Platform Lead

You've built scalable AI platforms and ElasticSearch-powered search systems at scale, and you understand what it means to create infrastructure that other teams actually want to build on. You think carefully about abstractions and interfaces, hold a high bar for quality across shared systems, and bring genuine ownership to everything — from architecture decisions down to code review.

Search and AI platform: Own the technical direction and evolution of Stellic's search infrastructure and AI platform — from end-user features like search and AI Analytics to the internal systems teams use to build AI-powered capabilities across the product.

Shared platform primitives: Design and evolve shared building blocks — including workflow infrastructure and AI systems — used broadly across engineering. Your decisions shape how other teams build.

Quality of shared systems: Own consistency and quality across shared systems that have broad usage and impact across engineering. Establish clear patterns and abstractions that enable other teams to build on platform capabilities effectively.

Technical prioritization: Partner on prioritization of engineering-driven and product priorities, acting as a true peer to product leadership.

Engineering excellence: Drive engineering excellence by defining and mentoring on best practices, design patterns, and code quality across the team.

8+ years of backend engineering experience operating at scale, with a track record of leading complex implementations as a technical lead

Expertise building scalable AI platforms that enable product teams to develop AI-powered features

Experience designing and maintaining ElasticSearch-powered search platforms at scale

Expertise building observable, testable systems at scale — you think about reliability and debuggability from the start

Strong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementations end-to-end

Experience with asynchronous / event-based architectures and strong API design skills

Clear and effective communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams

Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft — and a desire to mentor junior developers

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

Frameworks: Django, Angular, React, Remix

Databases: PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis

Version control: Git (GitHub)

Cloud: AWS

Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy

Observability & Analytics: Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus, PostHog, Metabase

Both single and multi-tenant architecture

Shape the future of higher education at a company leading the transformation of student success.

Work alongside an ambitious, mission-driven leadership team building something meaningful.

Own a piece of the journey with competitive salary, meaningful equity and a culture of excellence, speed and ownership.

Thrive in a flexible, outcome-driven culture built on trust and autonomy.

Exceptional benefits , including health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents.

401(k), commuter benefits, and annual international retreats in incredible locations.

Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.