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 then 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 their own.
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.
Stellic EngineersStellic 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.
The 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. To build a best-in-class user experience for our customers, we need our front-end architecture to unlock it. We need 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 DoWork 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
Be a key decision-maker in selecting our forward-looking front-end architecture and technology stack
Develop a strategy for iteratively migrating our legacy front-end to our new front-end architecture
Design and lead the implementation of scalable, full-stack solutions for mission-critical enterprise applications
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
5+ years of experience as a frontend engineer working 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
Comfortable with travel (domestic and international)
What we need from you:
Expert-level skills working with modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, WebSockets, etc.)
Deep experience with front-stack engineering using TypeScript, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (AngularJS and React a plus)
A proven track-record of building world-class end-user-facing product experiences
A solid foundational working with designers on design systems as well as authoring and maintaining shared components
Deep experience delivering high-performance, low-latency front-end solutions across multiple regions at the edge using modern CDNs like Cloudflare, Fastly, etc.
Experience working with front-end analytics and experimentation frameworks
Strong background in API design, documentation, and versioning strategies
Well-formed opinions based on years of experience ensuring quality through predictable, scalable, and reliable end-to-end testing
Solid understanding of software testing, CI/CD practices, observability, etc. (AWS CodeDeploy, Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus a plus)
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,
Databases: PostgreSQL
Version control: Git (GitHub)
Cloud: AWS
Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy
Shape the future of an impact-driven company at the forefront of higher education transformation
Work closely with an ambitious, mission driven leadership team
Own and scale the recruiting engine of a high growth company
Competitive salary, equity, and a culture of excellence, speed, and ownership.
Work and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaS
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
$220,000 - $260,000 base salary, plus equity
Work LocationCandidates 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.
