
Full-Stack Software Engineer
CLASP
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Boston • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $145,000 per year
About the role
- Build, enhance, and maintain features across our application management and loan repayment platform, contributing to both frontend and backend systems
- Leave the codebase and systems better than you found them by improving clarity, reliability, documentation, and developer experience as you work
- Develop polished, accessible user experiences for students and administrators, and reliable APIs for internal and external partners
- Build with a strong sense of customer empathy, considering usability, accessibility, and long-term maintainability in everyday engineering decisions
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to understand requirements and translate them into well-designed, maintainable solutions
- Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate in code reviews to continuously improve team standards
- Contribute to system reliability and performance by improving existing services, fixing bugs, and addressing technical debt
- Participate in our DevOps culture by owning the services you build, supporting deployments, and helping maintain production stability
- Learn and grow by taking on increasingly complex problems over time, with support and mentorship from senior engineers
- Participate in on-call rotations as needed, contributing to resilient, observable, and well-monitored systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience (bootcamp or professional experience)
- 2–6+ years of experience building web applications in a production environment (startup or fast-paced product team preferred)
- Experience contributing to full-stack systems, including frontend, backend, and basic cloud infrastructure
- A customer-first mindset and a sense of ownership over the quality and durability of the work you ship
- Care for craft—taking pride in improving existing systems, not just shipping new features
- Comfort working with modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins)
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and communicate technical ideas clearly
- Experience working in or interest in regulated environments (e.g., fintech, healthcare, education) is a plus, but not required
Benefits
- Competitive cash and equity compensation
- Health benefits (medical, dental, vision) and 401(k)
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO policy
- A collaborative, mission-driven team with strong technical mentorship
- Opportunities to grow your skills and career as Clasp scales
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
web applicationsfull-stack systemsfrontend developmentbackend developmentAPIsCI/CD pipelinescloud infrastructurecode reviewsbug fixingtechnical debt management
Soft skills
customer empathycollaborationcommunicationownershipproblem-solvingmentorshipattention to detailadaptabilityteamworkresilience
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Software EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Information Systems