Software Engineer

PrairieLearn (https://www.prairielearn.com (https://www.prairielearn.com)) is an open-source assessment platform used by universities across the US (Berkeley, Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and others). We power mastery-based learning and large-scale exams. We’re a small, profitable, early-stage company (bootstrapped, no VC) that is growing quickly. Our users love us and we have very high retention and rapid spread through word of mouth. As an early-stage hire, you’ll work across the stack and enjoy meaningful ownership from day one. Tech we use: Node.js / TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. We’re also developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content, and vision-language models to help grade student work. PrairieLearn is open core: https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn (https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearn) Details: - Location: Remote (US only) - Salary: $100k-$140k depending on experience - Benefits: Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours - Role: Full-time. (We’re not able to sponsor visas at this time.) Apply at https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1... (https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1c3a-4fa3-bb3f-13ddab449baf)