We’re building a future where every student can move through their education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform transforms the student experience, giving them the tools they need to make the right decisions about their degree plans, track their journey, and build an education and career path that’s truly worth it. Stellic is a fast-growing startup backed by leading social impact investors, partnering with top institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to support over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale to serve more universities worldwide, we remain deeply committed to this mission, driven by our values, and committed to building a high-performance team that’s here to make a lasting difference on both students’ lives and higher education. What Sets Stellic Engineers Apart Stellic engineers combine a rare blend of curiosity, creativity, and business acumen with the ability to deliver pragmatic solutions at high velocity with uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and our engineers always have that in mind as they are building. Why This role Stellic is at a significant crossroads. Having proved incredibly strong product-market fit, and having maintained enviable customer NPS ratings, it’s time to prepare for the next stages of our evolution. Specifically, we need to continue to disrupt the higher-education software industry with innovative product engineering. We are looking for someone who can lead us into the future by driving upgrades to our existing architecture while at the same time up-leveling our current engineering team’s ability to delight our users with new product capabilities. What you'll do: Work closely with the founders and product managers to understand the Why behind each capability in the platform Help to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering-driven priorities along side product priorities Design and lead the implementation of scalable, full-stack solutions for mission-critical enterprise applications Build and maintain clean, ergonomic APIs to handle complex business logic and data flows Develop and optimize database schemas and queries to process terabytes of data efficiently Identify and introduce abstractions to increase the performance and reliability of our systems Up-level our general engineering rigor and maturity by mentoring other engineers in best practices, design patterns, and code quality Ensure a high-degree of quality by designing robust testing strategies and implementing suites of reliable tests What you'll need: 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer operating at scale Strong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementations Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft Ability to plan, estimate, and manage the technical aspects of project execution and delivery Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to mentor junior developers Impeccable communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams What we need from you: Deep experience with full-stack engineering using high-level programming languages and frameworks (Python/Django, AngularJS, and React a plus) Deep experience with ORMs, RESTful APIs, background jobs, real-time streaming, etc; (DRF, Celery, Channels a plus) Experience with both single- and multi-tenant architectures Advanced skills in cloud deployment and hyperscalers (AWS a plus) Strong proficiency in designing and optimizing SQL databases and complex SQL queries (PostgreSQL a plus) Experience with asynchronous / event-based programming, message / event queues, etc. Strong background in API design, documentation, and versioning strategies Solid understanding of software testing, CI/CD practices, observability, etc. (AWS CodeDeploy, Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus a plus) What Tech We Use: While we plan on introducing new technologies and capabilities, and potentially migrating away from current ones, here is the general shape of our current stack: Languages: Python, SQL, Shell Frameworks: Django, AngularJS, React, Remix, Version control: Git (GitHub) Cloud: AWS Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy Why Join Be part of a customer-centric team that is addressing the core issues in higher education via an expandable platform that is overwhelming loved by students and valued by administrators The opportunity to join at the ground level of a promising and developing organization, and build/lead a team critically responsible for its growth Work and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaS Be part of a culture where ownership, new ideas, and creativity is celebrated Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup Flexible, outcome-based culture Comprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan 401K and commuter benefits Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns Work location: Candidates must be willing to work in-office in the Bay Area 3 days per week as part of our hybrid work culture. Stellic is an Equal Opportunity Employer Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply. Apply for this job * indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone Resume/CV * Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Education School Select... Degree Select... Select... End date month Select... End date year LinkedIn Profile Are you currently located in the San Francisco Bay Area? * Select... Are you able and willing to work hybrid, 3 days per week, in San Francisco? Select... Are you able and willing to work hybrid, 3 days per week, in San Mateo? * Select... If you are not located in the San Francisco Bay Area, where are you currently living? 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