Software Engineer - internal tools (Chicago, IL)

Northwind Thistle Early Learning Group runs childcare centres in Chicago caring for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. We are hiring a Software Engineer to take on internal tools. We celebrate small wins and steady routines. What you will do • Integrate our systems with vendors and partners through APIs. • Turn requests about licensing records into simple, maintainable software. • Review teammates' code and share what you learn. • Improve monitoring so we hear about problems before customers do. • Fix bugs quickly and add tests so they stay fixed. What we are looking for • Comfort with SQL and a relational database. • Proficiency in a mainstream language such as TypeScript, Python, Java or C#. • Care about security and privacy of the data we hold. • Two or more years of professional software development. Nice to have • Experience with licensing records. • Cloud deployment experience. Working arrangement • Part-time, about 24 hours a week, mornings. • On site in Chicago, with some flexibility after the first few months. • We will tell you what to expect at each step of the hiring process.