Lead Algorithms Engineer San Mateo, CA
2 days ago
Remember the days when you were navigating your academic path — the feeling of being lost, unsure of which courses to take, or uncertain about your graduation timeline? At Stellic, we get it because our journey started just like yours. Born out of the challenges faced by international students at Carnegie Mellon, we’ve grown into a movement that’s reshaping the future of education by addressing one of higher education’s biggest challenges: the $200B dropout crisis.
Today, we’ve partnered with 75 universities across 7 countries — including top institutions like Cornell, Columbia University, and Ohio State University — to empower students to take control of their academic journey with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform gives students the tools they need to plan ahead, stay on track, and succeed, from day one through graduation.
At Stellic, we believe in the power of personalized education, and our culture thrives on collaboration, innovation, and the passion to solve meaningful problems. Your ideas will have a real-world impact, as you work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry to reimagine what education can be. Join us; together, we’ll help millions of students worldwide own their educational future.
What Sets Stellic Engineers ApartStellic 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.
Why This roleStellic is at a significant crossroads. Having proved incredibly strong product-market fit, and having maintained enviable customer NPS ratings, it’s time to prepare for the next stages of our evolution. Our core intellectual property consists of a set of NP-hard algorithms that help students plan their path to graduation. They work well enough, but are ripe for improvements. Our ambitious roadmaps will allow us to continue to improve the lives of students all over the world, but at the center of our success lie algorithms that work well, run fast, and are built for scale. We need someone who can lead us into the future by driving upgrades to our algorithms while at the same time up-leveling our current engineering team’s ability to delight our users with new product capabilities.
What you'll do:- Work closely with the founders and product managers to understand the Why behind each capability in the platform
- Help to drive alignment on the prioritization of engineering-driven priorities alongside product priorities
- Design and implement advanced algorithms for complex optimization problems in enterprise resource allocation
- Develop machine-learning models to predict and optimize business processes and operational efficiency
- Create scalable solutions for NP-hard scheduling and routing problems using modern operations research techniques
- Validate the correctness of your algorithms through simulation across a wide array of real-world scenarios
- Transform academic research into practical, production-ready implementations
- Strong ownership mindset and the ability to autonomously lead and drive complex implementations
- Deep curiosity, customer empathy, and commitment to engineering as a craft
- Ability to plan, estimate, and manage the technical aspects of project execution and delivery
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Impeccable communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams
- Advanced degree (Masters/PhD) in Computer Science, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, or related field
- 5+ years experience in algorithm development and optimization, especially in the NP-hard problem space
- Deep understanding of data structures, algorithmic complexity, and performance optimization
- Expert proficiency with SQL (PostgreSQL a plus)
- Production-ready programming skills in Python and scientific computing libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Polars, DuckDB, etc.
- A proven track record delivering production-grade algorithmic solutions
- Experience with distributed computing and large-scale data processing
While we plan on introducing new technologies and capabilities, and potentially migrating away from current ones, here is the general shape of our current stack:
- Languages: Python, SQL, Shell
- Frameworks: Django, Angular, React, Remix
- Version control: Git (GitHub)
- Cloud: AWS
- Deployment: AWS CodeDeploy
- Be part of a customer-centric team that is addressing the core issues in higher education via an expandable platform that is overwhelmingly loved by students and valued by administrators
- The opportunity to join at the ground level of a promising and developing organization, and build/lead a team critically responsible for its growth
- Work and learn from some of the most prominent thought leaders in higher education and SaaS
- Be part of a culture where ownership, new ideas, and creativity is celebrated
- Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup
- Flexible, outcome-based culture
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401K and commuter benefits
- Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns
Stellic is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.
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