Principal Software Engineer

ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad search, application, and acceptance process by connecting international students, recruitment partners, and educational institutions on one intuitive and personalized platform. ApplyBoard is a mission-driven, hyper-growth organization. It has been attracting dedicated individuals for more than eight years who are inspired every day to break down barriers to international education and take their careers to new heights at a company that will invest in their career growth. Our six core values are our compass in our mission to Educate the World and the foundation of our unique company culture. As an organization built on a foundation of diversity, it s important that our team members are representative of the students from more than 150 countries that we support.

• Guide and assist multiple engineering teams, helping them to overcome technical challenges as they develop new capabilities and enhancements - both for students, and for the ApplyBoard staff and partners who help students achieve their dream of studying abroad
• Investigate, evaluate, and prototype different approaches and solutions to delight users, fulfill product requirements, and achieve business goals
• Help your team break down large, complex technical problems into tractable chunks, and organize the work to tackle them incrementally
• Work closely with Engineering and Product leaders to develop our technical vision, the strategy for realizing that vision, and the roadmap to execute on both technical investments and new/improved product capabilities
• Identify and act on opportunities to improve the way we plan, develop, test and deploy our software
• Actively promote excellence in software engineering, introducing advanced techniques and new tools to help engineers improve their craft and deliver better software

• Minimum 10 years of experience providing technical guidance to teams of engineers developing web-based commercial software that users love, across multiple domains and industries
• Great communication skills. (Yes, everyone writes that - but we really mean it.)
• Demonstrated ownership and pride in the quality of the software you work on, and the way that it succeeds in meeting the needs of its users
• Extensive knowledge of design patterns, architectural paradigms, programming languages, tech stacks and frameworks - and deep understanding of the trade-offs entailed in choosing among them
• Ability to influence and win over others by laying out the pros and cons of different options and the reasoning which supports your decisions, while maintaining an open-minded and collaborative atmosphere that makes people eager to work with you
• A high level of skill and craftsmanship in building secure software that stands the test of time
• Experience researching potential 3rd-party software and tools, and thoroughly evaluating when to build our own and when to pay for technology built by others
• Track record of introducing the technical side of Agile software development to others, and explaining both how to apply its practices and the underlying principles which make them effective

• Developing and maintaining products that are used by many thousands or millions of people
• Practical experience building and using GenAI applications
• High-growth start-up or scale-up environments
• EdTech, eCommerce, CRM or content-management software
• Ruby, Rails, React, Node.js, Typescript, or python
• A variety of databases (relational and non-relational)
• ORM frameworks and their alternatives
• Microservices or SOA; RESTful APIs
• AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
• DevOps, Observability, Infrastructure as Code

About ApplyBoard

ApplyBoard empowers students around the world to access the best education. With more than 1,000,000 students from over 150 countries helped with their journey in less than a decade, we are just getting started.

ApplyBoard s 1,200 global team members in 30 countries assist students and our 1,500 partner institutions by empowering the international student sector with innovative technology and insights. As a five-time consecutive Deloitte Fast 50 and Fast 500 ranked company, ApplyBoard is growing and scaling like few other companies. On top of our strong growth, our people are growing personally and professionally. ApplyBoard India was Great Place to Work Institute (India) certified for outstanding employee experience and workplace culture.

Thank you for your interest in joining the ApplyBoard Team and being part of our mission to Educate the World. While we are lucky to attract a high level of interest in each of our roles, only qualified applicants will be contacted and selected for an interview.

ApplyBoard welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates in all aspects of the hiring and selection process.