Full Stack Software Engineer, Empowerly
$80-140k
College admissions counseling
Open for applications
College admissions counseling
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$80-140k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower students to be the most successful version of themselves in college admissions and beyond.
Role
Who you are
- You are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment
- You love building products with a team and seek out the responsibility and rewards that come with shipping functionality that customers love
- You are customer obsessed
- You are comfortable working and collaborating with leadership, designers, customers, and sales
- You can confidently make and execute high-level engineering decisions with minimal oversight
- You come with 3+ years of software development experience and have a strong technical background in building web applications, working with infrastructure, and writing quality code
- This role requires a deep willingness to wear multiple hats, continuously learn, and significantly impact Empowerly's overall success
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent technical experience
- 3+ years of experience working in software engineering
- Experience leading software engineering projects in a rapidly changing and fast-paced environment
- Proven ability to lead software design decisions, define and manage end-to-end project requirements, and ship complex products with minimal guidance
- Proficiency in developing and debugging with scripting languages such as Python, Perl, PHP, and/or shell scripts
- Strong grasp of full-stack web development frameworks, with the ability to create an application end-to-end
- Experience developing and working with automated testing frameworks to enable reliable end-to-end testing and deployment strategies
- Experience auditing and contributing to product infrastructure
- Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and organizational problems, including to non-technical employees, and propose thorough iterative solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to be agile and adaptable
- Thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Resilience in overcoming minor setbacks and swiftly handling ambiguity
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Driven by a mission to provide comprehensive access to college counseling and beyond
- A high-growth, scrappy, and intense startup environment
- A team of high IQ, developmentally hungry professionals
- A collaborative and energetic team player who is committed to personal and collective growth
- Adaptable, quick to respond, and committed to delivering delightful experiences to both internal and external customers
- Experience with our tech stack:
- + Front End: HTML/ CSS, JavaScript
- + ReactJS and related frameworks
- + Database Familiarity: PostgreSQL
- + Cloud Infrastructure: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure
What the job involves
- Empowerly is seeking a Software Engineer in the United States
- As a Software Engineer at Empowerly, you will collaborate with Founding Engineers, their teams, and their leadership to lead crucial, innovative projects and initiatives
- You will have the opportunity to build products that enhance access to college counseling services for students
- Your responsibilities will include developing responsive web interfaces, coding intelligent algorithms, and enabling AI education applications
- You will work closely with the product management team to balance technical capabilities with our services, products (aka Empowerly score), growth (aka marketing), and sales (aka account executives)
- Consistently ship features and resolve issues to enhance the experience for marketplace counselors, students, and families
- Lead projects related to the engineering software development
- Align software development approaches across multiple areas under the technical direction of Engineering Leadership
- Proactively identify areas for improvement in the codebase, seeking enhancements to product quality, security, and performance
- Participate in end-to-end product execution, collaborating closely with Empowerly’s Product Managers and UI/UX designers on interaction and visual design
- Engage in prototyping, testing, training, and defining support procedures alongside the engineering team, product team, and executive leadership
- Support the build the technical foundation of the Empowerly platform by designing APIs, coding beautiful UIs, and making effective trade-offs for complex product problems
- Serve as the go-to person and de-facto engineering feature owner as our team scales
Our take
In the competitive college admissions landscape, students face pressure to navigate the process effectively. Empowerly steps in to address this challenge, recognizing the inadequacy of traditional high school counseling services in providing specialized guidance amid skyrocketing application rates.
Empowerly's approach combines personalized counseling, AI-powered technology, and a suite of services to empower students in their pursuit of higher education. By leveraging proprietary algorithms such as the Empowerly Score, the company offers a holistic assessment of students' strengths and areas for improvement, guiding them towards enhancing their college application strategically.
Bolstered by recent funding, Empowerly is poised for expansion and innovation. The infusion of capital will fuel the development of its first mobile app and the enhancement of its AI-powered products, catering to the evolving needs of students and families.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$15m
EARLY VC
Feb 2022
$10m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $26.6m
Company values
- Collaboration: We work together to push our students to be the best versions of themselves
- Impact: We make the process an important learning experience for everyone
- Excellence: We take pride in our work and always aim to exceed expectations
Company HQ
The Castro, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Changxiao X.
(Co-Founder)Studied Electrical Engineering at Princeton. They previously worked on building tradting systems on Wall Street, Machine Learning at Facebook, and researched NLP techniques for disinformation detection.
Hanmei Wu
(Co-Founder)Graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration. Previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Teach for America prior to founding Empowerly.
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