Lead Software Engineer, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $200,000/year USD

We're operating platforms that serve thousands of students and teams every day:

• TimeBack: An educational platform supporting Alpha School's 2-hour learning model (99th percentile test results).
• Incept: A content generation platform producing all personalized educational content for multiple learning applications deployed at Alpha School.
• Crossover: An AI-powered hiring platform handling tens of thousands of applicants each month, staffing schools and companies worldwide.
  

You'll take ownership of one of these platforms and dedicate the majority of your time to building the most complex parts of the codebase with a small team (3-5 strong engineers, no juniors). Your architectural choices will dictate whether other teams can build new apps quickly, integrate seamlessly, and deliver value to students. Make the right calls and you unlock massive leverage. Poor decisions generate integration chaos and destroy velocity across multiple teams.You design it, you build it, you operate it. You set quality standards and define patterns for your platform. We follow a spec-driven approach: design precedes implementation, planning comes before building. High autonomy, no committees, no review boards. Small, focused team where you own what you ship.

What You Will Be Doing

• Technical Leadership: Drive strategic architectural decisions and define technical patterns for the team.
• AI Leadership: Champion adoption of emerging AI workflows and develop high-impact playbooks.
• Implementation: Construct the complex, mission-critical components of the codebase with your team.
• Quality Reviews: Verify that your team adheres to established patterns and upholds quality standards.
  

What You Won’t Be Doing

• Architecting from the sidelines without writing code
• Spending your time in endless meetings
• Managing people (this is a technical leadership position, not a people management role)
• Maintaining legacy systems or supporting internal IT infrastructure
  

Basic Requirements

Lead Software Engineer key responsibilities

• At least 5 years of professional software development experience building software products
• At least 3 years as either a lead engineer (reviewing others' work) or architect (making key technical decisions)
• Experience working on platform-level products where other teams consumed your APIs
• Deep engagement with AI tools, actively experimenting and pushing boundaries
  

About LearnWith.AI

LearnWith.AI is an edtech startup that leverages AI and subject matter experts to cultivate a new way of learning. Our unique approach leverages 50+ years of learning science, cutting-edge data analytics and AI-powered coaching. In doing so, we can help students learn more, learn faster, and learn better - and have fun while doing it. We are a remote-first company that hires globally via Crossover.There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

Working with us

This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $100 USD/hour, which equates to $200,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help-and-faqs for more details on this topic.Crossover Job Code: LJ-5106-IN-NewDelhi-LeadSoftwareEn.018