Senior Software Engineer, Consumer

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Consumer Experience team, you’ll build the products that connect millions of students with employers. You’ll drive meaningful technical initiatives, shape the technical direction of the team, and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions that directly impact one of the fastest-growing career platforms in the world.

• Lead the design and development of consumer-facing features that enhance user engagement and streamline the student-employer connection process
• Architect and scale distributed systems to support millions of users, ensuring high availability and performance
• Influence technical direction by collaborating with cross-functional teams to align engineering efforts with business goals
• Bring a startup mindset—ship quickly, iterate based on real user feedback, and favor pragmatic solutions that deliver value over premature polish
• Mentor and elevate engineers across the team, fostering a culture of growth and technical excellence
• Champion engineering best practices that raise the bar on product quality and team efficiency

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of owning and delivering large-scale, complex distributed systems
• Ability to work independently on well-scoped technical problems, with growing influence on team-level technical decisions
• Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or Typescript with a focus on maintainable, high-quality production systems
• Solid experience with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL, including schema design and query performance
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern system design principles
• Comfort operating with ambiguity and moving fast in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences

• Background in search, recommendations, ranking systems, or personalization
• Experience building AI-powered agentic systems, including LLM-based applications
• Prior experience in high-growth or rapidly scaling environments

• Ownership:
  Equity in a fast-growing company
• Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching
• Family Support:
  Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching
• Wellbeing:
  Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend
• Growth:
  Learning stipend, ongoing development
• Remote & Office:
  Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office
• Time Off:
  Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days
• Connection:
  Team outings & referral bonuses

$225K – $250K
• Offers Equity

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.

-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.