Senior Full Stack Engineer

Odyssey
New York, NY

About Odyssey:

At Odyssey, our Mission is to enable access to high-quality education across the U.S. regardless of income. We do that by making Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and microgrant programs accessible to parents and vendors, enabling millions of students across the country to choose their own education paths on the Odyssey platform. At Odyssey, our technology powers programs that collectively support more than 140,000 students across the US in accessing more than $400 million in state funding.

About the Role:

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Odyssey, you’ll build the technology that powers our educational initiatives. You will craft both the face and the functionality of the platform. This includes designing intuitive front-end user interfaces, building scalable and efficient backend systems, and scaling our platform as our number of students grows.

By joining our team, you will leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the quality and accessibility of K-12 education across the United States.

What You’ll Do :

  • Architect, plan and develop beautiful functional experiences for customers using Node, AWS Lambda and other frameworks and languages.

  • Design, write, and execute tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of our applications.

  • Design and implement sophisticated database models considering scalability and performance.

  • Develop and maintain APIs for widespread public and internal use, enhancing our mobile applications and various systems.

  • Drive the continuous improvement of Odyssey’s eCommerce platform in collaboration with the product team.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify needs, formulate solutions, and bridge product gaps.

  • Foster transparent communication within the team, sharing both challenges and successes openly.

  • Contribute to system design, platform management, code reviews, and capacity planning.

About You :

  • 8+ years of experience in software development.

  • Proficient building robust, scalable applications in a language like Typescript, Ruby, Go, Python

  • Strong communication skills, comfortable pitching new approaches and concepts to the team.

  • Solid understanding and experience in Agile practices, with flexibility to adapt to evolving project needs.

  • Experience with early to mid-stage tech startups and enthusiasm for startup growth and dynamics.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with building scalable software using AWS technologies.

  • Experience with double-entry ledgers, payments, and money movement.

  • Experience owning services end-to-end including maintenance of infrastructure.

  • Familiarity with IaC technologies, CI/CD and observability tools

Additional Details:

  • This role is a remote position, or onsite in NYC, for candidates located in the United States.

  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

  • We believe that everyone at Odyssey should be compensated fairly. We set our salary bands based on compensation data from hundreds of companies at our stage. The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $210,000 depending on experience, interview performance and location.

  • Odyssey benefits include Medical/Dental/Vision plan(s), health services, short term disability, unlimited PTO and more.

Our Commitment to Diversity:

Odyssey encourages individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to a fair and consistent interview process. Please inform us in your application if you require accommodation to apply for or perform your job.

Why Odyssey:

Join us if you believe in the power of education as the single most important investment we can make as Americans today. Odyssey is well-capitalized, with venture capital from leading technology investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Tusk Venture Partners. We are dedicated to making a massive impact in education in America.

Posted 2026-02-10

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