International student recruitment platform and study-comparison marketplace
Studyportals operates a two-sided marketplace connecting study seekers to higher education institutions across borders. The tech stack is dominated by PHP and TypeScript with AWS infrastructure (EMR, Redshift, Glue) for data pipeline work, paired with HubSpot and Apollo.io for sales operations — indicating a sales-led growth motion anchored in university customer acquisition. Hiring velocity is accelerating with a 7:4:3 ratio of sales to marketing to engineering roles, reflecting a push to expand international recruitment consulting and optimize the commercial cycle rather than wholesale platform scaling.
Studyportals operates a study-choice platform serving two distinct customer groups: students seeking to compare and discover higher education programs across 3,700+ institutions, and universities looking to reach international student populations through digital marketing and recruitment services. The platform indexes over 270,000 published courses and attracts approximately 40 million annual users. The company sells results-based marketing and analytics services to universities while monetizing student discovery through paid channels (Google Ads, LinkedIn). Operations span the Netherlands (headquarters in Eindhoven), Australia, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, the UK, and the US, with a 150+ person team across 35+ nationalities.
PHP and TypeScript on Node.js, deployed via Docker on AWS (EMR, Redshift, Glue). Sales and marketing tools include HubSpot, Apollo.io, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and Google Ads. Analytics via Google Analytics and Trustpilot.
Headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Operations also in Australia, Mexico, Romania, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Current hiring in Netherlands, Mexico, and China.
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