Senior Software Engineer

Join the Future of EdTech with Learnosity. Do you want to build products that bring cutting edge AI to millions of learners, have a direct impact on how people learn, and see the results of your work in real world use? At Learnosity , we believe the next chapter of education technology will not be defined by hype, but by teams who can turn complex ideas into reliable, high impact products. AI is a big part of that evolution, alongside strong fundamentals in engineering, learning science, and product thinking. We are looking for exceptional product thinkers who are curious, pragmatic, and motivated by impact. People who want to solve meaningful problems and build products that work in real world learning environments.

About Us

Learnosity is a global leader in assessment and learning technology. Our solutions power the creation, delivery, and analysis of digital assessments used by leading education providers, publishers, businesses and EdTech companies worldwide, reaching millions of learners every year. Our products underpin high stakes assessments and learning experiences, giving us a unique opportunity to shape how learning is measured and understood at scale.

Why Join Us?

• Build from Zero to One : Join us at the most exciting stage of our journey: the very beginning.
• Visibility & Influence : Operate in an environment where there's minimal distance between ideas and decision making, with direct access to senior leadership and the ability to shape meaningful outcomes.
• Pragmatic Innovation : Help shape how AI and other new technologies are applied where they deliver genuine value.
• Build & Scale : Help shape new products while leveraging the platform, customers, and reach of an established global business.
• Real Impact : Build systems and products that directly influence how millions of learners are assessed and supported worldwide.
• Ownership & Collaboration : Take responsibility for your work while collaborating with experienced, thoughtful teammates across engineering, product, and design.
• Growth & Development : Develop your career in an environment that values continuous learning, leadership and long term growth.

If you're motivated by building meaningful products at scale, and want to improve how people learn worldwide, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description

We're looking for Senior Software Engineers to join our team and help bring our new Workforce product roadmap to fruition.

Are you:

• Passionate about using technology to have a massive impact in Education, and excited about using AI to accelerate that mission.
• Eager to use innovative approaches to AI to find ways to answer the hard questions in education.
• Eager to work with stakeholders across the business, from our CEO to key stakeholders in our product organization, to get things done.
• Know how to build and architect software to get from zero to released.
• Have a keen eye for how to prove out complex functionality with real data, and how to tweak and tune to get the best results.
• Always eager to roll up your sleeves and dig in at all stages of the software and product lifecycle - from high level ideation, to working through user stories with the teams to get the product into the hands of users.
• Understand the flexibility needed to release product in the fastest changing technology landscape that we've ever seen before.

Core Goals and Responsibilities

• Design, implement, modify, and support the development of software for Learnosity's Workforce product.
• Lead task planning, estimation, and scheduling, working closely with other teams and management to deliver projects from inception to completion, and ensure documentation is kept up to date.
• Determine root cause for complex software issues and develop practical, efficient, and permanent technical solutions.

Experience and Skills Must haves

• Strong understanding and experience with agile frameworks and practices.
• Strong problem solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• 6+ years of experience as a web applications developer.
• Experience working with Python and Typescript.
• Experience with various database technologies (relational, NoSQL, document oriented, etc.) and query concepts in high performance environments.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests.
• Great knowledge of design patterns and back end architecture best practices.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to various audiences.
• Strong code review skills.Experience mentoring junior developers.

It would be great if you had

• B.Sc or M.Sc degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or similar.
• Commercial experience with AI tools and concepts, including machine learning and large language models.
• Experience of TDD.
• Experience setting up or configuring.