Senior Backend Engineer
Company websiteedia.app (Edia, opens in new tab)
Base salary $180K to $250K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in United States
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- LocationUnited States
- WorkplaceRemote
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
About this job
About Edia
Edia is the leading AI technology company in K-12 education, helping 1M+ students across the U.S. have an exceptional experience in school.
About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help scale our Node.js applications on AWS. This role is different from a traditional engineering position: we've fully embraced AI-assisted development, and we expect most code to be written by AI tools. Your job is to direct that process effectively.
You'll work across our entire product suite and internal tools, building robust systems that serve educators and students while also using AI to automate our business operations.
What You'll Do
Architect and oversee backend systems across our product lineup and internal tooling
Guide AI coding assistants to implement large-scale changes and new features
Review, debug, and refine AI-generated code to production standards
Use AI internally to automate business operations
Ship full-stack features end-to-end
What We're Looking For
Essential skills:
Fast at reading code, human or AI generated
Strong debugging skills and an eye for bugs
Capacity to envision large architectural changes and break them into steps an AI can execute
Ability to context switch and juggle multiple in flight tasks
Experience with Node.js and cloud infrastructure (AWS, containers, managed databases)
Comfort working across multiple codebases and problem domains
What sets you apart:
You think at systems scale
You're effective at communicating intent to AI tools and iterating on their output
You have good judgment about when to accept AI suggestions and when to push back
You're comfortable with ambiguity and can take ownership of loosely-defined problems
Nice to have:
Frontend experience (React)—you'll be reading it regardless
Startup experience
Why This Role Is Different
We're not looking for someone who wants to write every line of code themselves. We're looking for someone who can leverage AI to move faster than traditional development allows, while maintaining the quality and reliability our school district partners depend on. If you're excited about working at the frontier of how software gets built, we'd love to hear from you.
Work Authorization: We are currently unable to sponsor or transfer work authorization for all jobs. If things change in the future, we'll be sure to update this section.
We appreciate your interest in Edia. Feel free to follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about what we're doing to improve education outcomes in the US.
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Pay in context
This role's base floor ($180,000) is above 64% of the 10,154 Software Engineering roles nationwide listed on this site; 292 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $161,120; the middle half runs from $140,000 to $191,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-02-03
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: United States (remote)
USD 180,000 – 250,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
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