Senior Fullstack JavaScript Developer, ScholarshipOwl

Nuxt.js + Node.js

Salary not provided

PHP

SQL

TypeScript

GCP

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Vue.js

MySQL

Cypress

Jest

BigQuery

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

Scholarship marketplace

Be an early applicant

Scholarship marketplace

21-100 employees

B2CMarketplaceEducationBig dataMachine LearningFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

PHP

SQL

TypeScript

GCP

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Vue.js

MySQL

Cypress

Jest

BigQuery

REST API

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, Europe, UK, US

21-100 employees

B2CMarketplaceEducationBig dataMachine LearningFinancial Services

Company mission

To help students get the financing they are looking for, no matter what it takes.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of professional software development experience
Frontend Mastery: Deep expertise in Vue.js and the Nuxt.js framework (lifecycle, middleware, plugins, and Pinia/Vuex)
Backend Expertise: Strong commercial experience with Node.js environments
Database Skills: Proficiency with SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases
Core JS: Deep understanding of modern JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, and asynchronous programming
Testing: Experience with testing frameworks like Jest, Cypress, or Vitest

Desirable

PHP Proficiency: Ability to read, debug, and maintain PHP code. We don't need you to build new apps in PHP, but comfort working within a LAMP environment during migrations is critical
Experience with AI Assisted Development"
Cloud Infrastructure (GCP): Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, or BigQuery)
AI & LLMs: Experience integrating Google Gemini, OpenAI, or other LLMs into production applications
Python: Proficiency in Python for backend scripting, data processing, or AI/ML workloads
GraphQL: Experience designing schemas and consuming GraphQL APIs
EdTech Experience: Previous work in education technology or high-traffic consumer platforms

What the job involves

We are looking for a Senior Developer who is passionate about education and ready to build scalable technology that changes lives
Full Lifecycle Development: Architect and build high-performance web applications using Nuxt.js (Vue.js) on the client side and Node.js on the server side
SSR & Optimization: Leverage Nuxt.js for Server-Side Rendering (SSR) to ensure optimal SEO performance and fast load times
Legacy Integration: Collaborate on maintaining and migrating legacy backend services written in PHP to our modern stack
API Architecture: Design and optimize RESTful APIs (experience with GraphQL is a major plus) to serve data to thousands of concurrent users
Innovation: Proactively identify opportunities to integrate new technologies (including AI tools) to improve developer velocity or product features
Mentorship: Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers to ensure code quality and team growth

Our take

The US student debt burden is gargantuan and ever-growing, causing more and more college applicants to turn to scholarships to secure funds for their education. But the environment is highly competitive, requiring multiple applications to maximize the chances of winning funds – all of which take time and effort that students should be free to spend elsewhere.

ScholarshipOwl provides a way to reduce time-spent on applications, and access all scholarships a student is eligible for, vastly improving the chances that they secure financial help. Once students fill out a central form, all application forms they choose to submit will be populated with this information automatically, allowing students to focus on the personal parts of applications such as essays.

The company currently operates in the US, but has its sights set on entering other markets, particularly for students who wish to study abroad. It has experienced strong popularity since its launch, and continues towards making education more accessible through additions such as a Guide to College Scholarships, and community-focussed features.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

-5% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.6)

Trustpilot (4.4)

Company

Funding (1 round)

Oct 2014

$0.5m

SEED

Total funding: $0.5m

Company HQ

Southbridge, Pennsville, DE

Leadership

Kenny Sandorffy

(Founder)

Former CEO of the company. General Manager at VentureKite and Strategic Advisor at SmartClinic. Owner of Better Online. Previously founded Contrast.

David Tabachnikov

(CEO)

Originally joined the ScholarshipOwl team as CTO in 2015, becoming CEO in 2018. Previously co-founded Coffeetap where they served as the CEO. Prior to that, they were a Senior Web Engineer at Google.

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