About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer – AI EdTech based in the United States.
This is a high-impact Staff Engineering opportunity within a mission-driven, AI-native education technology environment.
Responsibilities
- Own substantial areas of the product and codebase, independently identifying opportunities and determining the work required to move the platform forward.
- Build, prototype, refine, and rapidly ship AI-powered literacy tools and other core product capabilities.
- Take complex, cross-functional features from initial concept and prototyping through architecture, implementation, testing, and production deployment.
- Make thoughtful architectural, scalability, security, and maintainability decisions across the product.
- Develop high-quality full-stack software using TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, and related modern technologies.
- Improve engineering systems, development practices, and technical processes while maintaining a codebase that is reliable, maintainable, and easy to reason about.
- Evaluate and incorporate AI/ML technologies and tooling where they can create meaningful improvements to the product and user experience.
- Work closely with technical leadership to shape product and engineering priorities without relying on highly detailed roadmaps.
- Communicate proactively with a small, remote engineering team to maintain alignment, technical coherence, and effective execution.
- Identify and resolve complex technical challenges while balancing speed of delivery with long-term engineering quality.
- Contribute as a hands-on individual contributor and provide technical leadership through implementation, architectural thinking, and engineering judgment.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong senior-level engineering experience with demonstrated full-stack development capabilities.
- Proven 0-to-1 product development experience, including taking features or projects from an initial idea through production.
- Experience owning substantial portions of a codebase and independently managing large-scale technical projects without a detailed roadmap.
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript, React, Next.js, and PostgreSQL.
- Demonstrated ability to work with high autonomy, make sound technical decisions, and deliver meaningful progress with minimal oversight.
- Strong understanding of modern web application architecture, software engineering practices, and scalable product development.
- Excellent attention to detail and a strong commitment to producing reliable, maintainable, high-quality software.
- Hands-on engineering mindset with a genuine interest in remaining an individual contributor while providing technical leadership.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a small, distributed team.
- Genuine interest in mission-driven technology and improving literacy and educational outcomes.
- Familiarity with Vercel, serverless architectures, and modern web frameworks is preferred.
- Experience with AI/ML products, platforms, or development tooling is a plus.
- Previous EdTech experience, whether professional or academic, is advantageous.
- Experience with technologies such as Zod, Sanity, or comparable modern development tools is beneficial.
- Must be based in the United States and able to work in a fully remote environment.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Conditions
- Base salary of $200,000–$250,000.
- Equity package.
- Fully remote work arrangement for candidates based in the United States.
- Opportunity to work directly with senior technical leadership and influence product and engineering direction.
- High level of autonomy and ownership over substantial technical initiatives.
- Opportunity to work with a modern technology stack including TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Vercel, and AI/ML technologies.
- Fast-moving environment where features can progress from concept to production rapidly.
- Small, collaborative, distributed team with significant individual impact.
- Opportunity to contribute to AI-powered education technology with a direct focus on improving literacy outcomes.
- Strong opportunity for professional and technical growth through meaningful ownership and complex engineering challenges.