Senior Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: This role is hybrid/in-office preferred in San Mateo, California, with remote flexibility considered case by case.

Compensation: $185K – $235K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

Stellic is growing, and were hiring Senior Software Engineers across all of our product teams. If youre a great engineer who cares about impact and wants to own meaningful work — we want to hear from you. Our HQ is in San Mateo and we have a hybrid office culture so we would prefer that you could come into the office too but we are also open to great remote (within the US) candidates.

ABOUT US

Were 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 thats 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 thats here to make a lasting difference on both students lives and higher education.

STELLIC ENGINEERS

Stellic 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.

ABOUT YOU

Youre a strong engineer who takes real ownership of your work — from the first line of code to production. You care about quality, move with urgency, and get energized by problems that have genuine impact. You thrive in small, high-trust teams where youre expected to think, not just execute.

AS OUR SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, YOU WILL OWN

• Feature delivery end-to-end: Lead impactful projects from scoping through release — shipping new capabilities and improvements that directly change how students and advisors experience Stellic.

• Code quality and standards: Hold the bar high on testing, security, accessibility, and the practices that keep a codebase healthy as it scales.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Product and Design to make sure what gets built actually solves the right problems — and stay close to customer outcomes.

• Mentorship: Help junior engineers grow by sharing context, giving direct feedback, and modeling strong engineering habits.

• Engineering initiatives: Contribute to broader efforts that improve scalability, operational efficiency, and how the team ships.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU SHOULD HAVE

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering

• Strong fundamentals across front-end and/or back-end development — we care more about how you think and build than the specific stack

• Experience shipping production software in a collaborative, fast-moving environment

• Testing and CI/CD experience — you know what good looks like and hold yourself to it

• Strong communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and fellow engineers

• A track record of ownership — youve taken projects from idea to outcome and felt accountable for the result

OUR ENGINEERING TEAMS

Were hiring across Platform, Progress, Integration, Explore, and Care.

• Platform: Owns critical systems such as search, which underpins much of the user experience, as well as a growing set of AI-driven capabilities, including AI Analytics and the AI platform. These systems span both end-user-facing features and internal building blocks used across the product.

• Plan: Owns the systems that enable students to plan their academic journey, including degree planning & pathways, scheduling, and registration.

• Progress: Owns Stellics Degree Progress product, which enables students and administrators to track progress toward degree requirements and academic goals.

• Integration: Responsible for the critical bridge between university Student Information Systems (SIS) and Stellic. This integration layer is foundational to ensuring that Stellics data remains accurate, up-to-date, and trustworthy.

• Explore: Owns Stellics newest product, focused on helping prospective and transfer students plan their academic pathways before enrolling at an institution.

• Care: Builds software for academic advisors. The product brings student support data and interactions into one shared profile so advisors can prioritize outreach and follow up earlier, leaders can see how support is working, and students experience continuity instead of starting over each time they ask for help.

OUR CURRENT TECH STACK

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

• Frameworks: Django, Angular, React, Remix

• Databases: PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis

• Version control: Git (GitHub)

• Cloud: AWS

• Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy

• Observability & Analytics: Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus, PostHog, Metabase

• Architecture: Both single and multi-tenant

WHY YOULL LOVE WORKING AT STELLIC

• Shape the future of higher education at a company leading the transformation of student success.

• Work alongside an ambitious, mission-driven leadership team building something meaningful.

• Own a piece of the journey with competitive salary, meaningful equity and a culture of excellence, speed and ownership.

• Thrive in a flexible, outcome-driven culture built on trust and autonomy.

• Exceptional benefits, including health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents.

• 401(k), commuter benefits, and annual international retreats in incredible locations.

Stellic is an 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.