Senior Full Stack Developer (BibliU - EdTech)
Kandidate, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Full Stack Software Developer
Location: Remote (UK and U.S., only)
Experience: 2+ years of Node.js and Javascript
BibliU is a digital learning platform that is changing the future of the multi-billion-dollar textbook industry. Our mission is to shake up higher education and make reading materials more accessible and learning more effective. We do this by making textbooks and monographs more affordable for students, so that in most cases, they are included in tuition costs. We have incorporated accessibility features to accommodate multiple learning styles and the different needs and preferences of each student.
BibliU has grown rapidly, and during this time we have created Europe's largest digital education content programme, in partnership with Coventry University. Upon entering the US market, we have secured the largest digital textbook programmes in the US with Phoenix and Grand Canyon Universities.
We are working with over 60% of universities in the United Kingdom, and are steadily growing in the US . We have recently raised $10 million in a Series A investment round (you can read more about this on Sky News and EdSurge) and have ambitious plans for continued growth and expansion.
Our team of 40, of which half the senior management team are women, are currently seeking intuitive engineers to work within a global, cross-functional, product-driven team.
Requirements
The Team:
BibliU we operate with a number of different Engineering teams. You would be joining the Content amp; Scalability team which is responsible for:
- Services that process the eBooks on the platform, so they can be rendered in the BibliU application,
- Services that process and expose the metadata and pricing information of content,
- Tools and other products (e.g. dashboards) that internal teams use,
- Building our services to scale with the ever growing needs of the industry in mind
Areas of Responsibility
As a senior software engineer you will be responsible for:
- Contributing to architectural discussions and helping us make technical implementation decisions
- Building new features for our existing products
- Troubleshooting issues and maintaining our existing stack
- Communicating with external stakeholders about technical implementations
- Coaching and supporting junior developers within the team
Benefits
Our benefits are all aimed at supporting a healthy work-life balance and cultivating a company culture where you can bring your whole, human self to work.
43 days if you work 9:00-6:30pm or equivalent hours (with a 1 hour lunch break). This includes public and bank holidays.
- 43 days of holiday
- Flexible working
- Annual company and developer retreats
- Equal paternity and maternity cover
- Birthday day off (in addition to annual leave)
Fostering community is important to us. The BibliU book club meets (virtually) every 6 weeks and we have an active Women's Network. We host two weekly company meetings, allowing us to listen to all employees and collaborate to empower each other and work together to improve our culture.
We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds, experiences and identities to apply. Each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective and BibliU is committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can do rewarding work.