About Outsmart
Outsmart is an early‑stage startup on a mission to reimagine higher education. We are democratizing access to higher education by creating an entirely new collegiate experience. With $38M in backing from firms such as Khosla Ventures, Forerunner, DST Global Partners, and Lightspeed - and a founding team of former Duolingo executives - Outsmart is bringing together mission-oriented, detail-obsessed, high-impact team players to build the learning experiences of tomorrow.
About the role
In this role, you’ll own the delivery of all Outsmart applications. As an early member of the engineering team you’ll play a critical role in setting the tone for Outsmart’s technical culture including setting standards for quality and scalability. You will lead CI/CD and Ops for Outsmart’s engineering team and will be expected to lead tooling decisions where necessary.
Qualities we are seeking
- Craftsmanship and Extreme Ownership
- Open-mindedness
- Frequent, direct, honest, kind communication
- Demonstrable adoption of AI in all aspects of work
- Track record of shipping in an environment of high-performance
- User obsession
Responsibilities
- Define and own CI/CD for engineering
- Govern and optimize Github
- Define and own monitoring: ELK or equivalent
- Establish and enforce Outsmart’s security posture
- Act as administrator to all critical systems
- Define and enforce version control paradigm for all environments and builds
- Facilitate database migrations and ensure stability and scalability of Outsmart’s backend
- Generalize to other technical functions when needed: SysAdmin, IT, QA, Fullstack
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in hands-on fullstack role
- Deep and proven experience with CI/CD tooling and techniques
- Experience enabling ML/MLOps teams
- Experience enabling Mobile teams
- Experience shipping mobile applications at scale
- Proven track record of enabling telemetry and cost optimization
- Defined and enforced security for mobile products
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment
Perks
- Competitive salary and equity
- Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
- Parental leave for any full-time employee who has been with us for at least 6 months (includes birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
- 10 PTO days per year and 12+ paid company holidays per year
- Remote work days
- Lunch provided in-office daily
- Work with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Top Skills
Outsmart Culver City, California, USA Office
Culver City, CA, United States
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