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title: 'Senior Software Engineer at Meadow'
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# Senior Software Engineer at Meadow

- **Company:** Meadow
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-04-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/meadow/bf3f1d3a-343d-4044-a7f1-950f7eb42e40

## Job description

## ABOUT MEADOW

Meadow is the modern payments platform for higher education that simplifies the entire student financial experience. We're transforming the $600 Billion higher education payments industry in the United States — building for universities what Shopify built for retail businesses, and bringing the entire student financial experience online.

The need for a platform like Meadow has never been greater. If you're passionate about our mission to empower students financially and strengthen economic mobility through higher education — and you're excited to join a highly ambitious, talented team — we'd love to hear from you.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

## OVERVIEW

Meadow is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale our student financial engagement platform, Meadow Pay. As we continue expanding to universities nationwide, this role will be critical in delivering reliable, scalable product experiences for our institutional partners and their students.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, build, and operate core systems across our backend and frontend stack, partnering closely with Product, CX, and Integrations to deliver high-quality software. This role requires strong technical judgment, a high bar for quality, and a desire to take ownership of meaningful product areas from concept through production.

AI tooling (e.g. Cursor, Claude, Codex, etc.) is a core part of how our team works and ships code every day. We're looking for a Software Engineer who is excited to use AI as a core part of their workflow. The ideal candidate should have experience building products in a way that AI tooling can efficiently understand context and collaborate with the user.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- You'll lead end-to-end development of product features from design through deployment and ongoing support.
- You'll architect and build scalable backend services and APIs (TypeScript/Node.js).
- You'll contribute to frontend development using modern frameworks (React preferred).
- You'll design systems with reliability, observability, and maintainability in mind.
- You'll collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, CX, and Integrations teams to deliver customer-facing functionality.
- You'll participate in code reviews and uphold high standards for code quality and system design.
- You'll improve engineering processes, tooling, and documentation to support scale.
- You'll help shape technical decisions and engineering culture as we grow.

## ABOUT YOU

## WHAT YOU BRING

- 5+ Years of Experience in Software Engineering
- Experience Building & Operating Production Systems at Scale
- Strong Backend Development Experience (TypeScript/Node.js Preferred)
- Experience Building Modern Frontend Applications (React Preferred)
- Experience with Relational Databases and Writing Performant SQL Queries
- Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure (AWS Preferred) & Modern Deployment Practices
- Strong Understanding of Monitoring, Logging, and Observability Best Practices
- Builder Mindset: High Agency x High Urgency
- You own problems end-to-end.
- You make consequential decisions that impact outcomes.
- Proven Success Communicating & Collaborating w/ Product, Design, Engineering & Non-Technical Stakeholders

## WHAT MAKES YOU STAND OUT

- Experience at an Early Stage Startup
- Experience in FinTech (Or Other Regulated Industries)
- Familiarity with Payment Systems and/or Financial Infrastructure
- Experience Designing/Integrating Systems with External Partners or APIs

## COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

This is a full-time position. Meadow wants all employees to be supported in their personal and professional development, so we take a comprehensive approach to compensation and benefits. The initial annual salary for this position is expected to range from $148,750-$215,000. Actual compensation will depend on numerous factors such as: experience, knowledge and skills, qualifications, location, and other job-related factors.

In addition to the chance to positively impact the world while building a company around a $600B opportunity, Meadow offers:

- Competitive Salary
- Competitive Equity
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (with HSA & FSA Plans Available)
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- 1-2 Onsites Per Year
- Membership in an Ambitious, Kind, No-Drama Team

We believe in hiring resourceful, curious people who are eager to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with the job description, we encourage you to go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for this role.

Meadow is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, and we encourage our employees to participate as their authentic selves in our work environment. We strive to build better for all, towards a more open, inclusive space. Come as you are.

## About Meadow

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Meadow provides modern, student-friendly financial engagement software for higher education institutions to streamline billing, payments, and financial aid communication.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Alfredo Brillembourg (CEO), Cameron McLain (Co-Founder, Board Member), Just Kraprayoon (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Higher Education Financial Technology (EdTech / Fintech)
- **Target customers**: B2B — Higher education institutions (colleges, universities) in the United States and United Kingdom
- **Mission or purpose**: To transform the financial experience of higher education for students and institutions, making it as easy and clear as it should be, and removing financial barriers to degree completion.

## Products & Services
- **Meadow Pay**: A student financial engagement solution that streamlines the entire billing experience, helping staff eliminate manual work and resolve balances sooner.
- **Meadow Price**: A modern, mobile, and SAI-compliant Net Price Calculator that helps institutions drive enrollment by providing clear cost estimates in under 3 minutes.
- **Meadow Pre**: A solution that helps institutions recover unpaid tuition balances and increase retention without punitive action or extra IT complexity.
- **Meadow Checkout**: A tool that allows any department on campus to collect non-tuition payments (parking passes, lab fees, event costs, ID replacements, etc.), all tracked within Meadow.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$17.5M**; Annual Revenue of **$1.5M** (estimated)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Matrix (led Series A), Susa Ventures (led Seed), Giant Ventures (led Pre-Seed). Over 300 higher education institutions trust Meadow.
- **Growth Signals**: 53 employees with **+34.9% YoY headcount growth**; LinkedIn followers up **+61.8% yearly**; recently closed a **$14M Series A** in May 2025 led by Matrix.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Student-first design**: Products are built with modern consumer UX, contrasting with legacy, clunky SIS portals.
- **End-to-end platform**: Covers the full student financial lifecycle from pre-enrollment (Price) through billing (Pay) to retention (Pre) and departmental payments (Checkout).
- **Deep domain expertise**: Leadership includes former financial aid directors and advisors from NASFAA, WASFAA, and top universities (Columbia, Notre Dame, Texas Tech), giving them insider knowledge of institutional pain points.
- **SAI compliance**: Meadow Price is the only modern, mobile, and SAI-compliant Net Price Calculator on the market.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product expansion**: Continuing to build out the full Meadow Suite to cover the entire student financial journey from application to graduation.
- **Customer acquisition**: Scaling partnerships with higher education institutions (currently over 300) and expanding into new markets.
- **Platform depth**: Deepening integrations with existing SIS and ERP systems to reduce manual work for financial aid staff.
- **Retention & recovery**: Growing Meadow Pre to help institutions retain students facing financial hardship.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first company** with a remote work stipend and in-person team meetings in New York City.
- **Culture**: High-trust, high-ownership environment with low ego and low drama. Core values include humility, resourcefulness, clear communication, and tenacity.
- **Benefits**: Generous medical/dental/vision, HSA/FSA, mental health resources, 401(k), fully paid parental leave, flexible PTO, unlimited sick time.
- **Growth**: Learning & development support, room to grow into different roles, and a team of parents, recent grads, and second-time founders from Amazon, Amex, Coursedog, Klarna, and Outschool.
- **Work model**: Remote-first company with a remote work stipend and periodic in-person team gatherings in New York City.

## Sources
1. [meadowfi.com](https://www.meadowfi.com/)
2. [meadowfi.com/careers](https://www.meadowfi.com/careers)
3. [meadowfi.com/about-us](https://www.meadowfi.com/about-us)
4. [linkedin.com/company/meadowfi](https://www.linkedin.com/company/meadowfi)
5. [meadowfi.com/careers/senior-software-engineer](https://www.meadowfi.com/careers/senior-software-engineer)

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