Staff Fullstack Engineer, Quizlet
Flashcards
$150-230k
+ Equity
Learning tools for students and teachers
Job no longer available
Learning tools for students and teachers
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$150-230k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To give every student the tools and confidence to succeed, no matter their motivation or what they’re striving to achieve.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience building rich, interactive web applications
- Deep experience of modern front-end JavaScript libraries and tooling — for example, we use NextJS, React, Redux, Flow, webpack, and Prettier
- Experience working with server-side code and microservices - we use Hack, Node.js, and Python and relational databases
- Demonstrated ability in system architecture and design, understanding of design patterns, and ability to solve complex technical design challenges, with attention to scalability and performance concerns
- Experience leading projects from inception to completion
- Excitement about the impact your work could have on the lives of students and teachers every day
- Excellent organizational and leadership skills
- Ability to mentor junior engineers
- An aptitude for experimentation demonstrated by being hypothesis-driven, metrics focused, and eager to test and iterate
What the job involves
- The Memorize and Practice group uses Machine Learning and AI driven technologies to make the learning experience fun and impactful
- The team's goal is to expand Quizlet from a US-focused company with 50M active users to a global education platform serving the world's 1.4B student population
- We're looking for a Staff Fullstack engineer to help us improve our learning experiences
- This will include making constant improvements to our current platform, which is built upon modern tools like React, NextJS, Hack, and Spanner
- This is a hybrid role based out of our Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and San Francisco offices
- Build user-facing features and ship experiments using React/Redux
- Develop server-side code using Hack
- Collaborate with other engineers to design and implement APIs
- Build automation and abstractions (such as reusable UI components) to improve development speed
- Architect and implement data fetching and state management systems on the front end
- Work with product designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our product
- Identify and implement performance improvements to our website
- Participate in design, code, and architecture reviews
- Observe user testing to understand and improve usability
- Investigate new technologies that may be of use to the team
- Example Projects:
- Design A/B tests to learn and improve new user experiences through data driven decision making
- In collaboration with the data science and machine learning teams, design and build power-user features to add to our premium offerings
- Designing and building RESTful APIs to facilitate communication between different software components, services, or applications
- Analyzing and improving the performance of software applications by optimizing code, database queries, and overall system architecture
- Leading the development of user interfaces and user experiences for applications to enhance usability, accessibility, and user engagement
Our take
Quizlet has evolved from a simple flashcard tool into one of the most recognizable consumer learning platforms, now serving over 60M active users. It reaches two-third of US high schoolers and half of college students, putting it among the top 20 US websites and leading education apps on mobile.
Its core strength lies in helping students learn quickly and effectively through tools like flashcards, practice tests, AI-generated study guides, and now course-specific collaborative folders. By focusing on efficiency and relevance, Quizlet has become a go-to resource for students who want targeted, outcome-driven study support. And its collaborative features also allow large groups of students to share and refine materials together, so learning really is a shared experience.
Recent expansions - including Course-Powered Quizlet and its deepened partnership with Brand Metrics - show the platform's continued momentum. With AI-driven personalization, independent ad measurement, and growing peer-recommended content, Quizlet is strengthening trust with advertisers while meeting modern student expectations. And these advancements sure position Quizlet as a leading, forward-thinking plater in ed-tech.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
75% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Feb 2018
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $62m
Company benefits
- Competitive Healthcare: Comprehensive health, dental, vision and disability plans for you and your family. 100% paid premiums for employees, 75% for dependents
- PTO & Family Benefits: Everyone gets 20 days of PTO, a minimum of 10 paid holidays, and 5 volunteer days off. We also provide resources for growing families, such as Carrot (fertility & family forming) and UrbanSitter (daycare & nannies). Our generous family leave plan offers 12 weeks of leave plus disability leave for birthing mothers when welcoming a new little learner into their family.
- Learning & Development: Here at Quizlet, we invest in our employees’ career development to support learning and professional growth. Employees have access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning solution designed to help them gain new skills and advance their careers. We host speakers and workshops and also offer support for other professional development opportunities.
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options and a 401k match that makes saving for retirement easy.
- Wellness: We strive to promote the physical and mental health & well-being of our employees. We offer resources for mental health & well-being, plus a $100/month reimbursement towards wellness and fitness memberships.
- Commuter Benefits: We don’t have a school bus, but we'll help cover 50% of your public commuter & parking costs, plus pre-tax FSA. If you decide to work late, your ride home is on us.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kurt Beidler
(CEO)Prior to joining Quizlet in 2024, Kurt was the Co-CEO of Swift. He also spent 17 years at Amazon in various roles, including General Manager of Automotive Sales, Advertising, and Amazon Kids as well as Director of Kindle Content in Beijing.
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