Join Outschool as a full-stack Software Engineer to develop innovative educational products in a fully remote environment.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Drive complex engineering initiatives
- Partner with Product, Design, Data, and Engineering leadership
- Contribute to AI development principles and best practices
- Mentor engineers and influence technical direction
- Participate in standups and sprint planning
Must have
- Professional software engineering experience
- Proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
- Demonstrated proficiency in AI-native development
Nice to have
- Experience in EdTech
- Familiarity with search and discovery
- Background in marketplace technologies
- Experience at a fast-paced startup
AI in the day-to-day
Demonstrate AI-native development mindset leveraging fully agentic development workflows.
Requirements
- Visa
- No sponsorship (stated in posting)
Not disclosed in this posting: seniority, years of experience.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, Software Engineers at Outschool focus on developing and enhancing a range of educational products that foster engagement among parents, learners, and educators. Key skills include proficiency in TypeScript, React, Node.js, and experience with AI-native development, with opportunities available for both early-career and senior candidates. This position is well-suited for individuals with a background in software engineering, particularly those who have worked in fast-paced environments or EdTech. The team emphasizes collaboration and innovation, aiming to drive impactful changes in the education sector.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday on Joblaze — tracked directly from Outschool's career page.
- Outschool has 5 other open roles including Product Manager, Director of Infrastructure Engineering, Public Funding Project Lead.
- 1940 active TypeScript roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1515 active React roles on Joblaze right now.
- 1357 active PostgreSQL roles on Joblaze right now.
- Salary band is below the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$165,000).
- Pays more than 6% of the 801 salaried TypeScript roles we track (median $172,000). See TypeScript salary trends
Quick facts
- Is the Software Engineer role remote?
- Yes — Outschool lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Outschool lists $97,875–$291,600 for this role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: GraphQL, Node.js, PostgreSQL, React, TypeScript.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer role at Outschool.
From the original posting
The Company:
Outschool’s mission is to inspire kids to love learning. In our fast-changing world, the traditional educational system struggles to meet the diverse and evolving needs of young learners. Outschool reimagines this system, offering flexible and engaging learning experiences as a supplement and alternative to traditional education. By connecting learners with a global community of teachers and peers through our online platform, we make learning personal, dynamic, and deeply human.
We've made significant strides since launching our marketplace of live online classes in 2017. Finding initial success with secular homeschoolers, we then expanded to enrichment learning to meet the needs of a wider audience, growing our business 16x since 2019. Post-pandemic, we have evolved our platform to power academic learning, incorporated AI, and have begun to grow our international community. We're proud to have served over 1.5M passionate learners with more than $100M in annual bookings.Role
Outschool is looking for full-stack Software Engineers to develop and improve our suite of products to help parents, learners, and educators to engage in love of learning, all through an agentic-first development paradigm. There is a wide variety of exciting and high-impact engineering challenges for the right candidate from smart UI to personalization to AI assistance to data optimization to tooling to platforms. We’re hiring across levels - from early-career SWEs through senior architects - and will scope the role based on your experience, strengths, and the problems that inspire you and where you can have the biggest impacts.
Core Responsibilities:
- Drive complex, high-impact engineering initiatives across a variety of product innovation areas
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Engineering leadership to align on roadmap priorities, technical tradeoffs, risks, and execution strategy
- Demonstrate AI-native development mindset leveraging fully agentic development workflows, while also contributing to establishing principles and best practices on AI development
- For senior roles, mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams through strong collaboration, communication, and domain expertise
- Participate in standups, sprint planning, retros, production deployments, and on-call rotations
Desired Experience & Skills:
- Professional software engineering experience; level will be determined based on experience and scope.
- Proficiency in some of: TypeScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, and PostgreSQL
- Proven track record of both demonstrated proficiency in AI-native development, and leading teams into it
- For senior roles, demonstrated technical leadership: you've set direction, made architectural calls, and raised the bar for a team
- Strong communication and collaboration skills - you can translate technical complexity into clarity for engineers, product partners, and leadership alike
Other Considerations:
- Experience in EdTech or building products for learners, educators, or families
- Familiarity with search, discovery, personalization, AI, tooling, data insights, and/or payment systems
- Background in marketplace technologies
- Experience at a fast-paced startup or high-growth company
Compensation:
Outschool recruits across the US and Canada, and sets employee salaries to reflect local compensation and cost of living. In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for equity and benefits. Additional details are provided during the interview process.
For Canadian-based candidates, compensation range for this role is $90,000 - $229,500 CAD annually.
This role is available in the following US Pay Zones:
US Tiers
US Tier 1: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Seattle Metro
US Tier 2: All California excluding San Francisco Bay Area, Boston Metro, Chicago Metro, Denver Metro, Austin Metro, Portland Metro
US Tier 3: All other cities and states
US Pay Zones
US Tier 1: $130,500 - $291,600
US Tier 2: $110,925 - $247,860
US Tier 3: $97,875 - $218,700
Benefits & Culture:
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options, and retirement plans
- Health: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- Wellness: Annual wellness stipend, access to coaching & therapy, and pet wellness plans
- PTO & Family Benefits: Generous PTO and family leave policies
- Hybrid & Remote-Friendly: Outschool has a distributed team across the U.S. and Canada and an office in San Francisco. Bay Area-based employees work in the office part of the week and receive commute-related benefits. Team members outside the Bay Area remain fully remote, with support for expensable home office setup and internet to stay connected no matter where you are.
- Lifelong Learners: Annual budgets for professional development and DEI learning; budgets for children to take Outschool classes
- Community Impact: Outschool matches employee donations to eligible charities and supports Outschool.org’s nonprofit programs
Outschool is an equal opportunity employer. We view diversity as a moral imperative and competitive advantage. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We plan and structure our interviews to directly assess skills and experience.