Senior Full-Stack Engineer, SchooLinks
$100-160k
Offers equity
Career planning platform
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Career planning platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$100-160k
Offers equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform school districts into talent pipelines.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for engineers who get uncomfortable when they're too far from the outcome
- Who have opinions about UX, not just code quality. Who find product thinking as natural as system design
- Who take it personally when something they built doesn't land with users, and who fix it without being asked
- Demonstrated ability to own features end-to-end, from ambiguous problem to production
- Strong Python and React proficiency, built through real production work
- Solid AWS and SQL experience in production environments
- Comfortable with async task management and the operational realities of production systems
- You define requirements from a problem statement, you don't wait for a spec
- Strong written communication: specs, release notes, and documentation are part of how you deliver
- This role is for engineers based in Austin, Texas, with the ability to work in the office 1-2 days a week
- Nice to have: Celery, Redis, educational data standards (Ed-Fi, One Roster), or genuine interest in ed-tech, career exploration, or workforce development
What the job involves
- Our Product Engineers aren't members of a feature team. They are the feature team
- You'll start from a problem or a goal, figure out what to build, design the experience, implement it, test it, ship it, and communicate it. No PM to translate for you
- No designer to hand you mocks. No QA to catch your bugs before users do. That's not a gap in our process. It's the role
- What this looks like in practice:
- You receive context on a user problem or business goal, not a spec
- You define your own requirements, break down the work, and manage your own scope
- You make design and UX decisions, getting lightweight feedback when useful
- You write the code, write the tests, and hold yourself accountable for quality
- You communicate progress and outcomes directly to stakeholders
- The stack: Django / Python backend
- React / TypeScript frontend
- AWS
- PostgreSQL
- Celery / Redis
- We use AI tools (Claude, Cursor) as a standard part of how we plan, build, and document not as an experiment
Our take
SchooLinks provides a framework to help students figure out what careers might suit them - and how to get there - through a multitude of features from personality tests to financial aid calculators.
Founded in 2014, the company has grown its market position over the years, as it continues to develop and improve its features and integrations. For example, a partnership with Common App enabled students using SchoolLinks to directly apply to over 900 higher education institutions.
SchooLink's history of growth, coupled with substantial funding, has enabled it to solidify its place within the market. A brand refresh in 2025 saw the company focus on smart design that anticipates user journeys, enhancing the user experience on top of revitalizing its image.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
273% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2024
$80m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$8.3m
SERIES A
Total funding: $90.6m
Company benefits
- Fully covered healthcare that includes vision, dental, and other perks, with partial dependent coverage
- Company sponsored 401k and up to 1% matching contributions
- (If you're on site in Austin) snacks and catered lunch at least once a week
- Asynchronous, results-first work culture
- 3+ Weeks PTO and 8 national holidays off
Company HQ
Govalle, Austin, TX
Leadership
Katie Fang
(CEO & Founder)Founded SchoolLinks soon after attaining a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance at the University of British Columbia.
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