Full-Stack Software Engineer

Full-Stack Software Engineer
Location: Boston MA
Open to Remote in EST or CST Locations

About Us

Clasp is a venture-backed mission-driven startup transforming access to education and career pathways. Were revolutionizing how employers attract and retain critical talent while tackling the student debt crisis. (Yepwe think BIG.)

Our platform connects employers educational institutions and diverse talent using accessible education financing as the thread. More than a fintech startup were a catalyst for economic mobility.

Were proud to be a Forbes Fintech 50 company a portfolio company of SHRM (the largest HR organization in the world) and a recipient of Startup of the Year from StartUp Boston. Join us as we reshape the future of work and educationone opportunity at a time.

The Role Full-Stack Engineer

Were looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our Engineering team as we scale our product to serve tens of thousands more students and expand partnerships with alternative education providers and employers.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys building end-to-end features collaborating closely with product and design and growing their technical depth in a production environment. Were especially excited about engineers who are deeply customer-obsessedwho think beyond the ticket in front of them care about how real users experience the product and take pride in leaving systems code and processes better than they found them.

Youll contribute meaningfully across the stackfrontend backend and infrastructurewhile learning from experienced engineers and operating within a strong DevOps culture. At Clasp engineers have real ownership over the systems they build. Youll be trusted to take features from idea to production improve existing systems and continuously strengthen your craft as part of a supportive mission-driven team.

What Youll Do

• Build enhance and maintain features across our application management and loan repayment platform contributing to both frontend and backend systems

• Leave the codebase and systems better than you found them by improving clarity reliability documentation and developer experience as you work

• Develop polished accessible user experiences for students and administrators and reliable APIs for internal and external partners

• Build with a strong sense of customer empathy considering usability accessibility and long-term maintainability in everyday engineering decisions

• Collaborate with product managers designers and fellow engineers to understand requirements and translate them into well-designed maintainable solutions

• Write high-quality well-tested code and participate in code reviews to continuously improve team standards

• Contribute to system reliability and performance by improving existing services fixing bugs and addressing technical debt

• Participate in our DevOps culture by owning the services you build supporting deployments and helping maintain production stability

• Learn and grow by taking on increasingly complex problems over time with support and mentorship from senior engineers

• Participate in on-call rotations as needed contributing to resilient observable and well-monitored systems
  

What Youll Need

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems or equivalent practical experience (bootcamp or professional experience)

• 26 years of experience building web applications in a production environment (startup or fast-paced product team preferred)

• Experience contributing to full-stack systems including frontend backend and basic cloud infrastructure

• A customer-first mindset and a sense of ownership over the quality and durability of the work you ship

• Care for crafttaking pride in improving existing systems not just shipping new features

• Comfort working with modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions CircleCI Jenkins)

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and communicate technical ideas clearly

• Experience working in or interest in regulated environments (e.g. fintech healthcare education) is a plus but not required

  
  

Technical Experience (some combination of):

• Languages & Frameworks: JavaScript / TypeScript React Python (Django Flask FastAPI or similar)

• Frontend: HTML CSS responsive design principles; familiarity with Figma designs

• Databases: SQL (PostgreSQL preferred)

• Cloud: AWS or Google Cloud

• DevOps: CI/CD pipelines basic cloud and container tooling
  

You dont need to be an expert in everythingwe value strong fundamentals curiosity and a growth mindset.

What We Give in Return

• Competitive cash and equity compensation

• Health benefits (medical dental vision) and 401(k)

• Commuter benefits

• Flexible PTO policy

• A collaborative mission-driven team with strong technical mentorship

• Opportunities to grow your skills and career as Clasp scales

Remote Policy

To ensure smooth collaboration with the Boston-based team we are limiting to Eastern/Central timezones with the expectation that it will be Boston hours. Additionally they must be within 1 hour of a medium hub/ large airport with multiple daily flights to Boston. We are targeting the broader New England area to start as we expect that the candidate to have frequent travel to Boston for onboarding and ongoing collaboration.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is competitive and will be commensurate with the candidates experience qualifications and industry knowledge ranging between $100000 to $145000 addition to the base salary we offer an attractive equity component as part of our compensation package providing an opportunity for eligible employees to share in the success and growth of our company. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits packages to attract and retain top talent.

Closing

If you are a highly driven individual with a passion for technology and you thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment we want to hear from you! Join us in revolutionizing the workforce solution industry and making a meaningful impact on businesses worldwide. Apply now to be a part of our growing team!

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued respected and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents. Clasp is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We embrace diversity and are dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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