We’re Hiring
Join us to ensure every child has access to high quality education.
Company
Avela is a Nobel Prize-winning, venture backed, seed-stage edtech/govtech startup focused on increasing access to high quality education with the first common application system for PK-12.
We work with cities, school districts, and nonprofits to set up one-stop-shop enrollment hubs for families find, navigate, and register for childcare, schools, summer camps, athletics, and other education, government, and social programs. We also work directly with individual schools and providers to power applications and admission lotteries. We partner with other 4,000 schools and districts across the country, including Boston, Seattle, New Orleans, Newark, and Philadelphia.
Our modular platform includes:
Avela Explore - Mobile-optimized school finder and opportunity navigator
Avela Apply - Streamlined application management system and tracking
Avela Match - Research-based admission and student assignment lottery system.
Avela Enroll - Online registration, transfers, and enrollment platform with document collection.
Avela Engage - Multi-lingual, AI-powered parent communication system through email and text.
Avela Sync - Extensible interfaces and REST APIs for data interchange and integration.
We also offer a range of consulting services to help cities and districts implement enrollment reforms and advance equity in educational programs.
Location
We’d like to ensure colleagues have an opportunity to connect with each other regularly, and that teams have a few days to work together onsite each month. So we are only hiring candidates for most roles who live within one of our two hubs.
Avela’s Hubs
San Francisco Bay Area - Office in Downtown SOMA, San Francisco, CA
Greater Boston - Office in Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
Please review the specific job description carefully, as each role might have it’s own unique geographic requirements.
For example, some roles might only hire in one hub where the hiring manager is located. Other roles might benefit from geographic distribution and support hiring outside of hubs (e.g. sales). And some roles might be so specialized that we need to relax our constraints and are open to hire anywhere. We also have some engineering roles open in Latin America.
Outside of our hub collaboration and social gatherings, we offer a flexible, work-from-home culture.
We trust our employees to work from wherever they are most productive and comfortable for most of the time, as long as it is private with high speed internet. We hope this offers the best of both worlds - the flexibility to work remotely most of the time (far more than a hybrid model), but still the benefits of in-person collaboration and socialization.
Just like we believe in the value of finding the right school for each child, we want to help candidates find the right company.
To help you evaluate if Avela is the right fit, we want to be transparent about our evolving company culture and approach to onsite collaboration. You can read more this Community Hub Model and our collaboration norms here.
Team
Born out of MIT research, we are a dedicated group of educators, technologists, and enrollment experts. Our team blends academic rigor with practical innovation to transform how families navigate education.
Co-Founders:
Greg Bybee - CEO & Board Member - Serial Entrepreneur with Experience at NovoEd, Coursera, VMware, and McKinsey.
Joshua Angrist - Board Member - Nobel Prize-winning economist and Professor at MIT
Parag Pathak - Board Member - Clark Medalist and Economics Professor at MIT
Leadership Team:
Sonali Soi - Client Services
Cathy Huang - Product
Dan Dodd - Engineering
Mike Murphy - Marketing
Benefits
Impact
Your work will have meaning and you’ll impact the lives of millions of students and families around the world.
Co-Ownership
As a mission-driven for profit organization, we are able to share ownership and upside with our team. We have very employee-friendly policies including early exercise and post-termination exercise extension.
401k
Save for your retirement with our provided 401(k) program through Betterment, which offers fund and robo-advisor investments.
Peloton App One
Free Peloton One membership and preferred pricing on the Peloton Bik ($100 off), Tread ($100 off), and Row ($250 off)
Team
We’re building a team of fun loving, mission driven, and high performing leaders in every aspect of our company. Help us build the best company possible!
Premium Healthcare
We offer full platinum tier health benefits. We cover 100% of your medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums. We use Justworks PEO, which offers Aetna, Kaiser, and other plans.
Paid Leave
Generous family and medical leave with 100% salary, full benefits, and stock vesting for employees after one year of service.
Health Advocate
Free access to Health Advocate, the nation’s leading healthcare advocacy and assistance company which provides unlimited, confidential access to a dedicated consultant to help you resolve healthcare and insurance-related issues.
Excitement
All the fun, hard work, and learning opportunities of a Silicon Valley startup - you’ll wear many hats and build a company from the ground up!
Pre-Tax Benefits
We offer several pre-tax health savings plans including Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) and Dependent Care Saving Plan (DCFSA), as well as commuter and transit benefits, through Optum Financial.
One Medical
Free membership for One Medical, a modern doctor’s office that makes it easy to get exceptional care when and where you need it, in-person or virtually.
Kindbody
Kindbody offers gynecology, fertility, and family-building services including annual check-ups, UTI treatment, egg freezing, IVF, adoption support, and surrogacy. Avela offers 20% off all services, one free Kindbody360 coaching session, and a dedicated Care Navigation Team.
Flexibility
We are a semi-remote culture with a flexible time off policy with no pre-defined limits (“unlimited vacation”). No face time. No wasted time. We also offer a generous family and medical leave policy
Life Insurance
Fully covered life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and long-term disability insurance through MetLife.
Teledoc
Free membership to Teladoc, which provides on-demand healthcare services via phone or video.
Talkspace
Free membership to Talkspace, an online counseling and therapy service that makes accessing mental health care and support easier. You can connect with your therapist through unlimited text, voice, and video messages.
Avela is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, even if you don't meet all of the job requirements. If you believe this is a role that you’ll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.
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Work Authorization
We are strongly supportive of immigrants and individuals of all backgrounds, but unfortunately, as a small startup, we are not in a position to sponsor visas and are only able to consider candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. (The exception would be for specifically designated international engineering roles in Latin America.) We apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to working together in the future.