About the Client
Our Wells Onyx client is a data platform designed to bring transparency, accountability, and measurable outcomes to education systems — redefining how services, funding, and impact are tracked. They operate on a simple principle: if it's not tracked, it didn't happen.
Client identity disclosed under NDA following an initial conversation.
Role Overview
Build the system of record for how educational services are delivered, measured, and funded. A platform built on one principle: if it's not tracked, it didn't happen.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain core platform features across backend and frontend systems.
- Translate product requirements into clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
- Contribute to system architecture decisions and technical design.
- Find and fix system bugs.
- Fail-test the system for security compliance.
- Build and maintain systems that support multi-tenant data models and strict data isolation.
- Ensure data flows are accurate, reliable, and optimized for performance and reporting.
- Support development of analytics, dashboards, and reporting infrastructure.
- Implement secure coding practices aligned with SOC 2, FERPA, and OWASP standards.
- Ensure encryption, authentication, and access control are properly enforced.
- Contribute to audit logging, data traceability, and system integrity.
- Monitor and optimize system performance, scalability, and uptime.
- Support infrastructure improvements related to deployment, monitoring, and recovery.
- Contribute to testing, debugging, and continuous improvement of the platform.
- Work closely with product, data, and leadership teams to deliver features on time.
- Participate in code reviews and maintain high engineering standards.
- Contribute to a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of software development experience.
- Strong experience with modern web frameworks and backend systems (e.g., Laravel, Node.js, or similar).
- Experience working with relational databases (MySQL or similar).
- Experience with cloud infrastructure environments (DigitalOcean, AWS, or similar).
- Understanding of API design, data modeling, and system architecture.
- Experience working in collaborative, product-driven environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Familiarity with security best practices and compliance environments.
- Experience with Redis, queue systems, or real-time processing.
- Exposure to analytics platforms or data-heavy applications.
Compensation
$85,000 – $110,000 base · performance bonus · benefits
Why this role matters
This role will directly impact how data is captured, validated, and transformed into decisions. The Software Developer will help build the infrastructure that ensures every action is measurable, auditable, and reliable at scale.
Send your resume and a few sentences on why this role to thelma@wellsonyx.com. Reference software-developer-baton-rouge in the subject line.