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# Full Stack Engineer at Odyssey

- **Company:** Odyssey
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $160k–$180k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/odyssey/5158a3e1-ddde-4253-a895-a82a9ab2e2d4

## Job description

About Odyssey:

K-12 education is one of the most consequential determinants of a child’s future — and many families have had limited ability to shape how and where their child learns. Education Savings Account (ESA) programs are changing that. One of the fastest-growing public education initiatives in the U.S., they give states the ability to put education funding directly in the hands of families, who can then choose the learning experiences that best fit their child — from schools and tutors to therapy, curriculum, and technology.

But once these policies are signed into law, states face an enormous operational challenge. They must stand up entirely new programs, manage the secure and compliant flow of public funds, approve and monitor thousands of vendors, support families at scale, and prevent fraud — all while delivering a high-quality user experience.

That’s where Odyssey comes in.

We partner with state agencies to design, launch, and operate ESA and school chocie programs on their behalf. We provide the technology, program operations, vendor ecosystem, and family experience that make these programs actually work in the real world. Today, we operate across 10 states, and our platform powers programs serving 250,000+ students and over $2B in annual education funding — and we’re just getting started.

Most recently, we launched the Texas Education Savings Account (EFA) program — the biggest day-one ESA launch in the country — which has already received nearly 200,000 applications. It’s the kind of moment that captures exactly what we’re building toward: programs that work at scale, from day one, when it matters most.

We’re backed by respected investors, including a16z and Tusk Venture Partners, and we’re building the team that will take us to the next stage.

Odyssey sits at the intersection of GovTech, EdTech, and FinTech. We are a public-sector operator, a technology company, and a program delivery partner all at once. The work we do is civic infrastructure — it determines whether families can access life-changing educational opportunities.

## WHY THIS WORK IS DIFFERENT

We’re in the weeds with state partners, internally with our product teams, and turning ambiguous policy into real systems that families depend on. This means building a platform that meets each state’s configuration needs while being flexible enough to support all customers. We are not building be-spoke software!

If you want a highly structured environment, this will feel uncomfortable. If you want ownership, speed, and problems that actually matter, you’ll feel right at home.

About the Role:

As a Full Stack Engineer at Odyssey, you’ll build the core technology behind our platform. You’ll work across the stack on program eligibility systems, education fund ledgers, and a marketplace that enables schools and vendors to accept tuition and service payments.

This role focuses on building full-stack systems, including scalable services, APIs, data models, frontend UI, and internal tools that support families, schools, providers, and operational teams as the platform grows. We’re looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit, and experience building from 0-1 across the stack.

By joining our team, you will leverage your skills to make a direct impact on the quality and accessibility of K-12 education across the United States.

What You’ll Do:

- Own features end-to-end across the stack from ideation and technical design trough implementation, deployment, and iteration.
- Build and ship 0-1 products and systems, turning ambiguous ideas into scalable, production ready solutions.
- Architect, plan and develop beautiful functional experiences for customers using TypeScript, AWS Lambda, Next.js, and other frameworks and languages.
- Design, write, and execute tests to ensure the robustness and reliability of our applications.
- Design and implement sophisticated database models considering scalability and performance.
- Develop and maintain APIs for widespread public and internal use, enhancing our mobile applications and various systems.
- Drive the continuous improvement of Odyssey’s Marketplace platform in collaboration with the product team.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product and design to identify needs, formulate solutions, and bridge product gaps.
- Make pragmatic tradeoffs between speed and scalability, with a strong bias toward shipping and learning quickly.
- Foster transparent communication within the team, sharing both challenges and successes openly.
- Contribute to system design, platform management, code reviews, and capacity planning as well as overall architectural decisions to help evolve systems as we scale from early-stage foundations.
- Take full ownership of your work in production, including monitoring, debugging, and continuous improvement.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy while proactively identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities.

About You:

- 3-5+ years of experience in software development.
- Proficient in TypeScript for building robust, scalable applications.
- Experience with early to mid-stage tech startups and enthusiasm for startup growth and dynamics.
- You’ve built or significantly contributed to 0-1 products or features.
- Comfort with ambiguity and turning loosely defined problems into clear, actionable plans.
- An Entrepreneurial mindset - thinking like an owner not just an implementer. You care about what you’re building and why.
- Strong communication skills, comfortable pitching new approaches and concepts to the team.
- Solid understanding and experience in Agile practices, with flexibility to adapt to evolving project needs.
- Track record of shipping quickly and iterating based on feedback; taking a bias towards action across the entire SDLC.

Preferred Skills:

- Experience with building scalable software using AWS technologies.
- Experience in highly regulated industries such as fintech, govtech or healthtech
- Experience with double-entry ledgers, payments (Stripe payments a plus), and money movement.
- Experience owning services end-to-end including maintenance of infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Terraform, CI/CD and observability tools

Additional Details:

- This role is a hybrid position out of our NYC office in Tribeca.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- We believe that everyone at Odyssey should be compensated fairly. We set our salary bands based on compensation data from hundreds of companies at our stage. The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $180,000 depending on experience, interview performance and location.
- Odyssey benefits include Medical/Dental/Vision plan(s), health services, short term disability, unlimited PTO and more.

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment:

Odyssey is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

## About Odyssey

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Odyssey provides an automated, end-to-end school choice platform that helps states administer Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and microgrant programs, enabling families to fund and choose their own K-12 education.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States (with a secondary office in Indianapolis)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Joseph Connor

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Edtech, Government Technology (GovTech)
- Target customers: State government agencies, School Choice Organizations (SGOs), families (parents/guardians), and schools/service providers.
- Mission or purpose statement: Empowering families by helping states administer education savings accounts and microgrant programs to ensure access to high-quality K-12 education for all students.

## Products & Services
- **Odyssey Platform**: A turnkey, end-to-end software platform that automates the administration of school choice programs. This includes marketing, application processing, fund management, payment processing, and customer support. It connects families, schools, vendors, and state agencies.
- **Odyssey for SGOs**: A dedicated tech layer for Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs) to manage donations, ensure IRS compliance, prevent fraud, and scale federal tax credit scholarship programs from contribution to student impact.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available.
- **Key Metric (Total Funding)**: $14.75 million across two rounds.
- **Key Metric (Funding Distributed)**: Over $2 billion distributed to more than 200,000 students with clean audit results.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: a16z (Katherine Boyle), Tusk Venture Partners (Bradley Tusk).
- **Growth Signals**: The company is experiencing rapid scaling. In the 2026-2027 school year, they project enabling **235,000 students** to access **more than $2 billion** in school choice funding (up from 80,000 students and $600 million). Headcount has grown **+65.9% year-over-year** to 50 employees. Job postings have increased **+1100% year-over-year**.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover & End-to-End Solution**: Odyssey is described as the only provider in the country offering a fully automated, end-to-end school choice platform, creating a significant moat.
- **Government & Compliance Expertise**: They have a proven track record of working with 10 states across different program types (vouchers, ESAs, tax credits) and have clean audit results, building deep trust and barriers to entry.
- **Scale & Reliability**: The platform is built to handle hundreds of thousands of users simultaneously, managing complex workflows for donors, families, schools, and vendors.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic Expansion**: Continuing to partner with more states to implement school choice programs.
- **Product Development**: Deepening the platform's capabilities, particularly for SGOs to manage federal tax credit programs.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across all departments (Engineering, Product, Finance, Support) to support rapid growth, with 12 active job postings.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Employees have a direct and immediate impact on families and students' access to education. The work sits at the intersection of tech, government, and education.
- **Rapid Growth Trajectory**: With a 65%+ headcount growth rate, massive funding distribution increases, and strong investor backing, the company offers significant opportunities for career advancement and ownership.
- **Flexible Work Policy**: The company supports flexible remote working, with a hybrid model for some roles in New York and Indianapolis.
- **Notable Perks**: $150 monthly education stipend, generous medical/dental/vision benefits, flexible time-off policy, and a $3,000 stipend for technology and WFH accessories.

## Sources
1. [withodyssey.com](https://www.withodyssey.com/en)
2. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/withodyssey)
3. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/odyssey-withodyssey)
4. [Breezy HR (Careers)](https://withodyssey.breezy.hr/)

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