Archived on

PrairieLearn is hiring a
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
AIAWSLLMNode.jsOpen SourcePostgreSQLReactTypescript
Equity Offered
Date Listed
01 April, 2026 (3 months ago)
Loading...
Share this job
This job is archived, but you can still apply.
Hiring engineers?
Reach thousands of tech candidates from the Hacker News community.
Post a Job β $99











