Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

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.

About the Team

We move with a founder’s mindset: urgency, empathy, and integrity. The engineering team is distributed across the U.S. and Brazil, partnering closely with product, design, and data teams. Our tech stack was built two to three years ago; we’re now evolving it to incorporate AI/ML at scale. We thrive in lean, nimble, VC-backed startup environments (Series A to C) where decisions are made fast, aligned quickly, and tied directly to revenue growth.

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.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the growth trajectory of a mission-driven, venture-backed company. As our Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be part of an experienced engineering team..

If you're energized by the idea of turning insights into action, partnering across teams, and helping us expand access to college counseling for families everywhere, we’d love to hear from you.

🚫 Please Note

Empowerly does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters or agencies.

Any resume submitted to any employee or hiring manager without a signed agreement in place will be considered the property of Empowerly, and we will not be obligated to pay any fees related to such submissions.

- Competitive salary and meaningful equity

- Equity

- Full benefits (health, vision, dental)

- Remote-first flexibility

- High visibility with C-level leadership

- A mission-driven, values-based team helping families nationwide