Awarded is looking for a senior full-stack engineer to join our lean & elite team.
🎯 What Will You Do In Your First 3 MonthsRedesign fundamental data models to meet new product requirements
Expand our powerful reporting system to be even more user-friendly and configurable
Introduce novel automation to users to execute repeated workflows with just a few clicks
Autonomy: You can take a problem from inception to complete solution, engaging the right people at the right times where needed.
Problem Solving: When faced with nebulous problems, you are able to discover, define, and strategize to deliver the best solutions for all of higher ed
Bias to Action: There is no such thing as "not your problem"; when you see something wrong, you own the problem
Startup Experience: We love to see people who are already familiar with the dynamics of a small team
Technology Experience: If you already have deep experience with technologies like Next.js, GraphQL, Postgres, etc, that's one less thing for you to learn! Plus you can help raise our internal standards to build the best software possible
We're builders at heart. At Awarded, our engineering team comes from schools like UPenn, Brown, and Carnegie Mellon, with experience scaling products at Bloomberg and high-growth startups like Dandy, Pinwheel, and Nextdoor. We move fast, ship smart, and stay close to the mission. No bureaucracy, no big-company bloat — just a team that cares about doing great work and having fun along the way.
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