Senior Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Experiences

About Quizlet

At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. Our $1B+ learning platform serves tens of millions of students every month, including two-thirds of U.S. high schoolers and half of U.S. college students, powering over 2?billion learning interactions monthly.

About The Team

Quizlet's Engineering organization builds the core experiences that help millions of students and teachers achieve their learning goals. We collaborate across teams to achieve user?centric outcomes, focusing on developing intuitive interfaces, engaging learning tools, and robust, scalable systems.

Well be joining a passionate group of engineers, designers, product managers, and data scientists dedicated to solving real?world educational challenges. Our teams operate with autonomy, embrace experimentation, and are deeply committed to user?centric design. We value transparency, inclusivity, and collaboration at all levels.

About The Role

Were looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to lead the technical design, implementation and delivery of user?facing features that are critical to Quizlets success. As a Senior Staff Engineer, youll operate across multiple teams, driving complex initiatives, engineering excellence, and build systems that serve millions of learners globally. This role may span consumer web experiences, mobile platforms, or a blend of both flexibility and broad technical context are key.

This is an onsite position in our San Francisco office. To help foster team collaboration we require employees to be in the office a minimum of three days per week : Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday and as needed by your manager or the company.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead Cross?Team Technical Strategy : Drive tech architecture, implementation and delivery across multiple engineering teams focused on subscriptions, payments, and ads
• Operate in Ambiguity : Navigate vague problem spaces, identify the highest?leverage opportunities, and create clarity across engineering and cross?functional teams
• Drive Systemic and Operational Excellence : Architect systems that are scalable, secure, compliant, and resilientbuilding highly available and observable services with high bars for uptime, latency, and data consistency
• Collaborate Across Functions : Partner with product, design, data science, finance, legal, and external vendors to deliver high?impact monetization features and infrastructure
• Contribute to Tech Roadmaps : Align technical strategy with product, business, and growth goalsshaping roadmaps that scale systems and increase revenue
• Mentor and Scale Teams : Coach engineers and uplift team capabilities through strong technical guidance and by fostering a culture of autonomy and self?sufficiency
• Partner & Vendor Collaboration : Work with external vendors, legal, finance, and compliance teams to ensure technical alignment and business success

What You Bring To The Table

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Compensation, Benefits & Perks

Why Join Quizlet?

We strive to make everyone feel comfortable and welcome! We work to create a holistic interview process, where both Quizlet and candidates have an opportunity to view what it would be like to work together, in exploring a mutually beneficial partnership. We provide a transparent setting that gives a comprehensive view of who we are!

In Closing

At Quizlet, were excited about passionate people joining our teameven if you dont check every box on the requirements list. We value unique perspectives and believe everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Our culture is all about taking initiative, learning through challenges, and striving for high?quality work while staying curious and open to new ideas. We believe in honest, respectful communication, thoughtful collaboration, and creating a supportive space where everyone can grow and succeed together.

Quizlets success as an online learning community depends on a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As an equal?opportunity employer and a tech company committed to societal change, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Come join us!

To All Recruiters And Placement Agencies

At this time, Quizlet does not accept unsolicited agency resumes and / or profiles. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Quizlet employee. Quizlet will not pay fees to any third?party agency or firm nor will it be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. All unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Quizlet.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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