Tech Lead, Plan: Scale Student Pathways

Stellic; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Health insurance (99% cover)

401(k) and commuter benefits

Annual international retreats

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Stellic is seeking a Tech Lead for the Plan team to own the technical direction of degree planning, scheduling, and registration systems. You will ensure reliability under peak load and drive the next generation of planning experiences.

You will lead reliability, scalability, and performance initiatives while mentoring engineers and shaping product evolution. This is a hybrid/in‑office role in San Mateo with case-by-case remote flexibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience operating at scale, with a track record of leading complex implementations as a technical lead.
• Experience owning and operating reliable systems in high-stakes workflows where performance and availability are critical.
• Strong intuition for designing systems that behave predictably under peak load and concurrency.
• Ability to balance product evolution with system stability and performance, pushing forward without breaking existing work.
• Clear and effective communication skills for collaborating with product, design, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and evolution of the Plan systems that power student planning, scheduling, and registration.
• Ensure registration systems perform reliably during high-stakes periods and peak load.
• Design systems to handle concurrency and peak demand with scalable testing strategies.
• Balance product evolution with system stability and performance needs.
• Mentor on engineering best practices, design patterns, and code quality across the team.

Skills

Backend engineering

SQL

Python

System design

Leadership

Tools

Django

AWS

GitHub

Remix

PostgreSQL

Job description

Stellic is seeking a Tech Lead for the Plan team to own the technical direction of degree planning, scheduling, and registration systems. You will ensure reliability under peak load and drive the next generation of planning experiences.

You will lead reliability, scalability, and performance initiatives while mentoring engineers and shaping product evolution. This is a hybrid/in‑office role in San Mateo with case-by-case remote flexibility.