Build the future
of learning.

Join a small, ambitious team building tools that help families document, celebrate, and share their children's education. We're remote-first, mission-driven, and just getting started.

7Open Roles
100%Remote
3.3M+US Homeschoolers

What we
believe in.

Families First

Every feature we ship is measured by one question: does this make a homeschooling parent's day easier? We build with empathy, test with real families, and never lose sight of who we're serving.

Craft & Quality

We believe software for families should be as beautiful as the memories it holds. We sweat the details, from pixel-perfect animations to thoughtful empty states, because quality is a form of respect.

Ship & Learn

We're a small team moving fast. We favor shipping over perfection, real usage over speculation, and iteration over big bets. Every week, we put something new in front of families and learn from what happens.

Own the Outcome

Everyone here owns their work end-to-end. There are no handoffs to other teams. You'll design it, build it, ship it, and measure it. Autonomy is the default, and trust is earned quickly.

Find your
role.

We're looking for people who care deeply about building great products. All roles include competitive salary, meaningful equity, and the flexibility to do your best work from anywhere.

About the Role

Hipling is building the future of homeschool documentation. We use AI to transform raw photos, videos, and documents into organized, meaningful learning portfolios. As our AI Engineer, you'll design and ship the models and pipelines that power curriculum scanning, moment summarization, subject classification, and more. You'll work at the intersection of computer vision, NLP, and education to build features that feel like magic for homeschooling parents.

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement AI/ML pipelines for curriculum scanning, including OCR, document structure extraction, and automatic unit/lesson parsing from photographed textbooks and workbooks
  • Build intelligent subject classification models that automatically tag learning moments with the correct academic subject based on visual and textual content
  • Develop summarization systems that generate meaningful descriptions of learning activities from photos, videos, and metadata
  • Create and fine-tune vision models for document type detection (worksheets, art projects, science experiments) and quality assessment
  • Build and maintain the inference infrastructure on Cloudflare Workers, optimizing for latency and cost across thousands of daily predictions
  • Collaborate with mobile engineers to design on-device ML features where real-time performance is critical (e.g., live document edge detection, photo classification)
  • Establish evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and A/B testing infrastructure for model quality and user impact
  • Stay current with state-of-the-art multimodal models and identify opportunities to integrate foundation model APIs (Claude, GPT-4V) into the product

What We're Looking For

  • 3+ years of experience building and deploying ML/AI systems in production
  • Strong proficiency in Python and at least one ML framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX)
  • Experience with computer vision tasks: image classification, OCR, document understanding, or object detection
  • Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering for production applications
  • Solid understanding of ML system design: data pipelines, model serving, monitoring, and iteration cycles
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (Cloudflare Workers, AWS, or GCP) for model deployment
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and ability to write clean, tested, production-quality code

Nice to Have

  • Experience with on-device ML (Core ML, TensorFlow Lite, ONNX Runtime)
  • Background in education technology or child development
  • Experience with multimodal models and vision-language tasks
  • Familiarity with TypeScript and the modern JavaScript ecosystem
  • Experience building AI features in consumer mobile apps

About the Role

Hipling's mobile app is the heart of the product. Parents use it dozens of times per day to capture photos, scan documents, record videos, and browse their children's learning journals. We've built our initial product in React Native with Expo, and we're now embarking on a strategic transition to fully native Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android) to unlock the highest performance, deepest platform integration, and most polished user experience possible. As our Senior Mobile Engineer, you'll lead this effort from architecture through delivery.

What You'll Do

  • Architect and lead the migration from React Native to native Swift (iOS) and Kotlin (Android), establishing patterns for both platforms from the ground up
  • Build high-performance media capture flows: camera integration, video recording with trim/edit, document scanning with real-time edge detection, and batch photo import from the camera roll
  • Implement the offline-first data layer using PowerSync for real-time sync, local SQLite storage, and conflict resolution across devices
  • Design and build fluid, gesture-driven UI interactions: swipeable card stacks, pinch-to-zoom media viewers, drag-to-reorder, and smooth transitions between screens
  • Optimize media pipelines: image compression, video transcoding, thumbnail generation, and background upload queues that work reliably on slow or intermittent connections
  • Integrate on-device ML models for features like live document detection, photo classification, and intelligent cropping
  • Own platform-specific features: iOS widgets, Apple Watch complications, Android home screen widgets, push notifications, and deep linking
  • Establish testing, CI/CD, and release management practices for both platforms, including TestFlight and Google Play beta distribution

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of professional mobile development with significant experience in both Swift and Kotlin
  • Deep understanding of iOS (UIKit/SwiftUI) and Android (Jetpack Compose/Views) platform APIs and design patterns
  • Experience building media-intensive applications: camera capture, video processing, image manipulation, or document scanning
  • Strong understanding of offline-first architecture, local databases (Core Data, Room, SQLite), and data synchronization
  • Experience with background processing, task queues, and reliable file upload/download on mobile
  • Track record of shipping polished, high-quality apps to the App Store and Google Play
  • Excellent understanding of mobile performance optimization: memory management, battery efficiency, and rendering performance

Nice to Have

  • Experience with React Native (helpful for understanding the existing codebase during migration)
  • Familiarity with PowerSync, CRDTs, or other sync frameworks
  • Experience with Core ML or TensorFlow Lite for on-device inference
  • Background in media processing (FFmpeg, AVFoundation, MediaCodec)
  • Experience leading mobile teams or mentoring junior engineers
  • Experience with SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose for declarative UI development

About the Role

Hipling's architecture is built on end-to-end type safety: Hono API routes defined with Zod schemas automatically generate OpenAPI specs that produce fully-typed clients. As a Full Stack Engineer, you'll work across the entire stack, from database migrations and API endpoints to React components and mobile screens. You'll build features that homeschooling families use every day, from curriculum management to media galleries to progress reports. This role is ideal for engineers who love working across boundaries and take pride in shipping complete, polished features.

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement API endpoints using Hono and @hono/zod-openapi, ensuring comprehensive schema validation and automatic OpenAPI documentation
  • Build and optimize PostgreSQL queries using Kysely's type-safe query builder, design database migrations, and manage schema evolution
  • Develop React components for the web client using TanStack Query for data fetching, TanStack Router for navigation, and the existing design system
  • Contribute to the React Native mobile app, building screens and features that work seamlessly with PowerSync's offline-first sync layer
  • Implement the type-safe API bridge: define Zod schemas on the server, generate TypeScript types, and consume them in typed Axios clients
  • Build real features end-to-end: attendance tracking dashboards, grade management flows, curriculum browsers, student profile editors, and media viewers
  • Write comprehensive tests across the stack: API integration tests with Vitest, component tests, and end-to-end flows
  • Optimize performance across the stack: API response times, database query plans, client bundle size, and rendering performance

What We're Looking For

  • 3+ years of full stack engineering experience with TypeScript
  • Strong experience with React and modern React patterns (hooks, context, suspense, server components)
  • Experience building REST APIs with Node.js or edge runtimes (Hono, Express, Fastify)
  • Proficiency with relational databases and SQL (PostgreSQL preferred), including schema design, migrations, and query optimization
  • Experience with data fetching libraries (TanStack Query, SWR, or Apollo) and state management
  • Understanding of authentication and authorization patterns (JWT, OAuth, session management)
  • Comfort with Zod or similar schema validation libraries and type-safe API design

Nice to Have

  • Experience with React Native or Expo
  • Familiarity with Cloudflare Workers or other edge runtimes
  • Experience with Kysely, Drizzle, or Prisma ORMs
  • Background in offline-first architecture or sync engines (PowerSync, CRDTs)
  • Experience with OpenAPI spec generation and typed API clients
  • Passion for education technology or personal experience with homeschooling

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Hipling, you'll be a technical leader responsible for the architecture and reliability of our platform. You'll tackle the hardest engineering challenges: designing a sync layer that handles thousands of media uploads per day, building a media processing pipeline that scales gracefully, ensuring data consistency across offline-first mobile clients and our cloud database, and creating the infrastructure that lets a small team ship with the velocity of a much larger one. This role is for engineers who think in systems, care deeply about code quality, and want to build something families will depend on for years.

What You'll Do

  • Architect and own critical infrastructure: the media processing pipeline (upload, compress, transcode, thumbnail), background job system, and file storage layer on Cloudflare R2
  • Design and implement the data synchronization architecture using PowerSync, handling conflict resolution, partial sync, and schema versioning across mobile and web clients
  • Lead technical design for major product initiatives, writing RFCs, evaluating trade-offs, and making decisions that balance engineering excellence with shipping velocity
  • Build and maintain the CI/CD pipeline, deployment infrastructure on Cloudflare Workers, and monitoring/observability stack (Sentry, logging, metrics)
  • Optimize database performance: query plans, indexing strategies, connection pooling on Neon PostgreSQL, and data modeling for complex hierarchical entities (curricula, units, lessons)
  • Establish and enforce engineering best practices: code review standards, testing strategies, TypeScript strictness, Biome linting rules, and documentation conventions
  • Mentor other engineers through code reviews, pairing sessions, and architectural guidance, raising the bar for the entire team
  • Evaluate and integrate third-party services (payment processing, email delivery, push notifications, analytics) with an eye toward reliability and maintainability

What We're Looking For

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a senior or staff-level role
  • Expert-level TypeScript and deep understanding of the Node.js/Deno/Bun runtime ecosystem
  • Extensive experience with PostgreSQL: advanced query optimization, schema design for complex domains, migration strategies, and connection management
  • Strong background in distributed systems, data consistency, and sync architecture
  • Experience designing and operating production infrastructure on cloud platforms (Cloudflare, AWS, GCP)
  • Track record of leading technical projects from design through delivery, including writing technical specifications and mentoring other engineers
  • Deep commitment to code quality, testing, and engineering best practices

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Cloudflare Workers, R2, D1, or the broader Cloudflare platform
  • Background in offline-first or local-first application architecture
  • Experience with media processing pipelines (image/video transcoding, thumbnail generation)
  • Familiarity with Hono, Kysely, or similar modern TypeScript server frameworks
  • Experience scaling systems in an early-stage startup environment
  • Interest in or experience with AI/ML integration in production systems

About the Role

Hipling is preparing to launch into a rapidly growing market: there are now over 3.3 million homeschooled students in the United States, and that number is accelerating. As our Marketing & Go-to-Market Lead, you'll be the first marketing hire and will own the entire go-to-market strategy from day one. You'll build the brand, grow the waitlist, plan the launch, and create the playbook for acquiring and retaining homeschooling families. This is a foundational role for someone who thrives in zero-to-one environments and wants to build a category-defining brand in education.

What You'll Do

  • Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for Hipling's public launch, including positioning, messaging, pricing tiers, and launch sequencing
  • Build and grow our pre-launch community: manage the waitlist, create email nurture sequences, and develop a content calendar that educates and engages homeschooling parents
  • Develop Hipling's brand voice and visual identity guidelines, ensuring consistency across the website, app store listings, social media, email, and all customer touchpoints
  • Create and manage content marketing initiatives: blog posts, social media (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Groups), video content, and SEO-optimized landing pages targeting homeschool-related search terms
  • Identify and build relationships with homeschool influencers, co-ops, curriculum publishers, and community leaders for partnership and ambassador programs
  • Plan and execute paid acquisition campaigns across Meta, Google, and niche homeschool platforms, managing budgets and optimizing for CAC and LTV
  • Design and implement lifecycle marketing: onboarding flows, feature adoption campaigns, retention emails, referral programs, and churn reduction strategies
  • Establish marketing analytics infrastructure: attribution modeling, funnel metrics, cohort analysis, and reporting dashboards to inform strategy with data

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years of marketing experience, with at least 2 years leading go-to-market for a consumer product (ideally B2C SaaS or mobile app)
  • Proven track record of launching products from pre-launch through growth phase, with measurable results in user acquisition and retention
  • Strong content creation skills: ability to write compelling copy, create social media content, and develop brand narratives that resonate emotionally
  • Experience with paid acquisition across Meta and Google, including campaign setup, creative testing, audience targeting, and budget optimization
  • Deep understanding of community-led growth and word-of-mouth marketing, particularly in niche or passionate communities
  • Proficiency with marketing tools: email platforms (Resend, Mailchimp, or ConvertKit), analytics (Mixpanel, Amplitude, or PostHog), and CMS/landing page builders
  • Data-driven mindset with ability to set KPIs, measure results, and iterate quickly based on performance data

Nice to Have

  • Personal experience with homeschooling (as a parent, student, or educator)
  • Experience marketing to parents or in the education space
  • Background in building and managing online communities (Facebook Groups, Discord, forums)
  • Experience with app store optimization (ASO) for iOS and Android
  • Video production skills for social media content (Reels, TikTok, YouTube)
  • Startup experience, especially as a first marketing hire building the function from scratch

About the Role

Hipling's design philosophy is rooted in a simple belief: the tools parents use to document their children's education should be as beautiful and thoughtful as the learning itself. Our app combines the warmth of a physical scrapbook with the intelligence of modern software. As our Product Designer, you'll own the end-to-end design of both our mobile app and web experience, creating interfaces that feel natural for parents capturing a moment in the middle of a busy homeschool day. You'll work closely with engineering and the founders to ship features that are visually stunning, deeply intuitive, and accessible to a wide range of technical abilities.

What You'll Do

  • Own the end-to-end design process for mobile (iOS/Android) and web: user research, information architecture, wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and final production assets
  • Design core product flows: moment capture and composition, journal browsing, curriculum management, student profiles, attendance tracking, and progress reports
  • Create and maintain a comprehensive design system with reusable components, tokens, and guidelines that ensure visual consistency across mobile and web platforms
  • Design media-rich experiences: photo and video galleries, document viewers, fullscreen immersive viewers, and smooth transitions that make browsing a portfolio feel delightful
  • Conduct user research with homeschooling families: interviews, usability testing, and prototype validation to deeply understand parent workflows, pain points, and emotional needs
  • Design for accessibility and inclusivity: ensure the app works well for parents of all technical abilities, screen sizes, and accessibility needs (VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, color contrast)
  • Create marketing and brand design assets: website pages, app store screenshots, social media graphics, and email templates that communicate Hipling's premium brand
  • Collaborate closely with engineers on implementation, providing detailed specs, interaction documentation, and responsive behavior guidelines

What We're Looking For

  • 4+ years of product design experience, with a strong portfolio showcasing mobile app design (iOS and/or Android)
  • Expert proficiency in Figma, including components, auto layout, variants, prototyping, and design tokens
  • Deep understanding of iOS Human Interface Guidelines and Material Design, with the ability to create platform-appropriate designs
  • Experience designing media-intensive applications: galleries, cameras, editors, or content creation tools
  • Strong visual design skills: typography, color theory, layout, spacing, and micro-interactions
  • Experience conducting user research and usability testing, with the ability to translate insights into design decisions
  • Understanding of front-end development concepts (CSS, responsive design, animation) to collaborate effectively with engineers

Nice to Have

  • Experience designing for parents, families, or education products
  • Motion design skills (Lottie, After Effects, Rive) for micro-interactions and loading states
  • Experience with design systems at scale, including documentation and component libraries
  • Familiarity with React Native or native mobile development constraints
  • Experience in early-stage startups where you shaped the product direction
  • Interest in or experience with photography, scrapbooking, or visual storytelling

About the Role

Homeschooling families are deeply connected through communities, co-ops, Facebook Groups, Instagram accounts, and local meetups. As Hipling's Community & Content Lead, you'll be the voice of our brand in these spaces and the bridge between our product team and the families we serve. You'll create content that resonates with homeschooling parents, build programs that turn users into advocates, and foster a community where families feel seen, supported, and inspired. This role combines content creation, community management, and customer advocacy into a single high-impact position.

What You'll Do

  • Build and manage Hipling's community presence across platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Groups, YouTube, and homeschool-specific forums and co-op networks
  • Create a content strategy and editorial calendar focused on topics homeschooling families care about: curriculum reviews, day-in-the-life content, documentation tips, portfolio showcases, and regulatory guidance by state
  • Produce engaging content across formats: short-form video (Reels, TikTok), long-form blog posts, email newsletters, tutorial videos, and social media posts that educate and inspire
  • Develop and manage a brand ambassador program, identifying and partnering with homeschool influencers, bloggers, and co-op leaders who can authentically represent Hipling
  • Moderate and grow Hipling's owned community spaces, creating a welcoming environment where families share wins, ask questions, and connect with each other
  • Gather and synthesize user feedback from community interactions, support conversations, and social media comments, channeling insights back to the product team
  • Plan and execute virtual and in-person events: webinars on homeschool documentation best practices, portfolio showcases, Q&A sessions with founders, and co-op meetups
  • Track community health metrics: engagement rates, sentiment, growth, and referral attribution to measure the impact of community-led growth initiatives

What We're Looking For

  • 3+ years of experience in community management, content creation, or social media management for a consumer brand
  • Excellent writing and storytelling skills with the ability to adapt tone for different platforms (heartfelt Instagram captions vs. practical blog posts vs. quick TikTok hooks)
  • Experience creating and editing short-form video content for Instagram Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts
  • Deep understanding of community-building strategies: ambassador programs, user-generated content campaigns, referral loops, and engagement tactics
  • Strong empathy and communication skills, with the ability to represent the brand authentically and handle sensitive conversations with care
  • Experience with social media management tools (Later, Buffer, or Sprout Social) and analytics platforms
  • Self-starter mentality with the ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and execute quickly in a startup environment

Nice to Have

  • Personal connection to homeschooling (as a parent, student, educator, or community member)
  • Existing relationships or presence in homeschool communities online or locally
  • Experience with email marketing platforms (ConvertKit, Mailchimp) and newsletter growth strategies
  • Photography or videography skills for creating original brand content
  • Experience working at an early-stage startup and building community from scratch
  • Understanding of SEO and content marketing best practices for organic growth

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