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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

Role: Full-time. Location: Remote (US) only. Early-stage hire who will work across the stack with ownership from day one. Tech stack includes Node.js/TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. PrairieLearn is open core and developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content and vision-language models to grade student work. Salary: $100k-$140k depending on experience. Benefits: Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours.

Remote

Remote Conditions

US only

Salary

100K

Β toΒ 

140K

Benefits

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

Tech Tags

Equity Offered

Date Listed

01 April, 2026 (about 2 months ago)
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