Software Engineer

Lumi
RemoteFull-time$170,000–$230,000Posted Sep 18, 2026

About the role

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Software Engineer

Lumi

Lumi is the K-12 writing and literacy platform founded by Colin Kaepernick. Students plan, draft, revise, and publish real writing with an AI guide that coaches instead of writing for them, and teachers and district leaders see growth as it happens. We work with 15 districts and growing. We are a small, senior team, remote across the US, and we hire people who want to own a problem end to end.

Responsibilities

‍– Own features from start to finish

– Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and customer success

– Raise our technical bar, from core architecture to developer experience

What we value

‍– Velocity: you build at breakneck speed

– Practicality: you balance speed vs perfection

– Autonomy, but not solo: you’re self-sufficient but engage the team when ideas or alignment matter

– Friendliness: you’re enjoyable to discuss and debate with

– Product sense: you connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes

– Elite: you operate at a high standard and inspire others to this same level

Our tech stack

‍Typescript, React, Node, AWS

Compensation

‍$170,000 - $230,000 salary with equity and benefits

‍Location

‍Remote in the US with quarterly team trips

Apply

Send your resume and a few lines on why Lumi to

jobs@lumistory.ai

jobs@lumistory.ai

Responsibilities

  • Own features from start to finish
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, design, and customer success
  • Raise our technical bar, from core architecture to developer experience

Qualifications

  • Experience with Typescript, React, Node, AWS
  • Ability to balance speed vs perfection
  • Self-sufficient but engages the team when necessary

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Quarterly team trips

Skills mentioned

TypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSFrontend DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentSystem DesignGitREST APIsCloud Computing

About Lumi

The future of storytelling.

Software Development2-10 employees