Technical Lead Engineer

Company Description

Magnus Veracross is a private-equity-backed leading SaaS EdTech company that has grown 4x in size in 3 years and has consistent industry leading high retention rates. We serve front line educators with the only market disrupting open API single record architecture in the greater than $5B EdTech market. To date we have configured and deployed our product at over 1,000 leading private K-12 schools in over 20 countries.

About the Role

This is an upper-level full-time engineering role where you will work as a technical lead on our Finance product team. On this team, you will help to build and improve our online payments platform, VC Pay, as well as our Accounting product. VC Pay enables schools and families to manage tuition payments, online donations, and other fees. Our Accounting product is used by schools to manage their general ledger and accounts payable/accounts receivable. Having an all-in-one integrated payments, 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, integrating with payment processors, and/or international payment processing are especially encouraged to apply.

This is an exciting time to join this team as we embark on a major refresh of our accounting system and continue to invest in our Payments platform, which is the fastest growing part of Veracross.

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

What to Expect

• Contribute to the Finance team at the individual and team level.
• 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 payments 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

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent technical organization and planning skills.
• The ability to work remotely.
• The ability to be flexible and adaptable.
• 8+ years of professional programming experience.

• Experience with the Ruby language, Rails framework, OR similar languages and technologies; experience with modern JavaScript development a plus.
• Experience with payment processing applications.
• Experience integrating payment providers such as Stripe, BlueSnap, Braintree, etc.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience with source control, especially git.

• Experience with international payments a plus.
• 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)
• Top tier benefits -Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Medical, Dental & Vison
  • Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefit
• Gym in the Wakefield Office

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.