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title: 'Senior Backend Engineer at Edia'
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# Senior Backend Engineer at Edia

- **Company:** Edia
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $180k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-02-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-24
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/edia/f7f55352-c9d8-454b-9d5f-c80493039038

## Job description

## About Edia

Edia is the leading AI technology company in K-12 education, helping 1M+ students across the U.S. have an exceptional experience in school.

## About the Role

We're seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our team and help scale our Node.js applications on AWS. This role is different from a traditional engineering position: we've fully embraced AI-assisted development, and we expect most code to be written by AI tools. Your job is to direct that process effectively.

You'll work across our entire product suite and internal tools, building robust systems that serve educators and students while also using AI to automate our business operations.

## What You'll Do

- Architect and oversee backend systems across our product lineup and internal tooling
- Guide AI coding assistants to implement large-scale changes and new features
- Review, debug, and refine AI-generated code to production standards
- Use AI internally to automate business operations
- Ship full-stack features end-to-end

## What We're Looking For

Essential skills:

- Fast at reading code, human or AI generated
- Strong debugging skills and an eye for bugs
- Capacity to envision large architectural changes and break them into steps an AI can execute
- Ability to context switch and juggle multiple in flight tasks
- Experience with Node.js and cloud infrastructure (AWS, containers, managed databases)
- Comfort working across multiple codebases and problem domains

What sets you apart:

- You think at systems scale
- You're effective at communicating intent to AI tools and iterating on their output
- You have good judgment about when to accept AI suggestions and when to push back
- You're comfortable with ambiguity and can take ownership of loosely-defined problems

Nice to have:

- Frontend experience (React)—you'll be reading it regardless
- Startup experience

## Why This Role Is Different

We're not looking for someone who wants to write every line of code themselves. We're looking for someone who can leverage AI to move faster than traditional development allows, while maintaining the quality and reliability our school district partners depend on. If you're excited about working at the frontier of how software gets built, we'd love to hear from you. Work Authorization: We are currently unable to sponsor or transfer work authorization for all jobs. If things change in the future, we'll be sure to update this section.

We appreciate your interest in Edia. Feel free to follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app/) to learn more about what we're doing to improve education outcomes in the US.

## About Edia

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Edia is an AI platform for K-12 school districts that improves student outcomes through personalized math tutoring, attendance interventions, and unified data analytics.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Joe Philleo (Co-founder, CEO), Iain Proctor (CTO and Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Education technology (EdTech)
- **Target customers**: B2B – K-12 school districts (large urban districts like NYC, San Francisco, Denver, Wichita, Cincinnati, Fulton County, as well as remote rural schools)
- **Mission**: “Every child has an exceptional experience at school.” [edia.app/company](https://edia.app/company)

## Products & Services
- **Math**: AI‑powered personalized tutoring and adaptive interventions that improve math scores by 8-23% on state exams. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)
- **Attendance**: Automated AI‑driven family outreach and interventions to reduce chronic absenteeism by 15-30% in the first year. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)
- **MTSS Data**: Unified data platform that connects SIS, LMS, behavior, and wellness systems to flag struggling students weeks earlier. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)
- **District Intelligence**: AI‑powered analytics and dashboards that turn school data into actionable interventions. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric – Total Funding**: $13.4M (Seed $4M in June 2022; Series A $9.4M in April 2024 led by Felicis) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Felicis (lead Series A), plus 5 other investors; partners include NYC DOE, San Francisco Unified, Denver Public Schools, Wichita, Cincinnati, Fulton County. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Trusted by 200+ school districts serving over 500,000 students. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)
  - 24.3% headcount growth (YoY) – now 55 employees. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
  - Recent partnership news: San Francisco, Cincinnati, Wichita, Denver (August 2025). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
  - Active job postings for Senior Backend Engineer, Product Manager, and Account Executives (West/East). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/edia)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full‑suite AI platform** that covers math, attendance, and MTSS – replacing point solutions and siloed tools.
- **Proven outcomes** with specific, documented improvements in math scores and attendance.
- **Unified data approach** pulls from all student systems to provide early‑warning signals, a significant moat for district adoption.
- **Deep focus on K‑12** – tailors AI for the unique workflows of teachers, counselors, and administrators.
- **Founded by top engineers from Silicon Valley**, combining EdTech domain expertise with strong technical talent. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand district partnerships** – moving from 200+ districts deeper into large urban and rural markets.
- **Continue to reduce chronic absenteeism** with AI‑powered family outreach (reported 30% reduction).
- **Deepen the MTSS data layer** to become the central intelligence platform for K‑12 outcomes.
- **Scale the team** across engineering, product, and sales (current openings: Senior Backend Engineer, Product Manager, Account Executives). [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/edia)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 5.0/5.0 on employer review sites, with high marks for Work‑Life (4.5), Compensation (4.5), Culture (5.0), and Career Growth (4.5). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
- **Work location**: Hybrid – GTM teams in the field; marketing, corporate, and design teams hybrid out of San Francisco HQ; engineering is remote‑flexible. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/edia)
- **Perks**:
  - Company equity for all employees.
  - Healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision).
  - Generous parental leave and family/childcare benefits.
  - 401(k) with company match, disability and life insurance.
  - Unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and paid sick days.
  - Open door policy and accessibility. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/edia)
- **Tech stack**: AWS, Node.js, React, JavaScript – a modern engineering environment. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/edia)
- **Team size**: 55 employees (~7 in Product + Tech) with a strong growth trajectory. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)

## Sources
1. [edia.app](https://edia.app/)
2. [edia.app/company](https://edia.app/company)
3. [LinkedIn – Edia](https://www.linkedin.com/company/edia-app)
4. [Built In – Edia Learning](https://builtin.com/company/edia)

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