Embark

Embark's online admissions software has powered more than 14 million student applications to hundreds of universities and fellowships globally.

Founded 1995
1-15 employees
  • Information Systems
  • Education
  • Headquarters address
    175 Greenwich St., Fl 59, New York, NY 10007

    PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

    Since 1995, Embark has been the leading provider of online application and admissions software to colleges, universities, and fellowship programs around the world. In the nearly two decades our company has been in business, our hosted solution has provided a platform for more than 14 million students to apply and hundreds of institutions to manage their evaluation and admissions process. Clients include NYU, the Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships, and hundreds of programs internationally.

    Our new service matches students with educational opportunities - a Priceline for University Education that takes the stress out of the college admissions process for students and institutions.

    Do you love technology and have a soft spot for academia? Come join our amazing team and help build the future of Education.

    LEADERSHIP
    Sarita James is Embark’s CEO, responsible for management of the company with a focus on growth. Prior to Embark, Sarita held executive roles at Citigroup, including Chief Operating Officer of Citi Ventures. She has experience building software at Microsoft Corporation where she received two patents and advising technology companies as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Sarita has a passion for education and the public sector. Under the Obama administration, she served as a White House Fellow and Acting Branch Chief of the Small Business Administration’s Microloan program. During Mayor Bloomberg’s second term, she ran the Strategy and Policy division for New York City Economic Development Corporation.

    Tech stack

    MongoDB, JSON, JavaScript, HTML, Angular JS, Node, AWS, Elasticsearch, Angular 2, EC2, Heroku, Node.JS, Express

    Benefits

    Compensation and retirement

    401k plan

    Health and wellness

    Insurance (Health)
    Insurance (Dental)
    Insurance (Vision)

    Vacation and time off

    Paid time off
    Unlimited time off
    Paid holidays

    Values and quality of life

    Catered meals
    Embark - Company Photo
    Embark - Company Photo