ABOUT READY EDUCATION

Trusted by 700+ institutions to build communities and drive retention, Ready Education is the leading mobile student engagement platform (7 million active users) on a mission to improve student success in higher education worldwide.
As one new SaaS company, formed in 2021 from StuComm (NL), Collabco (UK), AppScho (FR), and Ready Education (NA), we’ve entered a period of aggressive growth. The opportunity to work on a new global software platform makes it an exciting time to join in.
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Ready Education is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status

ROLE PURPOSE

Our team at Ready Education is empowering institutions worldwide to build and engage their campus community by improving communications and experiences that increase retention and drive student success. This role is central to delivering on this mission, as you will lead the technical strategy and execution for web applications that students use daily to thrive.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing communications and experiences that boost retention and drive student success. You’ll lead the technical strategy and execution for web applications that students rely on daily.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be part of our growing UK Engineering Team of five members.
• Lead backend development efforts, ensuring code meets business and user requirements while adhering to our coding and quality standards.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in applications, databases, and servers.
• Guide and collaborate with team members through code reviews, pair programming, and other collaborative development activities.
• Plan, implement, and diagnose backend development work.
• Work with QA to deliver features in an easily testable manner.
• Contribute to technical design and provide accurate estimates for work.
• Prioritize and manage your workload while assisting other team members as needed.
• Evaluate risks in technical decisions and adopt suitable technologies.
• Produce technical documentation.
• Improve the use of Grafana or similar tools for product observability.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience developing applications in the cloud, particularly Azure, with knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Functions, or Cloud Services.
• 5+ years experience with.NET Core 6+ and C# on web applications.
• Knowledge of one or more data storage technologies, such as Cosmos DB, Table Storage, Azure SQL, or Elasticsearch.
• Proficiency with Git and branching strategies (we use GitFlow).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools, such as Prometheus, Application Insights, or Grafana.
• Strong diagnostic and debugging skills.
• Understanding of cloud platforms, specifically Azure.
• A passion for teaching and helping others learn.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate and lead effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Candidates must reside in the United Kingdom and be able to work fully aligned with the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) zone.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ROLE

• Knowledge of Microsoft Service Fabric.
• Experience with deployment automation tools like Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of agile methodologies, particularly Scrum.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform or ARM templating.
• Familiarity with Application Gateways as part of a microservices architecture, specifically Kong.
• Knowledge of the education sector.
• Experience with Node.js on backend services.