Company Name: Stellic

Job Details: 8 Locations In-Office or Remote 160K-200K Senior level

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/senior-full-stack-engineer/4694980

Job Description: About StellicWe’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 ApartStellic 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 roleStellic 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 platformHelp 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 applicationsBuild and maintain clean, ergonomic APIs to handle complex business logic and data flowsDevelop and optimize database schemas and queries to process terabytes of data efficientlyIdentify and introduce abstractions to increase the performance and reliability of our systemsUp-level our general engineering rigor and maturity by mentoring other engineers in best practices, design patterns, and code qualityEnsure a high-degree of quality by designing robust testing strategies and implementing suites of reliable testsWhat you'll need:5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer operating at scaleStrong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementationsDeep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craftAbility to plan, estimate, and manage the technical aspects of project execution and deliveryExcellent problem-solving skills and ability to mentor junior developersImpeccable communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teamsWhat 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 architecturesAdvanced 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 strategiesSolid 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, ShellFrameworks: Django, AngularJS, React, Remix, Databases: PostgreSQLVersion control: Git (GitHub)Cloud: AWSDeployment: AWS CodeDeployWhy JoinBe 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 administratorsThe opportunity to join at the ground level of a promising and developing organization, and build/lead a team critically responsible for its growthWork and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaSBe part of a culture where ownership, new ideas, and creativity is celebratedGenerous stock options in a Series A stage startupFlexible, outcome-based cultureComprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan401K and commuter benefitsAnnual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & townsCompensation:  $160,000 - $200,000 base salary, plus equityWork 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 EmployerOur 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.