Staff Software Engineer 1

Stepful•New York, NY

9d•$157,000 - $248,000•Remote

About The Position

Stepful is a workforce platform redefining how America's largest health systems build, train, and retain their talent. Since our founding in 2021, Stepful’s trained over 32,000 practice-ready healthcare workers. Layering onto our successful direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare career ladders for those who need them most. Our students form the talent pipelines for major employers such as NY-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, HCA, Providence, CVS, and Walgreens. We have partnerships with half of the top 10 health systems in the US and are in process with many more. Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025. Our values: We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values: Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed. Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate. Build together: We win when we rely on each other. Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

Requirements

10+ years of full-stack engineering experience.
Can take ownership of the whole development lifecycle (this means you are comfortable operating full-stack)
Must be familiar with React+Typescript on the frontend.
Familiarity with any of the following languages for the backend: Python, Node.js, Ruby on Rails
Relentlessly obsess over solving complex problems with cutting-edge technology and willing to learn something new every day
Find excitement in joining an early-stage company and are not afraid of building something new

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a direct-to-consumer startup, especially within EdTech/Healthcare

Responsibilities

Develop and iterate on an advanced Learning Management System that generates outcomes! Focus on seamless UX, adaptive learning, peer-to-peer engagement, gamification and motivational mechanisms.
Empower graduates to find jobs and match our growing network of clinical partners. Apply generative AI to the job-seeking process, from resume generation to interview training.
Design and maintain platforms for instructors, TAs, coaches, and operators to optimize student success. Leverage generative AI to maximize its impact on students' lives.
Generate and maintain content at scale that adapts to evolving educational needs. Build the technology to create new curricula in a fraction of the time and iterate to maximize students' learning.
Make data reliable and accessible to everyone at Stepful, and empower the business, learning, and operation teams at Stepful to make data-driven decisions.