Principal Software Engineer, Marker Learning
Learning disability support
Job no longer available
Learning disability support
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
101-200 employees
Company mission
To democratize access to high quality learning assessments and services.
Role
Who you are
- Deep expertise in cloud architecture (GCP), containerization, and distributed systems
- Proven leadership in system design with 8+ years of experience
- Strong product intuition and ability to balance speed vs. long-term quality
- Experience with AI architectures, document processing pipelines, and integration strategies
- Track record of managing dependencies and improving developer workflows
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Principal Engineer to own our technical vision, lead architectural decision-making, and drive cross-team execution velocity
- In this role, you’ll address system design challenges, improve technical workflows, and ensure alignment between execution and long-term business goals, all while shaping the future of education technology during an exciting evolution into a cutting-edge SaaS platform
- You’ll lead transformative projects, collaborating with Product Engineering, Product Management, Design, and Operations to create scalable, high-performing systems
- Your efforts will revolutionize how professionals manage complex evaluations, allowing them to focus on delivering impactful care
- Own the technical vision and make strategic architectural decisions
- Establish and enforce a decision-making framework with clear SLAs to reduce bottlenecks
- Define and maintain a scalable architecture roadmap
- Foster cross-team collaboration and clear ownership boundaries for technical components
- Set best practices for microservices, databases, and system integrations
- Implement architectural review processes to consolidate overlapping workstreams and prevent redundancy
- Raise the technical bar by mentoring teams and driving cultural shifts toward prioritizing incremental execution
Our take
One in five American students has a learning disability and while a proper evaluation could be one of the most impactful events in these students' lives, only 4% receive a diagnosis because of the high costs involved and the lack of access to the appropriate psychologists. Undiagnosed students are more likely to drop out of school, fail to find a job and subsequently suffer from mental health issues.
The current learning disability support system is broken and Marker Learning is setting out to change this, by making critical learning disability evaluations and support more accessible and affordable. The startup is leveraging technology developed by experts at John Hopkins to provide evaluations in half the time and at a fraction of the price.
Having already reached a million students through school partnerships, Marker Learning is rapidly growing and raised $15 million in 2023. It announced its expansion into multiple new services as well, including tutoring and coaching. The startup is backed by some of the most mission-driven venture capital firms in the industry and with their help, it plans to continue scaling its partnerships and expand into new geographies.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
220% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2023
$15m
SERIES A
Nov 2021
$4.7m
SEED
Total funding: $19.7m
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
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Leadership
Stefan Bauer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as an Analyst at Bloomberg and Morgan Stanley, also worked as an Associate and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company.
Emily Yudofsky
(Co-Founder & Chief Product & Marketing Officer)Previously founded the company Found, a pioneering weight care platform where they served as CEO. Also worked at Google as a Product Marketing Manager.
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