ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that’s changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sound simple? We strive to keep it that way! Our mission is to give schools the power to incredibly enhance family engagement for all students.

ParentSquare and RemindHub, our flagship products, serve over 22 million students and drive our mission by providing unified communications tools -forms, sign ups, payments, RSVPs, direct messaging, language translations, chat and more. Remind Chat, our free product, reaches over 80% of K-12 students, providing a safe and easy-to-use platform for direct communication between teachers and families.

And our latest innovation, SmartSites, offers state-of-the-art websites for school districts, enhancing their online presence and accessibility. We are not just creating a product; we are creating empowered educators and engaged parents to improve the lives of all students. We are passionate advocates for our customers and for our employees and we invite you to join us on this exciting journey. ####

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for a

Software Engineer

who operates with a high degree of urgency, a strong desire to learn, and a passion for modern development workflows. You are someone who wants to ship impactful code quickly and grow into a technical leader. We are specifically seeking an

AI-forward engineer

. To us, this means you are someone who has fundamentally evolved your daily workflow using LLMs and AI agents. You should be the person on the team who leverages AI to bypass manual boilerplate, accelerate debugging, and ship clear, simple functionality at a pace that traditional methods simply can't match. Most importantly, you’re someone who shares in our passion for improving the lives of students through communication. ####

This role will include

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Mission-Driven Development

Write and ship clear, simple code that makes educators’ lives easier and improves student outcomes. -

Collaboration

Partner with product owners, design, and senior engineering teammates to ensure we build features as cleanly and simply as possible. -

AI Adoption

Actively utilize and champion AI development practices within your daily workflow, helping your peers find ways to increase sprint velocity and code quality. -

Scalable Engineering

Build and maintain features that operate robustly at scale while adhering to the highest level of security for the schools that rely on us. -

Technical Culture

Contribute to a unified technical direction and a team culture focused on excellence, continuous learning, and speed. -

Code & Architecture

Actively participate in PR reviews and help implement the future architecture of our systems, including supporting the evolution of our monolithic systems. ####

Our ideal candidate will have the following

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Backend & Frontend Experience

Professional experience working on services utilizing

Ruby, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, or PHP

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Relational Database Knowledge

Solid experience building application services with

MySQL or PostgreSQL

, including a strong understanding of relational databases beyond just standard ORM usage. -

Systems Familiarity

Experience working within distributed systems and an understanding of how to work with and evolve monolithic architectures. -

AWS Exposure

Experience deploying, monitoring, and operating services on cloud infrastructure, specifically

AWS (Aurora, RDS, SQS)

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API Development

Proficiency with building and consuming

RESTful APIs

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Education

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent professional experience). ####

The perks of working for us are great!

You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow.

We’re big believers in work-life balance and provide: - Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage) - An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1 - Paid Parental Leave - Stock options - Health + wellness reimbursements - PTO that increases each year - 15 paid holidays, including your birthday! As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace in compliance with applicable state laws. *The salary range for this role will be $135,000- $185,000 DOE.*