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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

PrairieLearn is an open-source assessment platform used by universities across the US. As a Full-Stack Software Engineer, you will own features across the stack with meaningful ownership from day one. Tech you’ll work with includes Node.js/TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, and React. The team is building AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content and vision-language models to assist grading. This is an early-stage role at a small, profitable company. Location: Remote (US only). Salary: $100k-$140k depending on experience. Benefits: stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours. Visa sponsorship is not available at this time. Apply at https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1c3a-4fa3-bb3f-13ddab449baf.

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

01 June, 2026 (6 days ago)
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