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PrairieLearn (Remote US) — Full-Stack Software Engineer — TypeScript / Postgres / React / AI

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Posted 01 Jul 2026
Last seen 02 Jul 2026
Location Remote
Lifecycle mature
Grade D

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PrairieLearn (https://www.prairielearn.com) is an open-source assessment platform used by universities across the US (Berkeley, Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and others). We power mastery-based learning and large-scale exams.We’re a small, profitable, early-stage company (bootstrapped, no VC) that is growing quickly. Our users love us and we have very high retention and rapid spread through word of mouth. As an early-stage hire, you’ll work across the stack and enjoy meaningful ownership from day one.Tech we use: Node.js / TypeScript backend, Postgres, AWS, React. We’re also developing AI tooling, including LLM agents to help instructors create content, and vision-language models to help grade student work. PrairieLearn is open core: https://github.com/PrairieLearn/PrairieLearnDetails:- Location: Remote (US only)- Salary: $100k-$180k depending on experience- Benefits: Stock options (0.5% - 1.5%), unlimited PTO, flexible hours- Role: Full-time. (We’re not able to sponsor visas at this time.)Apply at https://www.prairielearn.com/jobs-ashby?utm_source=YeEJ5MAKkr&ashby_jid=ee6fdbc3-1c3a-4fa3-bb3f-13ddab449baf

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