Full Stack Engineer

We're hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer to join as developer #2 at a fast-growing, mission-driven EdTech startup building the nation's largest college and career counseling dataset. About the Role You'll work directly alongside our founding engineer, owning core systems from first commit to production. This is a foundational hire with real scope: cybersecurity, data privacy, and de-identification pipelines serving school districts with hundreds of thousands of students, while wiring LLMs into real production workflows. Responsibilities Own core systems end to end, from first commit to productionShip weekly into a product used for real, high-stakes decisionsWire LLMs into real production workflows, not demosMake architecture calls trading speed against reliability, security, and scaleWork without detailed specs — define the problem, then solve it Requirements 0-5 years experience as a high-slope, hungry, intelligent engineerStartup experience (ideally founding/early stage) or ownership of complex end-to-end projectsProficient in TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node.js, AWSGenuine experience using AI coding agents (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code) in productionExperience integrating LLMs into production applicationsMust be able to work on-site 5 days/week in NYC (Bryant Park) 🛂 Must be authorized to work in the US without employer sponsorship, now or in the future Compensation $150K–$190K + competitive equity Location New York, NY — On-site, 5 days/week #FullStackEngineer #SoftwareEngineerJobs #NYCJobs #EdTech #TypeScript #ReactJS #NodeJS #StartupJobs #NoSponsorship #HiringNow