Tech Lead, Progress

This role is hybrid/in-office preferred in San Mateo, California, with remote flexibility considered case by case.. Posted 6 months ago

The role

The Progress Lead will own the technical direction of the Degree Progress product. This role involves orchestrating results from a SAT solver into user-facing experiences and partnering with the algorithms lead to ensure system reliability.

What you will do

Own Degree Progress systems end to end
Partner with the algorithms lead to integrate compute outputs and product behavior
Design and implement purpose-built testing frameworks
Ensure the system delivers reliable, explainable outcomes
Drive alignment on engineering-driven and product priorities
Drive engineering excellence through mentoring and defining best practices

Required qualifications

5+ years of backend engineering experience operating at scale
Track record of leading complex implementations as a technical lead
Strong intuition for designing systems that produce correct, explainable outcomes
Experience building or working with purpose-built testing frameworks
Ability to reason about and debug systems where correctness verification is non-trivial
Expertise building highly optimized, robust systems at scale
Deep experience with backend engineering using high-level programming languages and frameworks
Comfort with asynchronous / event-based architectures
Clear and effective communication skills
Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft
Desire to mentor junior developers

Benefits

Competitive salary
Meaningful equity
Flexible, outcome-driven culture
Health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents
401(k)
Commuter benefits
Annual international retreats

About the company

Stellic is a fast-growing startup that builds a platform to transform the student experience. They partner with institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to support over 1 million students across 7 countries.