Senior Product Engineer (EdTech)

TL;DR

Senior Product Engineer (EdTech): Developing and advancing the core of an automation tool for school management, focusing on high-impact features and system reliability. Focus on designing high-performance asynchronous services, architecting scalable APIs, and optimizing cloud-native solutions within AWS.

Location: Remote (Must be based in the UK, visa sponsorship not provided)

Salary: £70,000 – £80,000

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to transform schools by providing MIS and management tools that create happier working lives for staff.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product and engineering leads to solutionize feature requests for the Arbor Workflows product.
• Consistently deliver on an ambitious product roadmap.
• Lead the creation of detailed documentation with diagrams for new features.
• Drive the development and implementation of advanced tests, ensuring high test coverage.
• Produce well-architected, efficient, and scalable code using industry-leading patterns.
• Take a leadership role in code reviews and pair programming sessions, mentoring colleagues.

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing and building high-performance, asynchronous services using Node.js and modern TypeScript.
• Advanced understanding and application of software engineering principles (SOLID, DRY).
• Deep, hands-on experience designing, deploying, and optimising cloud-native solutions using the AWS Serverless ecosystem (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, Event Bridge, Fargate).
• Proven ability to architect and write scalable RESTful APIs within a service-oriented ecosystem.
• Proactive problem-solver with a strategic, systems-level mindset regarding infrastructure, security, and cost optimisation within AWS.
• Demonstrated leadership qualities through collaboration and mentorship.
• A team player with a driven personality who actively participates in discussions.
• Expertise in various relational database technologies.
• English: Good written and spoken English required.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise solutions and large-scale systems.
• Familiarity with Scrum methodology or other agile development processes.
• Experience with building, deploying, and running services on AWS.
• Experience with Docker and containerisation.
• PostgreSQL experience.
• Familiarity with software best practices such as Refactoring, Clean Code, Domain-Driven Design, Test-Driven Development.

Culture & Benefits

• A dedicated wellbeing team with initiatives like mindfulness, manager training, and mental health first aid.
• 32 days holiday (25 annual leave + 7 company-wide days over Easter, Summer & Christmas).
• Life Assurance paid out at 3x annual salary.
• Comprehensive wellness benefit (AIG Smart Health: 24/7 virtual GP, mental health support, counselling, personalised health checks).
• Private Dental Insurance with Bupa.
• Salary sacrifice Pension provided by Scottish Widows.
• Enhanced maternity (20 weeks full pay) and paternity (6 weeks full pay) leave, plus maternity coaching sessions.
• Access to services like Calm and Bippit (financial wellbeing coaching).
• Flexible working championed; open to discussion.
• Social committees for team, office, and company-wide events.
• Dedicated professional development training budget (CPD courses, upskilling resources, professional memberships).
• Volunteer with a charity of your choice for a day each year.
• Dog-friendly offices.

Hiring process

• Phone screen
• 1st stage interview
• 2nd stage interview