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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 are looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to work across the stack with Node.js/TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, and React. Role: Full-time. We are not able to sponsor visas at this time. Our team is early-stage, with meaningful ownership from day one. Tech we use includes Node.js/TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. We are also developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content, and vision-language models to help grade student work. Salary range: $100k-$180k. Benefits include stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, and flexible hours.

Remote

Remote Conditions

US only

Salary

100K

Β toΒ 

180K

Benefits

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

Tech Tags

Equity Offered

Date Listed

01 July, 2026 (about 1 month ago)
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