Platform Lead

Stellic is growing! We're looking for a Platform Lead to own the technical direction of the systems at the center of our architecture. We're investing heavily in AI capabilities, search infrastructure, and shared platform primitives — and we need a technical leader who can shape both what we build and how teams across engineering build on top of it. ABOUT US We're building a future where every student can move through their education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform transforms the student experience, giving them the tools they need to make the right decisions about their degree plans, track their journey, and build an education and career path that's truly their own. Stellic is a fast-growing startup backed by leading social impact investors, partnering with top institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to support over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale to serve more universities worldwide, we remain deeply committed to this mission, driven by our values, and committed to building a high-performance team that's here to make a lasting difference on both students' lives and higher education. STELLIC ENGINEERS Stellic engineers combine a rare blend of curiosity, creativity, and business acumen with the ability to deliver pragmatic solutions at high velocity with uncompromising quality. Our mission is to help students, and our engineers always have that in mind as they are building. THE PLATFORM TEAM The Platform team is responsible for building both foundational infrastructure and key product surfaces that power Stellic's core experiences. The team owns critical systems such as search, which underpins much of the user experience, as well as a growing set of AI-driven capabilities, including AI Analytics and the AI platform. These systems span both end-user-facing features and internal building blocks used across the product. In addition to owning features end-to-end, the team develops shared primitives such as workflow