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SchooLinks
Austin, Texas, US
Source: SchooLinks careers · View original posting
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Most engineers are handed a ticket. At SchooLinks, you own the whole journey.
Our Product Engineers aren't members of a feature team. They are the feature team. You'll start from a problem or a goal, figure out what to build, design the experience, implement it, test it, ship it, and communicate it. No PM to translate for you. No designer to hand you mocks. No QA to catch your bugs before users do. That's not a gap in our process. It's the role.
We're looking for engineers who get uncomfortable when they're too far from the outcome. Who have opinions about UX, not just code quality. Who find product thinking as natural as system design. Who take it personally when something they built doesn't land with users, and who fix it without being asked.
This role is probably not for you if you do your best work inside clearly defined tickets, or if you prefer deep specialization over broad ownership. It might be exactly for you if you've always felt constrained by the boundary between "engineering" and "product" and you're ready for a role that erases it.
The stack
Django / Python backend · React / TypeScript frontend · AWS · PostgreSQL · Celery / Redis
We use AI tools (Claude, Cursor) as a standard part of how we plan, build, and document not as an experiment.
SchooLinks is a venture-backed ed-tech company that helps millions of students navigate what comes after high school college applications, course planning, financial aid, career exploration, and more. We have over 80 tools in production used daily by students and school staff across the country.
Compensation
$100,000 – $160,000 base + equity + bonus
Compensation is based on experience, skills, and location. Total package includes equity and performance-based bonus. Final offer may fall outside this range.
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