Senior Product Engineer - AI Team

About Stepful :

Stepful is reimagining allied healthcare training by offering affordable, online, instructor-led, and AI-supported programs that help learners-especially those from underserved communities-launch high-demand healthcare careers.

In addition to our direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to build talent pipelines and address the growing shortage of allied health workers. Our graduates, including Medical Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and more, go on to work at major employers like CVS, NY-Presbyterian, and Walgreens.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $31.5M Series B led by Oak HC / FT. Additionally, we were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025 and to GSV's 150 Most Transformational Growth Companies in Digital Learning.

We're unlocking the full potential of the global workforce-improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere.

Our values :

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We're looking for mission-driven individuals who thrive in fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values :

Care first : We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.

Learn quickly : We test, learn with data, and iterate.

Build together : We win when we rely on each other.

Own it : We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

The opportunity :

This is a unique opportunity for a Product Engineer on our AI Team to shape the future of education and career advancement at Stepful. You'll be at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge AI into our core products, directly impacting the learning journey and career outcomes of thousands of students from underserved communities. You will build innovative solutions that enhance the student experience, empower our internal teams, and drive the creation of dynamic, adaptive educational content. Success in this role will be measured by student satisfaction and increasing operator / employee efficiency-letting operators focus on substantive human interaction. The work style will include R&Ding new tools and building 0-to-1 experimental products. This is a hybrid opportunity with our team in-office Tuesday through Thursday in our Soho office. This role reports to our Founding Engineer / Engineering Manager.

What you'll do :

• World-Class Learning Experience Development :

Develop and iterate on our advanced Learning Management System (LMS) with a focus on seamless user experience (UX), adaptive learning pathways, peer-to-peer engagement, gamification, and motivational mechanisms to ensure impactful outcomes for students.

Apply Generative AI techniques to enhance the job-seeking process for our graduates, from automated resume generation to personalized interview training tools.

Design, build, and maintain robust platforms and tools for instructors, TAs, coaches, and operators, leveraging Generative AI to optimize student success and operational efficiency.

Develop technology to generate, maintain, and adapt educational content at scale, significantly reducing curriculum creation time and enabling rapid iteration based on learning needs.

Ensure data reliability and accessibility across Stepful, building robust data pipelines that empower business, learning, and operations teams to make informed, data-driven decisions.

What you'll bring :

Our Stack

Interview Process :

Step 1 : Intro Call with Talent Acquisition

Step 2 : Non-technical interview with Hiring Manager

Step 3 : Fullstack Live Coding (remote)

Step 4 : Onsite interview with both technical and non-technical assessment

Compensation :

New Hire Base Salary Bands :

Engineer I - $127,000-150,000

Engineer II - $142,000-$167,000

Senior I - $157,000-$185,000

Senior II - $172,000-$203,000

Staff I - $188,000-$221,000

Please note we do not have a bonus structure at this time so all cash compensation will come in the form of base salary. The total compensation package will also include our benefits package and an equity (ISOs) package.

Compensation for this role will fall within the pay range listed and will be determined based on job-related factors including, but not limited to, skills, experience, qualifications as well as interview evaluation. Ranges are market-dependent and may be modified in the future.

Stepful is proud to be an equal opportunity employer . We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.