A young, high growth SaaS EdTech Start-up are in need of a Backend Software Engineer to complement their team … but first, let’s start with the good stuff!

 

•  Unlimited holiday – Office shuts over Christmas for 14 days too

•  Hybrid working – Can be very flexible with hours etc.

•  WFH budget to make remote working as comfortable as possible - renewed every 6 months!

• Brand new MacBook and AirPods

•  Regular work outings, understanding the value of time away from your desk

•  Be part of a close-knit team

•  Cross-team collaboration

•  Always promote from within - opportunities are endless

 

They're a leading edtech platform that wants to transform how people apply to university. Their platform delivers 21M page views every year, they have a number 1 rated app on the Apple/Google store and currently helps 20% of the UK student market research their university choices; and they'd like your help to get them to 100%.

 

Culture is a huge thing for them and they pride themselves on an inclusive workplace where they make sure their staff are at the very heart of what they do, and they are dedicated to fostering a flexible, fun and mature environment where access to information, development and opportunity is offered to everyone

 

Who do they need?

They are looking for someone who will thrive in a start-up environment and create highly effective and scalable systems. You'll develop and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant, and efficient services that enable their platform to deliver to hundreds of thousands of customers across the globe and be the go-to person and a lead for multiple small development stand-ups.

 

You will be given the tools, autonomy and freedom to make an impact and will be joining an environment where your ideas can flourish.

 

So if you have experience in:

 

• Good, clean coding practices and be able to write testable and maintainable code

• Keeping to a design/development schedule

• Commercial PHP experience and experience with the Laravel PHP Framework

• Experience creating restful APIs

• Database schema design, querying and optimisation

• Good working knowledge of Linux, including command-line

• Git Server administration experience

• GraphQL and Elasticsearch knowledge (not required, but a plus!)

 

Then we want to speak with you, and so will they.

 

They really are an amazing company to work for and they will give you the opportunity to learn, grow and develop your skills in a friendly and encompassing environment.