Stellic engineers combine a rare blend of curiosity, creativity, and business acumen with the ability to deliver pragmatic solutions at high velocity with uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and our engineers always have that in mind as they are building.
Stellic is at a significant crossroads. Having proved incredibly strong product-market fit, and having maintained enviable customer NPS ratings, it’s time to prepare for the next stages of our evolution. The naive implementations of our data pipelines have reached their expiration date, yet we continue to have ambitious roadmaps that will allow us to continue to improve the lives of students all over the world. We need someone who can lead us into the future by driving upgrades to our data pipelines while at the same time up-leveling our current engineering team’s ability to delight our users with new product capabilities.
Work closely with the founders and product managers to understand the Why behind each capability in the platform
Help to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering-driven priorities along side product priorities
Design and lead the implementation of scalable backend architectures for mission-critical enterprise applications
Build and maintain clean data orchestration pipelines
Develop and optimize database schemas and queries to process terabytes of data efficiently
Up-level our general engineering rigor and maturity by mentoring other engineers in best practices, design patterns, and code quality
Ensure a high-degree of quality by designing robust testing strategies and implementing suites of reliable tests
5+ years of experience as a API / integrations / backend / data engineer operating at scale (minimum 3+ years of experience in data engineering specifically)
Strong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementations
Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft
Ability to plan, estimate, and manage the technical aspects of project execution and delivery
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to mentor junior developers
Impeccable communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams
Proven track record building and managing APIs, data integrations and data orchestration pipelines for ETL and other large-scale data processing problems using high-level languages like Python and frameworks like Dagster, Airflow, etc.
Deep knowledge of and experience with data processing frameworks like DuckDB, Polars, Pandas, Kafka, Spark, etc.
Strong understanding of data infrastructure, governance, compliance and how enterprises use data
Experience working with iPaaS solutions like FiveTran, Talend, Airbyte, etc.
Deep experience with ORMs, RESTful APIs, background jobs, etc; (DRF, Celery a plus)
Experience with both single- and multi-tenant architectures
Advanced skills in cloud deployment and hyperscalers (AWS a plus)
Strong proficiency in designing and optimizing SQL databases and complex SQL queries (PostgreSQL a plus)
Experience with asynchronous / event-based programming, message / event queues, etc.
Strong background in API design, documentation, and versioning strategies
Solid understanding of software testing, CI/CD practices, observability, etc. (AWS CodeDeploy, Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus a plus)
While we plan on introducing new technologies and capabilities, and potentially migrating away from current ones, here is the general shape of our current stack:
Languages: Python, SQL, Shell
Frameworks: Django, Angular, React, Remix,
Databases: PostgreSQL
Version control: Git (GitHub)
Cloud: AWS
Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy
Shape the future of an impact-driven company at the forefront of higher education transformation
Work closely with an ambitious, mission driven leadership team
Own and scale the recruiting engine of a high growth company
Competitive salary, equity, and a culture of excellence, speed, and ownership.
Work and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaS
Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup
Flexible, outcome-based culture
Comprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan
401K and commuter benefits
Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns
$220,000 - $260,000 base salary, plus equity
Candidates must be willing to work in-office in the Bay Area 3 days per week as part of our hybrid work culture.