Software Engineer

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. You'll be working on creating educational experiences for young people and educators, helping bring products to life such as our projects site, our Code Club platform or create online experiences for Astro Pi and Coolest Projects. You'll need to have good programming and technical skills, an appetite to learn what you don't know, and a commitment to make a difference for our users.

You'll work within a supportive, collaborative, and agile team of Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Designers, and fellow Software Engineers. Together, you will create a variety of digital products and services that support volunteers, educators, and learners. This is your chance to create products that have a real and positive impact on hundreds of thousands of young people across the world.

Responsibilities

• Build products, platforms, and services across the Raspberry Pi Foundation, with the goal to create valuable learning experiences
• Collaboratively deliver high-quality working software with measurable impact
• Write elegant and secure code, following a test-driven approach
• Work with Software Engineers and Engineering Managers to improve processes and code quality across our products
• Help to plan the development of our products through technical analysis and evaluation of architectural needs

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here. We also welcome applicants from non-traditional backgrounds, such as those returning to work, leaving military service, or having recently changed careers.

• Demonstrable experience of working as a professional Software Engineer with a focus on web technologies; or having work experience in a different field and looking to transition into Software Engineering through completion of a degree, bootcamp, or similar
• A proactive, pragmatic, and supportive attitude along with being happy to provide and receive constructive feedback
• Experience with a high-level language such as Ruby, JavaScript, or Python along with a database system (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• A product mindset and the ability to see the bigger picture
• Interpersonal skills (verbal and written communications), with a collaborative approach to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team
• An interest in education, especially around computer science, physical computing, and digital making
• Knowledge of managing infrastructure on platforms such as Heroku, Cloudflare, and AWS