Staff Software Engineer, MagicSchool AI
$205-240k
Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years
AI education platform
Be an early applicant
AI education platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$205-240k
Every employee is offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help lighten the load, so teachers can save their energy for where they shine best - in the classroom, in front of students.
Role
Who you are
- If you are passionate about building resilient, scalable systems, leading projects from idea to production, and influencing engineering culture at scale, this role is for you
- Deep Technical Expertise – Strong experience in building scalable applications and APIs
- Proficiency in Our Stack (or Similar) – TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, NextJS, React, Vercel, Supabase. Bonus: Python, BigQuery
- Experience Level – 7+ years in software engineering (with at least 2+ years in a senior or staff role). Startup or high-growth experience is a plus
- Architectural Thinking – Ability to design and evolve systems for long-term maintainability and growth
- Leadership Without Authority – Track record of influencing technical direction and mentoring engineers
- Bias for Impact – Comfortable balancing speed and quality to deliver user value quickly
- Adaptability & Curiosity – Thrives in ambiguity, learns fast, and constantly seeks to improve
- Strong Communication & Collaboration – Emotionally intelligent, clear communicator, and a team player
Desirable
- Experience with cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, or multi-tenant SaaS
- Familiarity with observability practices (logging, monitoring, alerting) and secure development practices
- Exposure to data engineering, analytics platforms, or ML/AI products
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation of MagicSchool
- This is a high-impact IC role where you’ll take end-to-end ownership of complex features and systems, influence architecture decisions, and mentor engineers to raise the bar for technical excellence across the organization
- We are hiring multiple Staff Engineers to join different focus areas, including:
- Platform & APIs (core services, integrations, internal tooling)
- Product Engineering (teacher-facing experiences, new features)
- Data & Analytics (data infrastructure, performance, and insights)
- Technical Leadership – Lead complex projects and make high-leverage architectural decisions that balance speed, quality, and scalability
- End-to-End Delivery – Own features or systems from design to deployment, ensuring they integrate cleanly with our architecture
- Platform Development – Design and build core APIs, services, and frameworks that power our products and developer experience
- Code Quality & Performance – Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code while driving best practices for reliability and performance
- Mentorship & Collaboration – Coach engineers, share knowledge, and influence technical direction across teams
- Cross-Functional Partnership – Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver the right solutions, the right way
- Continuous Improvement – Help shape our engineering culture, improve processes, and identify opportunities to make development faster and safer
Our take
MagicSchool AI is levelling up education with its generative AI tools designed to enhance both teaching and learning environments. Initially focused on creating AI-driven resources for educators, the company is now expanding to provide tools directly for students, to support various learning activities and improve educational outcomes.
These tools are built to streamline and enrich the educational experience with customized AI solutions that cater specifically to the needs of teachers and students. By working closely with educational institutions and incorporating feedback, MagicSchool aims to address common challenges in education and make AI a valuable asset in the classroom.
With substantial funding to its name, its clear that investors see the potential in MagicSchool's proposition. The company is now ready to take the next step in its mission of integrating AI into educational settings to benefit both teachers and students.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2025
$60m
LATE VC
Feb 2025
$45m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $122.4m
Company benefits
- Work from home
- Unlimited Time Off
- Insurance (we offer four different 100% employer-paid health insurance plans, and dental and vision are also offered at very low premiums)
- $100 Monthly Wellness Stipend
- 401k Match (we match 100% of the first 1% and 50% of your next 5%)
- Stock Options (all of our employees are offered generous stock options, vested over 4 years)
Company HQ
Civic Center, Denver, CO
Leadership
Adeel Khan
(CEO)Previously a Founding School Director/Managing Director of Schools at DSST Public Schools. Prior to that, they were a Social Studies Teacher at KIPP Metro Atlanta and a Special Education and English Teacher at Teach for America.
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