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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

We’re an early-stage, bootstrapped company building an open-core assessment platform used by universities nationwide. You’ll work across the stack with Node.js/TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, and React, owning features from day one. We’re developing AI tooling, including LLM agents for content creation and vision-language models for grading student work. Role is full-time; US-only remote. We’re not able to sponsor visas at this time.

Remote

Remote Conditions

US only

Salary

100K

 to 

180K

Benefits

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

Tech Tags

Equity Offered

Date Listed

01 October, 2026 (1 day ago)
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