Staff Software Engineer

🕒 December 1, 2025

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Academia.edu

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2008

📚 Education

🔬 Science

☁️ SaaS

Education • Science • SaaS

Academia. edu is an online platform and academic network that enables researchers, scholars, and students to share, discover, and download research papers. It hosts tens of millions of papers and profiles, provides search and discovery tools, analytics to track citations and mentions, premium subscription features, and publishing services to distribute academic work to a global audience.

📋 Description

• Technical lead for designing, building, and testing major software components, systems, features, and products. • Collaborate with Product and Design to build innovative software products and solutions. • Own team OKRs for timely, high-quality outcomes. • Influence and mentor multiple teams as a technical leader. • Architect, build, and test large-scale production-level code. • Solve complex product development problems and adhere to best practices. • Understands business objectives and the necessary processes to achieve them.

🎯 Requirements

• Experience working full stack • Experience scaling web applications with an increasing user base into the millions • Excellent coding habits and attention to detail • Sharp analytical mindset with a knack for solving complex problems • Excels at rapid prototyping, building products from 0 to 1 • Strong user empathy and product mindset • Ability to solve problems autonomously with a large variety of stakeholders and partners • Strong business and product acumen • Understanding of LLMs and their limitations • Professional level of coding proficiency with one of the following: Ruby, Python, or Node.js+Javascript or Node.js+Typescript. Must be willing to learn/work with the Ruby on Rails stack.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents • 21 paid vacation days, 12 paid company holidays, and unlimited sick days; paid parental leave and other leaves for life’s needs; 6-week paid sabbatical every 4 years • Flexible daily schedules within a hybrid work environment, annual remote-office budget, and monthly WFH internet stipend • Competitive salary, 401k plan, and stock options • Join a mission-driven company to accelerate and democratize the world’s research