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Full-Stack Software Engineer

About PrairieLearn

PrairieLearn is an open-source assessment platform originally developed at the University of Illinois and now used by universities across the US. They power mastery-based learning, interactive question generators, and large-scale exams. The company is a small, profitable, early-stage company (bootstrapped, no VC) and is developing AI tooling in the product.

Job Description

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.

Remote

Remote Conditions

US only

Salary

100K

 to 

140K

Benefits

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

Tech Tags

Equity Offered

Date Listed

02 February, 2026 (5 days ago)
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