Software Engineer (Full Stack) - AVELA - PK12 Enrollment Platform (full time)
Avela - Multiple Locations or Remote - Full time
Company
Avela is a Nobel Prize winning platform for families to navigate their child’s educational journey. Parents can find, apply, register, and pay for school and programs for their children, all from a common application system with saved profiles. Avela also powers backend admissions and operational workflows, making it easy for schools, districts, and educational providers to equitably serve students. We’re like “OpenTable for Education” or “Mindbody for Schools.”
Role
We’re seeking an experienced Software Engineer (Full Stack) to help expand our platform and enhance user experience. Reporting directly to the CTO, you'll have an opportunity to influence the vision of the product and culture we are creating together. We're open to mid-level and senior developers with at least 3 years of full-time professional software development experience (no recent grads right now, sorry).
Responsibilities
- Own large swaths of features across our tech stack diving into everything - frontend, backend, databases, infrastructure - you’re in it all. No one is an expert in everything but there is no part of the tech stack you’re not willing to roll up your sleeves and tackle.
- Work with the team to guide architecture decisions that deftly balance short term needs while clearly defining the path towards our future vision.
- Help build how we build - we’re a small team and our processes are constantly evolving to meet our needs. Culture and developer experience take work and everyone is involved.
- Be a product engineer - we all care deeply about the product experience and collaborate to build our roadmap and brainstorm ideas.
- Dig in with our customers - we’re a small team and everyone is part of customer success. If a customer is having issues engineering is always there to solve technical issues.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of full time experience building software across a balance of both frontend (React / Vue / Angular) and backend (any framework works but bonus points for GraphQL experience)
- Extensive experience in data modeling (bonus points for experience in highly configurable data models)
- Startup experience a big plus
- Enterprise software / B2B experience a plus
- Passion for education, equity, or social impact
- Entrepreneurial spirit and drive
- Growth mindset and desire to constantly improve
- Legal ability to work in the US, based in the USA.
Compensation
$125,000 - $195,000 a year
We also offer generous equity and a competitive benefits package.
Team
Avela was founded by a renowned team of visionaries, including Nobel Laureate Joshua Angrist, Clark Medalist Parag Pathak, and social entrepreneur Greg Bybee. We have a passionate team of entrepreneurs, engineers, economists, and data scientists.
We love our team and care about their wellness. We strive to offer the best benefits of our peers, including:
- Flexible work policies
- Unlimited vacation
- Home office stipend or WeWork membership
- 401(k) program
- Flexible Savings Account (FSA)
- Dependent Care Saving Plan (DCFSA)
- Life Insurance by Guardian (covered 100%)
- Platinum Medical Plan by UnitedHealthcare (Employees 100%, Dependents 40%)
- Platinum Dental Plan by Guardian Health (Employees 100%, Dependents 40%)
- Platinum Vision Plan by Guardian Health (Employees 100%, Dependents 40%)
Learn more at avela.org/careers.
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