Scout
AI-powered student information system for K-12 schools
Founding Engineer
About the role
We’re looking for a founding engineer who wants to shape our student information system as we prepare for nationwide growth. This is a perfect role for a future founder who wants to see what the early days are like.
Skills: React & TypeScript
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the technical vision and product direction as a core team member.
- Take ownership of zero-to-one features for our web, mobile, and backend applications.
- Sit in on sales calls and talk to our customers to deeply understand what we’re building.
- Do what it takes to build an early-stage startup. Everyone has to do everything. “That’s not my job” isn’t in our vocabulary.
Requirements:
- BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience building production software in a team environment.
- History of adopting cutting edge technology and software development tools.
- Strong interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
- Deep passion for making a massive impact on the world.
Our tech stack:
- React (NextJS)
- Typescript
- CockroachDB + Prisma
- Temporal
- OpenAI/Anthropic LLMs
Scout is backed by Y Combinator and 10+ YC founders including Dan Carroll (Clever), Jinal Jhaveri (SchoolMint), Justin Wenig (Coursedog), Pasha Rayan (Forage), Will Drevno (Drapr), Kevin Bai & Victor Cardenas (Slash).
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About Scout
Come join us as we build the infrastructure for the next generation of schools in America.
Scout is an AI-native student information system (SIS), which is a system of record that powers the back office of every K-12 school in the US.
Right now, the SIS is broken. Legacy SIS companies are sales and consulting organizations that have a small engineering arm to maintain their product. The SIS holds back innovation across the entire education industry; bloated and outdated software makes it hard to run a school district like a highly-efficient organization, and to integrate other edtech platforms.
We're trying to change that by building vertical software to help entire school district back offices run more efficiently. The student information system is a force multiplier that can make every educational software company provide better service to schools, teachers, and students.
We're looking for engineers who want to work on extremely difficult problems at a highly technical organization in an industry where you can truly make a difference in the world.
