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Brief #70589Updated 22 AUG 2026NEW YORK CITY, NYAshbyY COMBINATOR
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Staff Software Engineer 1

Stepful helps those without college degrees train for and find entry-level healthcare jobs.

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New York City, NY
Company size
50–500
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3d ago
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Staff Software Engineer 1 · Stepful

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Job title
Staff Software Engineer 1
Job location
New York City
Job description

About Stepful:

Stepful is a workforce platform redefining how America's largest health systems build, train, and retain their talent. Since our founding in 2021, Stepful’s trained over 32,000 practice-ready healthcare workers.


Layering onto our successful direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare career ladders for those who need them most.


Our students form the talent pipelines for major employers such as NY-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, HCA, Providence, CVS, and Walgreens. We have partnerships with half of the top 10 health systems in the US and are in process with many more.


Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025.

Our values:

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, 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.

What you can expect to be working on:

  • World Class Learning Experience: Develop and iterate on an advanced Learning Management System that generates outcomes! Focus on seamless UX, adaptive learning, peer-to-peer engagement, gamification and motivational mechanisms.

  • Innovative Career Services: Empower graduates to find jobs and match our growing network of clinical partners. Apply generative AI to the job-seeking process, from resume generation to interview training.

  • Empower the Internal Workforce: Design and maintain platforms for instructors, TAs, coaches, and operators to optimize student success. Leverage generative AI to maximize its impact on students' lives.

  • Cutting Edge Content Management: Generate and maintain content at scale that adapts to evolving educational needs. Build the technology to create new curricula in a fraction of the time and iterate to maximize students' learning.

  • Data Pipelines: Make data reliable and accessible to everyone at Stepful, and empower the business, learning, and operation teams at Stepful to make data-driven decisions.

This job is for you if you have:

  • 10+ years of full-stack engineering experience. Can take ownership of the whole development lifecycle (this means you are comfortable operating full-stack)

  • Must be familiar with React+Typescript on the frontend. Familiarity with any of the following languages for the backend: Python, Node.js, Ruby on Rails

  • Relentlessly obsess over solving complex problems with cutting-edge technology and willing to learn something new every day

  • Find excitement in joining an early-stage company and are not afraid of building something new

Bonus points if:

  • You have previous experience in a direct-to-consumer startup, especially within EdTech/Healthcare

Interview Process:

  1. Interview with a Recruiter (30 min)

  2. Technical Round (2.45 hrs):

    • (1) Live Full Stack Coding Exercise - You will have a choice of the following tech stack:

      • React+Node.js (Express)

      • React+Python (Django)

      • React+Ruby

    • (2) Live Coding Challenge - You will have a choice of the following language:

      • Python

      • Ruby

      • JavaScript

    • (3) Technical Interview with the Hiring Manager

Onsite (1.5 hrs)

Compensation:
Staff 1 - $188,000-$248,000

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. 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.

Benefits:

  • Meaningful Equity Stake

  • Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plan options

  • 401(k)

  • FSA, HSA and commuter benefits

  • Open vacation policy, including:

    • Guidance of 15 days PTO annually

    • Stepful closed the last week of December

    • 15 work-from-anywhere days

    • 10 public holidays observed for 2026

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.

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Where this role is based

New York City, NY

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Stepful headquarters

New York, NY

Company size

50500 employees

Founded

2021

Total raised

$110,991,664

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Funding rounds

  • Series C$55M
  • Series B$31.5M
  • Series A$12M
  • Seed$7.5M
  • Seed$4.9M
  • Pre Seed$125K