ABOUT EMPOWERLY

Empowerly is a fast-growing ed-tech company on a mission to empower students to become the most successful version of themselves. Our platform combines expert college counseling with proprietary tools like the Empowerly Score™, offering families a 360° view of their child’s college readiness; across academics, essays, and extracurriculars.
We’ve raised $30 million from top-tier investors including Goodwater Capital, Conductive Ventures, FJ Labs, Scrum Ventures, Translink Capital, Azure Capital Partners, and Spero Ventures.
As a founder-led company, we’ve grown through SEO-driven performance marketing and are now scaling a diversified GTM motion across Sales, Events, B2C, Partnerships, and Business Development. We’re targeting 150–200%+ revenue growth in the coming phase and this role will be critical in making that leap.
We operate as a remote-first company, with teammates across the U.S. and engineers in Brazil, united by our passion to make high-quality college counseling accessible to every student, regardless of background or location.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or closely related field).
• Minimum 5+ years experience as a Full Stack Engineer or equivalent.
• Expertise in ReactJS, TypeScript, and modern front-end frameworks.
• Experience designing and building scalable, secure back-end systems (Node.js, Python, or Rails).
• Solid grounding in AI/ML concepts, with hands-on experience integrating models into web applications.
• Strong problem-solving skills, detail orientation, and the ability to balance speed with quality.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Master’s degree in AI, Machine Learning, or related field.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience in VC Backed Series B to D, VC-backed, founder-led startups.

THE ROLE

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to design, build, and evolve Empowerly’s next-generation ed-tech platform. You’ll work across the stack, with strong emphasis in engineering best practices, delivered with speed and urgency and play a central role in embedding AI and ML capabilities into our applications.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, understands the dynamics of scaling a founder-led startup, and knows how to use technology and data to unlock growth levers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle, including concept, design, build, testing, release, and maintenance of our software applications.
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture with an emphasis on performance, scalability, and security.
• Specialize in front-end development using ReactJS and related frameworks, ensuring a seamless user experience across various platforms.
• Incorporate AI algorithms and machine learning models into web-based applications to provide intelligent, data-driven features.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of designers, developers, and product managers to bring innovative solutions and products to life.
• Review, debug, and validate code, and perform testing for validation and verification.
• Document development phases, monitor systems, and ensure the alignment of application design with business goals.
• Collaborate with engineers to embed algorithms and models into production applications (e.g., recommendation engines, essay analysis, readiness scoring) and bring the AI/ML capabilities to the team
• Partner with product, data, and design teams to ship features that impact revenue, retention, and student success.