Tech Lead, Explore

Stellic

8d • $210,000 - $235,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Stellic is seeking a Tech Lead for its new product, Explore. Explore is a platform designed to assist prospective and transfer students in planning their academic paths before they enroll in an institution. This role involves building a new product from the ground up (0 to 1), with significant architectural considerations. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity, capable of long-term strategic thinking, and able to maintain a rapid development pace.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend or full stack engineering experience operating at scale, with a track record of leading complex implementations as a technical lead
• Experience building and scaling 0→1 and 1→10 product surfaces
• Strong judgment in making architectural decisions in evolving and ambiguous domains
• Experience introducing and shaping new system patterns (e.g., multi-tenant concepts, data sharing models)
• Ability to balance speed, iteration, and long-term system design without sacrificing one for the other
• Strong proficiency in SQL and database optimization (PostgreSQL a plus)
• Clear and effective communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams
• Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and evolution of the Explore product, from new capabilities for prospective and transfer students to the underlying systems that power them.
• Establish the foundational patterns for Stellic's first multi-tenant system — defining how data is shared, isolated, and managed across institutions in a way that can scale.
• Make clear, defensible architectural decisions in a fast-moving environment, balancing the speed of iteration with the need to build systems that hold up over time.
• Build and maintain the APIs and abstractions that handle complex business logic and data flows, keeping things simple for the engineers who build on top of them.
• Drive engineering excellence by defining and mentoring on best practices, design patterns, and code quality across the team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Meaningful equity
• Culture of excellence, speed and ownership
• Flexible, outcome-driven culture built on trust and autonomy
• Health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents
• 401(k)
• Commuter benefits
• Annual international retreats

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed