EdTech Software Engineer

at  Imperial College London

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ABOUT THE ROLE

We have a new opportunity in the Department of Computing for an EdTech Software Engineer.
Imperial College’s Department of Computing is a world-leading department of Computer Science with a reputation for excellence in both teaching and research. The Department runs a variety of degree programmes with a total of around 1000 taught students.
The smooth operation of all our teaching activities depends on a variety of software systems and tools, many of which are developed in-house by our EdTech team. We aim to provide both staff and students with modern, reliable, effective and innovative tools to support their teaching and learning.
You will be part of a team that takes end-to-end responsibility for these systems - identifying user needs and engaging stakeholders in a collaborative manner, implementing features using modern software engineering practices, and supporting and maintaining applications running in production to ensure reliable operation.

WHAT YOU WOULD BE DOING

You will be part of the EdTech team that provides a model for modern software engineering within the department. Our team members not only develop software, but also engage in teaching and mentoring activities with our students, particularly in areas related to practical computing skills and software engineering.
As a leading academic computing department, we are well-placed to innovate in the EdTech space, applying the latest computing research (for example in AI and Machine Learning) to education. Our colleagues and students are highly engaged and have a deep knowledge of and interest in technology.
Our team develops systems in a range of technologies, but our current core technologies are Python (with Flask and FastAPI) for backend services, and TypeScript (with React) for frontend. The team are enthusiastic exponents of TDD, DevOps and continuous delivery.
The ideal candidate for this role is someone who has strong expertise in modern software development techniques, who also enjoys teaching and mentoring and wants to help pass these skills on to the next generation of engineers.