Contract: Senior Software Engineer - Newsela Writing Team

Newsela

Remote, United States
Remote
5+ years production web applications
Full-stack react typescript python
Ai coding agents daily use
Newsela is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Contractor for its Writing product team, focusing on developing AI-powered learning experiences. The role involves full-stack development and requires a highly autonomous individual who can manage the entire lifecycle of projects and utilize AI coding agents effectively

Job Summary

  • This role involves building AI-powered learning experiences across the full stack including frontend, backend, data, and LLM-driven services.
  • The team is AI-native, expecting engineers to not only use coding agents but also invest in improving their harnesses and workflows.
  • Candidates must own the full lifecycle of problems from vague requests to shipped, monitored, and stable production features.

Matching Summary

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Newsela is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Contractor for its Writing product team, focusing on developing AI-powered learning experiences. The role involves full-stack development and requires a highly autonomous individual who can manage the entire lifecycle of projects and utilize AI coding agents effectively.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years production web applications
  • Full-stack React TypeScript Python
  • AI coding agents daily use
  • End-to-end problem ownership
  • Production debugging traces logs

Nice-to-have

  • Extending agentic developer tooling
  • Rich text editing experience
  • High agency individual contributor
  • LLM-backed product features background
  • Custom hooks and skills development

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years building production web applications
  • Substantive code review history
  • Active daily use of AI coding agents

Work Rights

Not specified

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