Opus is a mobile training platform that helps businesses train and engage their frontline teams. We're a team of service industry veterans and technology professionals based in NY and we are on a mission to create a world where everyone has a good job. We're starting by building the most accessible learning management system ever, and are backed by leading venture capital investors to re-imagine what training can look like for deskless employees across the world.
As a Senior Software Engineer at Opus, you'll lead critical technical initiatives while mentoring other engineers and helping shape our engineering culture. You'll drive improvements that make our entire engineering team more effective while taking ownership of ambitious, ambiguous projects that directly impact our customers and technical foundation.
Opus serves tens of thousands of users every month across our web and mobile products. We must leverage the right technology in order to deliver a world-class experience to all users. Some challenges our team has had to solve are:
AI training generation (text and media) and AI chat with content
Auto-translate product copy and user generated content into 110+ global languages
Queueing system that process millions of jobs per day
Complex domain modeling that enables fast delivery and long term flexibility
Full text search across thousands of documents
In-house tooling to accelerate developer workflows (MCP, agents)
Dynamic media experience to support broad range of devices and connection quality
As a Senior Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of solving these complex technical challenges while maintaining performance and accessibility across our diverse user base.
Lead complex, ambiguous projects from conception to completion
Anticipate technical issues at the product and architectural level, implementing long-term solutions
Architect systems that will serve as foundations for years to come
Drive monitoring initiatives to improve stability, reliability, and durability across our platform
Make changes to engineering processes that improve quality of life for all engineers
Mentor both junior and senior engineers, directly contributing to their professional growth
Foster a culture of feedback and continuous improvement
Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineering teams
Balance speed with quality through tight feedback loops and strong observability practices
Serve as a product owner for engineering initiatives
Participate in customer calls to better understand user needs
Think critically about both detailed product decisions and high-level direction
Regularly engage with end users to identify unsolved problems and opportunities
Full Stack Excellence: You're comfortable working across our backend (Django, Postgres), web frontend (TypeScript, GraphQL, NextJS), and mobile app (Expo/React-Native) each day
Technical Vision: You can balance solving immediate customer problems while architecting for the future
Systems Thinking: You understand how various components interact and can design robust solutions
Quality Focus: You build systems that are observable, testable, and maintainable
Impact Oriented: You have a proven track record of moving businesses forward
Deep Ownership: You take full responsibility for projects from whiteboard to production
Problem Solver: You find creative solutions to novel problems, leveraging resources like our technical advisor network
Initiative: You identify opportunities for improvement and drive implementation
Communication: You can clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Django, Postgres, TypeScript, GraphQL, NextJS, Expo/React-Native
Experience with our stack is valuable, but we value engineering fundamentals and adaptability above specific technologies
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