Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits

Salary at Veracross is determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience. The compensation range for this position is $140k to $190k (annualized USD) in addition to potential bonus.

We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We seek to infuse diversity and inclusion in everything we do while promoting a culture where differences are embraced as strengths; opportunities are equal and accessible; consideration and respect are the norm; and all team members are supported in reaching their full potential.