Junior Product Engineer
Magnus Veracross, United States
Job Description
Veracross is a PE-backed leading provider of a SaaS-based school information system (SIS) platform for independent schools. Designed specifically to meet the unique needs of independent schools, Veracross combines the power of a truly integrated database with personalized, data-driven communication tools. To date, we have configured and deployed our system to 280+ leading private K-12 schools in over 20 countries through a powerful, leveraged, and elegant architecture unique in our industry.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This a is a junior full time product engineering role where you’ll work at the individual contributor level on our Finance product team. On this team, you’ll 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, fees, and online donations. 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 is dynamic and offers opportunities for technical growth. 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 Raleigh, NC and proximity to those locations are a plus, candidates are encouraged to apply from anywhere.
WHAT TO EXPECT
- Contribute to the Finance team at the individual and team level.
- Improve and maintain our Ruby on Rails applications.
- 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
YOU'LL BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU HAVE.
- 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.
- 2+ 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 in web programming.
- Experience with relational databases.
- Experience with source control, especially git.
- A service- and team-oriented mindset.
- US Citizenship.