Senior Software Engineer

Litnerd is revolutionizing how children learn to read and write through their innovative reading + writing club app. The platform brings books to life by reenacting them like TV shows, addressing a critical need in American education where 1 in 8 children grow up without learning to read and 41% of 4th graders read at a 1st-grade level.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be at the heart of product innovation, working with a modern, fully-typed stack including TypeScript, React, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, and GraphQL. You'll build and improve user-facing products like the Book Reader and Live Interaction tools, develop reliable backend services, create admin tools for school management, and maintain platform infrastructure.

The role offers an opportunity to make a real impact on education, with Litnerd showing impressive results - 4x improvement in state Reading exam pass rates and 60% month-over-month growth, serving over 30,000 students. The platform uniquely combines social and gamified elements with weekly community meetups and monthly e-tournaments.

The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years of experience with React, Node.js, and TypeScript, along with strong knowledge of systems-level programming and functional programming. You'll work on everything from front-end accessibility to backend scalability, data processing pipelines, and analytics dashboards. This is a chance to join a mission-driven startup that's contracted with America's largest education district and is actively working to solve the literacy crisis in disadvantaged communities.