Staff Software Engineer

About Us!

Founded in 2002, Raptor has partnered with more than 60,000 schools in 55 different countries, including 5,300+ K-12 US school districts, to provide integrated visitor, volunteer, attendance, dismissal, emergency management, and safeguarding software and services covering the complete spectrum of school and student safety.

We are passionate about our mission to protect every child, every school, every day!

The Staff Software Engineer is a senior-level technical leader and individual contributor who drives architecture, technical direction, and cross-functional initiatives across the engineering organization. Operating with high autonomy, this role blends system-level thinking with strong coding capabilities and mentorship. The ideal candidate has a passion for delivering resilient SaaS platforms, improving engineering culture, and solving challenging technical problems that scale with business needs.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Define and uphold engineering best practices, system design patterns, and coding standards.
• Drive technical strategy and architectural decisions across teams.
• Lead development of complex features and high-impact technical initiatives.
• Collaborate with product leadership to align technical solutions with product vision.

System Design & Architecture

• Architect scalable, secure, and maintainable systems and integrations.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies and frameworks where appropriate.
• Own cross-cutting concerns such as reliability, observability, scalability, and performance.
• Proactively identify and address technical debt.

Delivery & Operations

• Write high-quality, testable, and maintainable code in a modern object-oriented language.
• Take ownership of services in production, including monitoring, incident response, and on-call support.
• Ensure code is instrumented for observability and performance monitoring.
• Contribute to CI/CD improvements and deployment safety practices.

Mentorship & Collaboration

• Mentor engineers across levels and promote knowledge sharing through documentation and peer learning.
• Support hiring by participating in interviews and onboarding.
• Actively contribute to team rituals such as planning, stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives.
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders in design, product, DevSecOps, and support teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering with strong expertise in C#/.NET and object-oriented programming principles.
• Proven experience designing, building, and scaling multitenant SaaS platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with .NET 6+ for new development and .NET Framework 4.7.2 for legacy system maintenance.
• Deep knowledge of distributed architectures, microservices, and service-oriented design patterns.
• Proven expertise in object-oriented programming, system architecture, and scalable software design.
• Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade APIs and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with SaaS development, agile methodologies, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Strong technical leadership and the ability to influence engineering practices and architecture.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration across functions.

What's in it for you?

• You join the gold standard in school safety software.

• You will join a company where innovation and customer collaboration are part of what drives new product development to help keep kids safe.

• You will work with diverse teams made up of some of the best minds in the industry.

• You will get exposure to strong mentorship and leadership that have supported a long history of career advancement opportunities for our employees.

• You will have access to a robust benefits package that includes:

• Remote-first philosophy

• Flexible paid time off

• Paid parental leave

• 11 Paid holidays per year

• Workplace flexibility

• Affordable health coverage (medical, dental, vision), paid 100% for employee only medical

• 401(k) employer contribution to help you plan for the future

• Company paid life insurance, STD, and LTD

• Pet insurance

_If you are a resident of California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York or Washington, please reach out to hr@raptortech.com for a reasonable estimate of annual base compensation and any eligible incentive compensation. The actual compensation offered to successful candidates for roles may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory criteria including but not limited to relevant professional experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills, and abilities. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

_Raptor Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, compensation, training, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, and termination.