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Oak National Academy • UK - Remote Working

Software Engineer

Employment type:  Full time
Salary:  £60,217 per annum

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top 3 scores:
100%

Location flexibility

97%

Role modelling

95%

Hours flexibility

Job Description

Oak is looking to hear from an experienced Software Engineer with knowledge of Typescript, Postgres and GraphQL. We are looking for an engineer with goals to grow their career by working in a cross-functional team in an Agile environment. 

We’re looking for a self-motivated person to work alongside our engineering and product to deliver highly-performant products. We’re looking for an engineer who is driven by quality and is passionate about good code. We work remotely and flexibly, and we are more concerned about outcomes than minutes at the screen.

At Oak, you make a real difference by working with products and innovations that enable all school pupils access to a high-quality curriculum.

Your role will include:

  • Development of highly performant ed-tech applications that are secure, scalable, highly available and accessible to the widest number of users that meet Government Digital Service standards
  • Lead the team on specific areas of the system, infrastructure, or code base
  • Take an active role in the design and implementation of new processes and tools that improve the user or developer experience
  • Provide mentorship for a less experienced colleagues

You will need:

  • Professional experience building high-performing web applications with modern Javascript libraries and tools.
  • Experience collaborating with product teams to develop high-quality products with large customer impact.
  • Knowledge of common web application architectures with some experience architecting simple technical solutions based on product requirements and design.
  • Experience in extending automated test suites and an understanding of the value of different types of testing (e.g. unit vs integration).
  • Desire to build beautiful, easy-to-use digital products with an understanding of the importance of accessibility in all its forms.
  • Great communication and collaborative skills

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE ROLE EARLY

The role is full-time (36 hours) and we work a 4.5 day week or 9 day fortnight (alternate Fridays or half Fridays off). This is a predominantly remote role with occasional in-person events and activities.

We offer flexible working where you can base yourself at home or in an office; whichever works best for you. We believe in continually getting better as an organisation and as individuals and so there are plenty of opportunities for growth and a generous Learning and Development policy. Our team is supported with generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave so that their families get a fantastic start.

If Oak sounds like somewhere you could do your life’s best work then we would love to hear from you. We use Applied platform to support diversity in our recruitment.

Oak is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We particularly encourage applications from Black and minority ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented.

Oak is looking to hear from an experienced Software Engineer with knowledge of Typescript, Postgres and GraphQL. We are looking for an engineer with goals to grow their career by working in a cross-functional team in an Agile environment. 

We’re looking for a self-motivated person to work alongside our engineering and product to deliver highly-performant products. We’re looking for an engineer who is driven by quality and is passionate about good code. We work remotely and flexibly, and we are more concerned about outcomes than minutes at the screen.

At Oak, you make a real difference by working with products and innovations that enable all school pupils access to a high-quality curriculum.

Your role will include:

  • Development of highly performant ed-tech applications that are secure, scalable, highly available and accessible to the widest number of users that meet Government Digital Service standards
  • Lead the team on specific areas of the system, infrastructure, or code base
  • Take an active role in the design and implementation of new processes and tools that improve the user or developer experience
  • Provide mentorship for a less experienced colleagues

You will need:

  • Professional experience building high-performing web applications with modern Javascript libraries and tools.
  • Experience collaborating with product teams to develop high-quality products with large customer impact.
  • Knowledge of common web application architectures with some experience architecting simple technical solutions based on product requirements and design.
  • Experience in extending automated test suites and an understanding of the value of different types of testing (e.g. unit vs integration).
  • Desire to build beautiful, easy-to-use digital products with an understanding of the importance of accessibility in all its forms.
  • Great communication and collaborative skills

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE ROLE EARLY

The role is full-time (36 hours) and we work a 4.5 day week or 9 day fortnight (alternate Fridays or half Fridays off). This is a predominantly remote role with occasional in-person events and activities.

We offer flexible working where you can base yourself at home or in an office; whichever works best for you. We believe in continually getting better as an organisation and as individuals and so there are plenty of opportunities for growth and a generous Learning and Development policy. Our team is supported with generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave so that their families get a fantastic start.

If Oak sounds like somewhere you could do your life’s best work then we would love to hear from you. We use Applied platform to support diversity in our recruitment.

Oak is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We particularly encourage applications from Black and minority ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented.

Company benefits

4.5-day week
Open to part-time employees
Co-working space allowance – all colleagues can work from home or we pay for a flexi-desk space at a location of their choosing
Non-contributory pension – generous 11% employer contribution with employee contribution optional and/or flexible
Enhanced maternity leave – day one entitlement to enhanced maternity pay
Personal development budgets – access to personalised L&D budgets to support current role and future development
Company shutdown periods – all colleagues get 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 with service) plus bank holidays and 5 company shutdown days (usually around Christmas/New Year)
Life assurance
Mental health platform access
Work from anywhere scheme – subject to safe and secure internet access, colleagues can work from a non-UK location for some weeks of the year
Open to job sharing
Adoption leave – day one entitlement for enhanced adoption pay
Wellbeing allowance
Enhanced sick days
9-day fortnight
Early finish Fridays
Home office set up
Enhanced WFH tools
Enhanced sick pay – Day one entitlement to full pay for sickness absence
Compassionate leave
Cinema discounts
Employee assistance programme
Shared parental leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Carer’s leave
Life insurance
Company wide holidays/offsites
Teambuilding days
L&D budget
Employee discounts
Work from home budget

We asked employees of Oak National Academy what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
100%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
95%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
87%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
84%
Employees feel that they can find the perfect balance of life and work
Role modelling
97%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
93%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
76%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
85%
Employees feel like the company culture is brilliantly inclusive and equitable
Culture
92%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
95%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
85%
Employees are very happy with their salaries and feel that it is well above the market average

Working at Oak National Academy

Company employees

96

Gender diversity (male:female)

39:61

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