Software Engineer, Integrations

SchooLinks • Full-time • Remote • 1m ago

Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs

Integration work is a recurring leverage point in SaaS because it determines how well a product fits into a customer’s existing stack and how reliably data moves across boundaries. This role is featured for its focus on building the first major external integration and laying groundwork that can expand into a broader partner ecosystem, a pattern common in SaaS companies moving from single-product delivery toward platform capabilities.

From a SaaS career perspective, the scope spans the full integration lifecycle: API design, authentication flows, ETL strategy, observability, and long-term maintenance. That mix builds durable platform engineering judgment that transfers across SaaS categories, especially where multi-tenant considerations, schema mismatches, and sync tradeoffs are everyday realities. The emphasis on documentation and runbooks also aligns with the operational maturity expected as SaaS products scale integrations beyond one-off projects.

This position suits an engineer who prefers end-to-end ownership and can translate ambiguous integration needs into production systems without a large supporting team. It will resonate with professionals who enjoy data correctness problems, incident-driven iteration, and building standards that others will later extend, rather than optimizing a narrow service in isolation.

The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to own our data migration and integration infrastructure — end to end. This is a greenfield, individual contributor role: you’ll be the sole engineer driving this work, which means you’ll move from blank page to production on your own. You’ll own everything from architecture and design through implementation, testing, documentation, and long-term maintenance. Our first major integration is with Slate (by Technolutions), a leading CRM used by college admissions offices — but this role will grow into a full integration platform as SchooLinks expands its partner ecosystem. If you thrive with real ownership, love solving hard data problems, and want your work to have a direct impact on students’ futures, this role is for you.

As the product area you support grows, you’ll be well-positioned to move into management and leadership rules in the future.

What You'll Build

• Independently architect and implement bi-directional data integrations between SchooLinks and external platforms — starting with Slate (Technolutions)

• Design, build, test, and document RESTful API connections, webhooks, and OAuth/SSO flows to support secure, real-time data exchange — taking full ownership of each integration from technical spec through production deploy. You’ll build using Python code running in our Django service and Lambdas on AWS.

• Design ETL pipelines to map and transform student data across different schemas, handling edge cases, conflict resolution, and idempotency.

• Set up monitoring, alerting, and observability for every integration in production — then own ongoing maintenance, incident response, and iterative improvements as partner systems evolve

• Write the foundational documentation for this function — technical specs, API references, runbooks, and integration guides establishing the standard that future engineers will build on

This role requires a strong individual contributor who can own the full lifecycle — design, build, test, document, and maintain— without a team around them. You’re a strong fit if you bring:

• 4+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on API integrations, data pipelines, or platform engineering — ideally with examples of work you owned solo from design through production

• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, webhooks, and OAuth — you've designed and debugged integrations end-to-end

• Proficiency in Python, Pandas. Ideally have some exposure to Django as wel

• Experience with ETL patterns, data transformation, and sync strategies — including handling schema mismatches and real-time vs. batch tradeoffs

• Experience building and owning testing infrastructure for integrations — you write the tests yourself and treat them as a first-class part of the work, not an afterthought

• Exceptional written communication — you document as you go, write technical specs before you build, and ensure that internal and external stakeholders can understand your architecture and documentation

• A self-directed working style — you can take a problem from ambiguous requirements to a shipped, documented, production-ready system without needing someone else to drive the process

• Comfortable using AI coding tools as part of your daily workflow — we’re a Claude shop, but experience with any AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) counts

Bonus Points

• Prior experience integrating with higher ed or admissions CRMs — such as Slate (Technolutions), Salesforce, Ellucian, or similar platforms

• Familiarity with K-12 or higher ed data standards — Common App formats, SIS platforms (Infinite Campus, PowerSchool, Clever, Classlink)

• Prior work connecting a K-12 platform to a higher ed or admissions system

• Understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture

SchooLinks is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.