Full-Time

Staff Full Stack Engineer

Posted on 10/31/2025

Campus

Campus

1,001-5,000 employees

Online community college with live classes

Compensation Overview

$200k - $240k/yr

+ Equity Grant

No H1B Sponsorship

New York, NY, USA

Remote

Hybrid role; 2 remote days per week (Mon, Fri) and 3 in-office days (Tue–Thu) at our NYC office.

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • 5–8 years of professional software engineering experience with strong backend development skills
  • Experience with Python, Go, or similar languages; familiarity with React/React Native is a plus
  • Proven track record of building and releasing high-quality products or features at scale
  • Solid understanding of designing and scaling APIs, services, and data flows
  • Ability to own projects from design to deployment and balance speed with maintainability
  • Authorized to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship (TN visa sponsorship available for eligible Canadian and Mexican citizens)
Responsibilities
  • Ship meaningful features quickly using modern workflows including feature flags, continuous integration/continuous deployment, automated testing, and AI-assisted coding
  • Focus on backend excellence by designing and scaling APIs, services, and data flows that power the student experience
  • Improve how the team works by contributing to engineering best practices, refining developer tooling, and shaping processes that help the team scale
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions that align with top priorities
  • Solve challenging problems by scaling backend systems and building tools that support students and internal teams, improving learner outcomes
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with React/React Native is a plus

Campus runs an online community college that offers courses taught by professors who also teach at top universities. Students join live classes and office hours online, receive free tutoring and wellness support, and can get a free laptop and Wi-Fi; the simple application excludes test scores, with most programs charged tuition and a tuition-free Try College option for high school students. What sets Campus apart is the combination of credentialed instructors, strong student support, and barriers like hardware and Wi‑Fi provided, plus an accessible entry path through Try College. Its goal is to make high-quality higher education accessible to a broad range of learners by removing financial and logistical barriers while providing ongoing support for success.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$98M

Headquarters

North Highlands, California

Founded

2021

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $101M from Sam Altman, Founders Fund, General Catalyst.
  • Tuition $7,200/year covered by Pell Grants, zero out-of-pocket.
  • Over 50% students took online classes in 2022, demand grows.

What critics are saying

  • Traditional colleges replicate model via MassReconnect, CVC in 12-24 months.
  • First cohort completion hits low 40s, kills Series B in 6-18 months.
  • SpaceBasic acquisition disrupts education, drops retention in 6-12 months.

What makes Campus unique

  • Campus employs professors from Princeton, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, Howard.
  • Synchronous live classes mimic CUNY ASAP high-touch model full-time.
  • Provides free laptops, Wi-Fi, success coaches for all students.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Company Match

Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-14%

1 year growth

-14%

2 year growth

-15%
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Oct 12th, 2025
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