Senior Full Stack Engineer

Want to revolutionize the future of education and do meaningful work that transforms future generations lives

Crimson Education is the worlds leading college admissions consultancy with over 1320 Ivy League offers and 2140 to the US Top 15. We help ambitious students gain admission to the worlds top universities through expert-led guidance and proven data-driven strategies. Crimson students are 7x more likely to get into the Ivy League than their peers.

What sets us apart is our unmatched scale and expertise. We have the largest team of Former Admissions Officers and Strategists globally. Every student is matched with a carefully-chosen team of admissions experts who zero in on different parts of their college application from essays to extracurriculars ensuring every detail is expertly executed.

The Role

Were seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to lead the development of our global multi-locale marketing and web platform. This role involves building scalable systems optimising site performance for SEO and ensuring smooth integration with internal tools and content infrastructure.

Youll work closely with our Product Marketing and Design Teams to deliver fast secure and high-converting digital experiences.

What are the main responsibilities of the role:

• Architect build and maintain scalable full-stack applications using and TypeScript.

• Build and maintain integrations with marketing tools analytics platforms and third-party services.

• Implement SEO-first practices including clean site architecture metadata sitemaps and page speed optimisation.

• Support and manage CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using modern DevOps tools and workflows.

• Implement and maintain secure user authentication systems including third-party login providers and session management.

• Ensure security and compliance following best practices and global data protection standards (e.g. GDPR CCPA).

What Success Looks Like

• Performance: Pages load in under 2 seconds handle high traffic without performance drops and deliver a seamless experience across mobile target and desktop devices in all target regions.

• Security & Compliance: Data is protected systems meet privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR) and vulnerabilities are identified and resolved proactively.

• SEO: Technical foundations support organic growth through clean indexable architecture and best-practice implementation.

• Reliability: Code is stable maintainable and deployed without regressions; site uptime remains consistently high.

• Engineering Efficiency: Development cycles are fast with high output quality and minimal rework.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Product and design teams can confidently identify opportunities design solutions then launch and iterate quickly in close collaboration with engineers.

What skills and experience are required

• 8 years of full stack development experience in a commercial setting.
  
• Advanced skills in React and TypeScript.
  
• Strong grasp of DevOps cloud platforms/services particularly with AWS (Amazon Web Services) and performance monitoring.
  
• Experience building and securing authentication flows and access control.
  
• Proven success delivering SEO-optimised websites at scale.
  
• Experience managing or building content platforms across multiple locales.
  
• Excellent communication and collaboration across time zones.
  
• Experience integrating or building with AI tools or using AI to enhance development workflows.
  
• (Nice to have) Familiarity with:
  • GatsbyJS
    
  • Salesforce
    
  • Marketo or other marketing platforms
    
  • Google Analytics / Google Tag Manager
    
  • Data Integration / Pipeline Platform
    
    

Why work for Crimson

• Rapidly growing start up with a flexible working environment where you will be empowered to structure how you work
• Limitless development and exposure - our internal promotions/role changes made up 33% of all recruitment last year
• $1000 individual training budget per year we love to Level Up (its one of our core values)!
• Psychologist on staff
• Insightful fireside chats and workshops to help support our high-performing and ambitious team
• Radical Candor is a feedback approach we live by
• Were a global player with 28 markets (and growing) across the globe. Most roles have the option to work from one of our many offices or remotely!

If youre passionate about growing in a fast-paced collaborative environment and want to work with cutting-edge technology then wed love to hear from you!

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