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
to
140K
Benefits
Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours
Tech Tags
Equity Offered
Date Listed
01 April, 2026 (5 days ago)
