Outsmart is a mission-driven, early-stage startup reimagining higher education for the age of AI by creating an entirely new collegiate experience that expands access and opportunity. Backed by $38M from top venture firms including Khosla Ventures, Forerunner, DST Global Partners, and Lightspeed, the company is led by former Duolingo executives and a founding team that also includes Emmy Award winners. With a strong culture centered around high-impact, detail-oriented team members, Outsmart is already seeing significant traction, generating 1–5 million weekly organic views on social media.
What You’ll Be Doing
In this role, you’ll be at the forefront of the AI that powers Outsmart’s applications. As an early member of the engineering team you’ll play a critical role in setting the tone for Outsmart’s technical culture including setting standards for algorithmic quality, scalability, and AI-first development. You will work on both generative and discriminative use cases, focusing on content generation at scale, gamification, benchmarking and analytics, multi-modal behavior classification from mobile signals, and continuously modernizing Outsmart’s SDLC.
Who You Are
5+ years experience in hands-on AI/ML role
Deep and proven experience with agentic engineering
Experience shipping AI-first applications at scale
Experience using AI effectively to contribute cross-platform
Demonstrable sense of Product, QA, and DevX
Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment
What You’ll Own
Co-ownership of AI-first SDLC
MCP/ML tooling
Contribute to prompting standards across the engineering team
Define and enforce benchmarks for AI applications
Work with Product and Engineering leadership to define AI roadmap
Own end-to-end deployment and maintenance of AI systems
What Helps You Succeed
Craftsmanship and Extreme Ownership
Open-mindedness
Frequent, direct, honest, kind communication
Demonstrable adoption of AI in all aspects of work
Track record of shipping in an environment of high-performance
User obsession
Salary Range: $190K-$250K
Perks
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Outsmart is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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What You’ll Be Doing
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Who You Are
5+ years mobile development experience, with demonstrable experience using Flutter
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Deep knowledge of performance tuning and mobile testing strategies
Experience writing unit/E2E tests
Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment
What You’ll Own
Own and develop new mobile features end-to-end in Flutter
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Collaborate with the broader engineering team to establish technical culture and quality standards
Conduct code reviews and participate in architecture design sessions
What Helps You Succeed
High-quality work and a deep sense of ownership over what you build
Curiosity and openness to new ideas, feedback, and ways of working
Enthusiasm for incorporating AI into everyday work
A track record of consistently shipping great work, even in fast-paced environments
A user obsession mindset
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Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
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What You’ll Be Doing
You'll work with a highly talented and collaborative team to develop Outsmart's STEM learning experience from curriculum architecture through content creation, assessment design, and learner feedback loops. You'll work closely with product managers, engineers, and fellow learning designers to build rigorous, engaging, and scalable STEM courses that bring joy back to learning. As an AI-native company, you'll also shape how AI tools and data insights are woven into curriculum development, content generation, and continuous improvement.
Who You Are
Advanced degree in a core science discipline, Science Education, or a closely related field preferred
3+ years designing college level science curriculum (online or hybrid experience a plus)
Broad scientific fluency — comfortable stewarding courses across multiple disciplines, not just your home field
Proven experience building technology-enabled learning experiences in collaboration with product and engineering teams
Fluency with education technology and AI-assisted content workflows
Familiarity with science education standards and frameworks (e.g., NGSS, scientific practices, inquiry-based design)
Strong communicator who can translate pedagogical rationale for non-technical audiences
Bonus: experience with virtual labs, simulation-based learning, A/B testing educational content, or app-based course design
What You’ll Work On
Science curriculum end-to-end — course architecture, learning outcomes, sequencing, and mastery-based progression across biology, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences
Assessment strategy — formative and summative assessments that accurately measure scientific understanding and inform course iteration
Interactive content and tooling — virtual labs, simulations, data visualizations, and interactive notebooks that make abstract concepts tangible
AI-assisted content pipelines — developing and validating workflows that use AI to generate, review, and scale high-quality science content
Data-informed iteration — interpreting qualitative and quantitative learner data to identify gaps, improve engagement, and drive efficacy
Cross-functional collaboration — working with Product, Engineering, and Learning Design to ship technology-enabled science experiences on schedule
What Helps You Succeed
You thrive in ambiguity and are energized by building from scratch
You balance academic rigor with startup pragmatism — you know when to ship and iterate
You think like a product builder, not just a subject-matter expert — you care about the learner experience at every click
You take ownership without being asked and surface risks early
You're excited about AI's role in education and know where human judgment is non-negotiable
You care deeply about access and the students behind every learning outcome
Salary Range: $100K–$170K
Perks
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Outsmart is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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As a Principal Product Designer at Outsmart, you’ll help shape an entirely new kind of college experience from the ground up. You’ll lead design for major areas of the product, working closely with Product, Engineering, and leadership to turn complex problems into simple, intuitive, and delightful experiences for students.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll spend most of your time designing, prototyping, and shipping, while also helping guide other designers, raise the quality bar, and evolve how the design team works as Outsmart grows.
Experienced product designer and design leader who has shipped exceptional consumer products and managed other designers
Combines strong product thinking with excellent visual and interaction design skills
Comfortable moving between big-picture product strategy and the smallest details of an interaction
Gives clear, constructive feedback, develops designers, and creates an environment where great work can happen
Comfortable with ambiguity, moves quickly, and brings structure to problems without adding unnecessary process
Genuinely curious about AI, actively using new tools to prototype, explore, and rethink how products and design teams can work
Lead end-to-end design for major areas of the Outsmart student experience
Turn ambiguous product problems into clear strategies, flows, prototypes, and polished experiences
Partner closely with Product and Engineering from early exploration through launch and iteration
Mentor and manage designers, helping them grow while raising the quality of their work
Lead critiques and create a culture of thoughtful, direct, and productive feedback
Help establish design processes that allow a small team to move quickly and maintain a high quality bar
Use research, data, experimentation, and rapid prototyping to inform product decisions
Evolve Outsmart’s design system and overall product language
Help grow the design team and shape its culture as the company scales
8+ years of product design experience, with significant experience designing consumer-facing digital products
Previous experience managing and developing product designers
A portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, interaction design, and visual craft
Experience owning complex products or major product areas from strategy through launch
A strong track record of shipping products used by real customers at meaningful scale
Excellent Figma and prototyping skills, with a willingness to stay deeply hands-on
Strong collaboration with Product and Engineering, including comfort navigating technical and business constraints
Experience using AI tools to accelerate design, prototyping, and exploration
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence product direction across disciplines
High standards for craft paired with the judgment to know when to ship and iterate
A low-ego approach to leadership, collaboration, critique, and feedback
Bonus: experience with consumer education, social, gaming, or other highly engaging products
Salary Range: $175,000–$225,000.
Perks
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Outsmart is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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What You’ll Be Doing
Your biggest job is simple: help us find repeatable ways to grow Outsmart. You’ll look across channels, identify opportunities, form hypotheses, and test them quickly and scrappily. That will include owning PR and finding ways to earn free and scalable attention, developing and running creator strategies, building our YouTube presence, and whatever else you discover.
We don’t expect you to be an expert in every marketing discipline. We do expect you to be curious enough to figure things out, resourceful enough to start without a playbook, and hands-on enough to execute.
What You’ll Own
Growth: DAU will be your north star metric.
Reputation: in our industry trust and credibility matter greatly, and you’ll help shape how students, parents, educators, and institutions understand and perceive Outsmart.
Who You Are
8+ years of experience in marketing in consumer technology.
Built and scaled organic or viral growth for a fast growth consumer product.
What Helps You Succeed
Strong instincts for Gen Z.
Strong analytical instincts, you care about ideas, but even more about their impact.
The ability to move comfortably between strategy and execution including dealing with ambiguity.
Curiosity and intellectual drive.
Salary Range: $130K-$235K
Perks
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Outsmart is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Demonstrable sense of Product, QA, and DevX
Ability to work autonomously in a fast‑paced environment
What You’ll Own
Co-ownership of AI-first SDLC
MCP/ML tooling
Contribute to prompting standards across the engineering team
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Craftsmanship and Extreme Ownership
Open-mindedness
Frequent, direct, honest, kind communication
Demonstrable adoption of AI in all aspects of work
Track record of shipping in an environment of high-performance
User obsession
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Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Healthcare for you and your dependents (medical, dental, and vision)
Parental leave for any full-time employee (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents)
15 PTO days per year, a winter break, and 12+ paid company holidays per year
Remote work days
Lunch provided in-office daily
Working with super talented people who want to make a difference in the world
Outsmart is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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