Software Engineer

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.