Full-Stack Software Engineer

What you’ll do

• Work across the full stack and take meaningful ownership from day one.
• Develop AI tooling including LLM agents to help instructors create content.
• Develop vision-language models to help grade student work.

What they’re looking for

• Experience with Node.js / TypeScript backend
• Experience with Postgres
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with React

Skills

• Node.js: Node.js, backend
• TypeScript: TypeScript
• Postgres: Postgres, PostgreSQL
• AWS: AWS
• React: React
• LLM agents / AI tooling: LLM agents, vision-language models, AI tooling
• Open source: PrairieLearn repository, GitHub

The post

PrairieLearn (Remote US) — Full-Stack Software Engineer — TypeScript / Postgres / React / AI

PrairieLearn (https://www.prairielearn.com) is an open-source assessment platform used by universities across the US (Berkeley, Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and others). We power mastery-based learning and large-scale exams.

We’re a small, profitable, early-stage company (bootstrapped, no VC) that is growing quickly. Our users love us and we have very high retention and rapid spread through word of mouth. As an early-stage hire, you’ll work across the stack and enjoy meaningful ownership from day one.

Tech we use: Node.js / TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. We’re also developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content, and vision-language models to help grade student work. PrairieLearn is open core: https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn

Details:

- Location: Remote (US only)

- Salary: $100k-$180k depending on experience

- Benefits: Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours

- Role: Full-time. (We’re not able to sponsor visas at this time.)

Apply at https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?utm_source=YeEJ5MAKkr&ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1c3a-4fa3-bb3f-13ddab449baf