Stellic
Senior Full-stack Engineer at Stellic
About Stellic
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 their own.
Stellic Engineers Stellic engineers combine curiosity, creativity and business acumen with pragmatic solutions at high velocity and uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and we always keep that in mind while building.
The Role We are at a significant crossroads, moving from proven product‑market fit to scaling our impact. We need someone to lead upgrades to our architecture and elevate our engineering team’s ability to delight users with new capabilities.
What You’ll Do
Work closely with founders and product managers to understand the why behind each platform capability.
Help to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering‑driven priorities alongside 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.
Who You Are
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).
Our Tech Stack
Languages: Python, SQL, Shell
Frameworks: Django, AngularJS, React, Remix
Databases: PostgreSQL
Version control: Git (GitHub)
Cloud: AWS
Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy
Why Join Stellic?
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.
Compensation $160,000 - $200,000 base salary, plus equity.
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.
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.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Education Administration Programs
Referrals Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Stellic by 2x.
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Stellic Engineers Stellic engineers combine curiosity, creativity and business acumen with pragmatic solutions at high velocity and uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and we always keep that in mind while building.
The Role We are at a significant crossroads, moving from proven product‑market fit to scaling our impact. We need someone to lead upgrades to our architecture and elevate our engineering team’s ability to delight users with new capabilities.
What You’ll Do
Work closely with founders and product managers to understand the why behind each platform capability.
Help to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering‑driven priorities alongside 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.
Who You Are
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).
Our Tech Stack
Languages: Python, SQL, Shell
Frameworks: Django, AngularJS, React, Remix
Databases: PostgreSQL
Version control: Git (GitHub)
Cloud: AWS
Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy
Why Join Stellic?
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.
Compensation $160,000 - $200,000 base salary, plus equity.
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.
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.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Engineering and Information Technology
Industries Education Administration Programs
Referrals Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Stellic by 2x.
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