Full Stack Engineer

Our Mission


Radically improve learning for the world's 1.5 billion school students. We believe all students should have access to modern and engaging learning experiences. Our digital learning platform with curriculum aligned textbooks aims to redefine modern learning by increasing student engagement and allowing for more progressive teaching methods. Kognity is used by 1052 schools across 112 countries and we’ve just raised $20M to launch in the US. Come join us and build truly meaningful products for the world’s young people.






Responsibilities
Improve accessibility, scalability, customisation, and build new features and functionality into our platform to enhance the entire learning experience for school children and teachers all over the world.
Work full stack from infrastructure, deployment, databases, to front end.
Work in small cross functional product teams with Product Managers and UX Designers to solve customer problems.
Conduct regular code reviews with continuous integration and agile and lean practices.

Requirements
A desire to build meaningful products to improve learning for schoolchildren all over the world.
Real world software engineering experience, regardless of technologies used.
An understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, from design and coding to testing and deployment.
A growth mindset and a passion for learning.
Strong communication skills - both written and verbal.

Benefits
We offer flexible working - you can work from anywhere in Sweden or our Stockholm office, your choice.
Culture - 70 people, 20 nationalities, a shared passion for improving learning for the world’s school children
A yearly budget to spend on health related services - gym memberships, exercise classes etc
30 days of paid vacation every year
MacBook, mobile phone and other nice-to-haves.

Technologies we use
Python for server side programming
Django as a web application framework
Javascript for frontend development
Vue.js as a JavaScript framework
Heroku as a container-based cloud Platform
PostgreSQL for storage
Redis for caching
RabbitMQ as a message broker





Kognity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.


Please note that we do not accept any applications through email due to GDPR.


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