Stepful Mission, Purpose & Impact

Tell us about Stepful’s mission. How does that mission influence the company culture, and did it impact your decision to join the team?

Stepful is on an ambitious mission to help learners launch high-demand health careers with an inspired learning and careers platform. This mission permeates every aspect of the company culture, and from what I’ve seen during my time here, it really focuses everyone’s daily decisions for the better. 

Stepful’s mission impacted my decision to first apply to the company because I was looking for a mission-driven organization within the edtech sector, having worked in that industry previously. More importantly, however, the more I learned about Stepful’s mission to launch learners into health careers, the more I realized that this was strikingly similar to my own personal life goals, as I had extensively volunteered with community organizations with this same mission, albeit in the tech space. Although the industries, healthcare and technology, are different, the impact that I wanted to make in the world was the same, and I found that Stepful’s mission and my personal goals are perfectly aligned in this respect. Because of this, since having joined the company, I find that I am highly gratified and motivated in my day-to-day work.

From your perspective, how does your work connect to the overall company mission? 

As a product engineer on the learning team, I deliver a quality learning product that helps students achieve their goals and secure careers in healthcare. The work my team and I do is a critical part of Stepful’s overall mission: to launch students into high-demand healthcare careers. We build the platform that starts this student journey, successfully delivering them to our career services platform, where they can begin their job search.

Because our work is so critical, every project feels directly connected to the company’s mission. For example, our learning platform traditionally offered a linear learning-to-externship experience. I recently helped launch a new onsite learning platform for students participating in a Stepful course alongside an apprenticeship. By more seamlessly integrating the didactic and on-the-job training, I saw a direct link between the engineering work I was doing and our company’s core mission of launching healthcare careers. This makes every project feel urgent and meaningful.

What advice would you give a jobseeker hoping to join Stepful?

Stepful employees genuinely live our company values. A successful job seeker will resonate with these principles — ”Care First,” “Learn Quickly,” “Build Together” and “Own It” — as they are fundamental to our culture. We encourage you to let these values guide your approach throughout the application process, from how you navigate the job listing to how you solve problems presented in interviews.

On the engineering team, we specifically look for candidates who demonstrate these values. For instance, a great candidate might show they care first by being deeply product-minded, focusing on delivering a high-quality product that provides a joyful experience for our students. Our product engineers work in close collaboration with the product team to ensure this happens. Alternatively, a strong candidate could be someone who shows they own it by taking on any project or task, big or small, and seeing it through to completion. Our engineers are given a great deal of ownership and aren’t afraid to make informed decisions about their work. By embodying these values, you’ll not only succeed in our interview process but also thrive as a member of our team.