Associate Cloud Software Engineer

Summary

Emergent Tree Education, Inc. is seeking an Associate Cloud Software Engineer to contribute across its SaaS application platform. The role focuses on building user-facing features, developing APIs, troubleshooting application and production issues, maintaining automated tests, and supporting AWS cloud operations, security, infrastructure, and internal technical systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new user-facing features for our SaaS applications
• Build, adapt and extend APIs and related HTTP-based services to support application functionality
• Investigate customer issues and system alerts to identify root cause, and then implement effective fixes that improve UI/UX, performance, and reliability
• Update and extend automated regression tests to cover new/updated application functionality
• Maintain and refactor existing code as needed for clarity and scalability
• Help manage and improve our AWS environment (compute, networking, security, monitoring)
• Participate in strengthening our security posture and operational reliability
• Use SQL and AWS tools (e.g. CloudWatch, Athena) to investigate production data issues and validate application behavior
• Contribute to infrastructure improvements, Linux system administration and serverless automation efforts
• Assist non-technical colleagues with occasional software or device issues
• Help manage, leverage and secure business technology systems (e.g. G-Suite, Hubspot, MDM) as need arises
• Translate technical issues into clear explanations and solutions

Skills

• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• • 0-5 years of professional experience; internships, coursework, and personal projects are valued
• • Strong fundamentals in programming and web technologies
• • Curiosity about how systems work
• • Strong problem-solving and communications skills
• • Eagerness to learn and take ownership
• • Strong time management and organizational skills
• • Modern JavaScript frameworks (Ember.js, Vue, React)
• • Web browser core technologies (HTML/CSS, HTTP/Fetch/REST APIs)
• • Backend API development (Java/Scala/Kotlin, Jersey/JAX-RS, jOOQ/JPA, Maven)
• • Cloud system tooling (Linux, Bash/curl/jq, Docker containers, AWS Lambda, CloudFormation)
• • Basic data query & analysis (SQL/MySQL, Excel pivot tables, other statistical tools)
• The job requires working at a computer for extended periods of time. Occasional lifting, standing, walking and carrying of light equipment may be required
• •This position does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.•

Qualifications

Must Haves

• • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
• • 0-5 years of professional experience; internships, coursework, and personal projects are valued
• • Strong fundamentals in programming and web technologies
• • Curiosity about how systems work
• • Strong problem-solving and communications skills
• • Eagerness to learn and take ownership
• • Strong time management and organizational skills
• • Modern JavaScript frameworks (Ember.js, Vue, React)
• • Web browser core technologies (HTML/CSS, HTTP/Fetch/REST APIs)
• • Backend API development (Java/Scala/Kotlin, Jersey/JAX-RS, jOOQ/JPA, Maven)
• • Cloud system tooling (Linux, Bash/curl/jq, Docker containers, AWS Lambda, CloudFormation)
• • Basic data query & analysis (SQL/MySQL, Excel pivot tables, other statistical tools)
• The job requires working at a computer for extended periods of time. Occasional lifting, standing, walking and carrying of light equipment may be required
• •This position does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.•

Benefits

• Primarily work remotely
• Receiving structured mentorship and gradually taking on broader responsibility across the platform