About Outsmart
Outsmart is an early‑stage startup on a mission to reimagine higher education. We are democratizing access to higher education by creating an entirely new collegiate experience. With $38M in backing from firms such as Khosla Ventures, Forerunner, DST Global Partners, and Lightspeed - and a founding team of former Duolingo executives - Outsmart is bringing together mission-oriented, detail-obsessed, high-impact team players to build the learning experiences of tomorrow.
About the Role
In this role, you’ll own key features of a consumer-friendly learning experience. As an early member of the engineering team you’ll play a critical role in setting the tone for Outsmart’s technical culture including setting standards for quality, scalability, and UX. You will work closely with Outsmart’s design team to ship and maintain state-of-the-art animations and interactive experiences. You’ll be expected to ship experiences that you would want to engage with. Our applications are built for both iOS and Android using React Native and Rive.
Qualities we are seeking
- Craftsmanship and Extreme Ownership
- Open-mindedness
- Frequent, direct, honest, kind communication
- Demonstrable adoption of AI in all aspects of work
- Track record of shipping in an environment of high-performance
- User obsession
Responsibilities:
- Own API design and maintenance for all of Outsmart’s applications
- Build integrations, orchestration, and backend support for ML initiatives
- Work with DevOps to build and maintain a backend built to ultimately support 10M+ users
- Build telemetry layer to empower Product iteration
- Enforce uptime standards for production
- Own end-to-end testing for all features you work on
- Collaborate with the broader engineering team to establish technical culture and quality standards
- Conduct code reviews and participate in architecture design sessions
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years experience, with strong data engineering background
- Demonstrated experience scaling a fullstack system. 1M+ users preferred
- Experience interfacing with mobile
- Deep knowledge of performance tuning and mobile testing strategies
- Deep experience architecting SaaS infrastructure
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment
Perks
- Competitive salary and equity
- Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
- Parental leave for any full-time employee who has been with us for at least 6 months (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
- 10 PTO days per year and 12+ paid company holidays per year
- Remote work days
- Lunch provided in-office daily
- Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Top Skills
What We Do
Rebuilding higher education for the AI era — smarter, faster, and way more fun than lectures and debt.
