What will I be doing? š©āš»šØāš»
Leading parts of the product from inception to launch, and own large parts of the productās execution.
Working with our Sales and frontend team to build products with the goal of delighting and increasing the success of our users.
Architecting, building, testing, and releasing product-facing features.
Contributing to our side projects and free tools for the education industry.
What do I need? š¤
1-2 years of industry experience in a software engineering role, preferably building a SaaS product. You can demonstrate significant impact that your work has had on the product and/or the team.
Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language (for example, PHP, Python, etc.) but it doesnāt need to be a language that we use here! Great people are effective and learn what we use quickly (or introduce us to better ways of working)
Deep knowledge of SQL Databases
Experience with scalable distributed systems, both built from scratch as well as on AWS primitives
Willingness to learn and use new technologies
Extremely data-driven
Ability to debug complex systems
Brownie points š°
Using a framework (for example, Laravel, Code Igniter, Django)
Understanding of containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) along with ability to deploy to AWS ECS (or similar tools)
Feel free to apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. As long as you're a quick learner, and are excited about changing the status quo for tech recruitment, we're happy to support you as you come up to speed with our tech stack.
Perks š
Flexible vacation
Take a tutorial, on us
Monthly remote meals
Tech stack šØ
PHP
Laravel
NodeJS
VueJS
Ionic Angular
Digital Ocean
AWS
MySQL
Why Classcard? š
We are still in the early stages of our journey. You will be working closely with our users, acting on both their feedback and what our data says. Things you build here will have tremendous impact on both our business and Classcard as a company.
What happens after I apply? š¤
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Quick phone call with a member of our engineering team to find out more about your experience and why you want to work at Classcard.
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Video interview:
Technical discussion with a senior engineer
Pairing on an interesting problem
Meet the founders

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