Lead Frontend Engineer San Mateo, CA

Remember the days when you were navigating your academic path — the feeling of being lost, unsure of which courses to take, or uncertain about your graduation timeline? At Stellic, we get it because our journey started just like yours. Born out of the challenges faced by international students at Carnegie Mellon, we’ve grown into a movement that’s reshaping the future of education by addressing one of higher education’s biggest challenges: the $200B dropout crisis.Today, we’ve partnered with 75 universities across 7 countries — including top institutions like Cornell, Columbia University, and Ohio State University — to empower students to take control of their academic journey with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform gives students the tools they need to plan ahead, stay on track, and succeed, from day one through graduation.At Stellic, we believe in the power of personalized education, and our culture thrives on collaboration, innovation, and the passion to solve meaningful problems. Your ideas will have a real-world impact, as you work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry to reimagine what education can be. Join us; together, we’ll help millions of students worldwide own their educational future.What Sets Stellic Engineers Apart

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.Why This Role

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.What you'll do:

Work closely with the founders and product managers to understand the Why behind each capability in the platformHelp to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering-driven priorities alongside product prioritiesBe a key decision-maker in selecting our forward-looking front-end architecture and technology stackDevelop a strategy for iteratively migrating our legacy front-end to our new front-end architectureDesign and lead the implementation of scalable, full-stack solutions for mission-critical enterprise applicationsIdentify and introduce abstractions to increase the performance and reliability of our systemsUp-level our general engineering rigor and maturity by mentoring other engineers in best practices, design patterns, and code qualityEnsure a high degree of quality by designing robust testing strategies and implementing suites of reliable testsWhat you'll need:

5+ years of experience as a frontend engineer working at scaleStrong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementationsDeep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craftAbility to plan, estimate, and manage the technical aspects of project execution and deliveryExcellent problem-solving skills and ability to mentor junior developersImpeccable communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teamsWhat we need from you:

Expert-level skills working with modern web technologies (HTML, CSS, WebSockets, etc.)A proven track record of building world-class end-user-facing product experiencesA solid foundational working with designers on design systems as well as authoring and maintaining shared componentsDeep experience delivering high-performance, low-latency front-end solutions across multiple regions at the edge using modern CDNs like Cloudflare, Fastly, etc.Experience working with front-end analytics and experimentation frameworksStrong background in API design, documentation, and versioning strategiesWell-formed opinions based on years of experience ensuring quality through predictable, scalable, and reliable end-to-end testingSolid understanding of software testing, CI/CD practices, observability, etc. (AWS CodeDeploy, Sentry, Grafana, Prometheus a plus)What Tech We Use:

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, ShellFrameworks: Django, Angular, React, RemixVersion control: Git (GitHub)Cloud: AWSDeployment: AWS CodeDeployWhy Join

Be part of a customer-centric team that is addressing the core issues in higher education via an expandable platform that is overwhelmingly loved by students and valued by administratorsThe opportunity to join at the ground level of a promising and developing organization, and build/lead a team critically responsible for its growthWork and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaSBe part of a culture where ownership, new ideas, and creativity are celebratedGenerous stock options in a Series A stage startupFlexible, outcome-based cultureMedical, dental, vision, and life insurance401K and commuter benefitsAnnual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & townsStellic is an Equal Opportunity EmployerOur 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.Apply for this job#J-18808-Ljbffr