Sr. Software Engineer, LEGO League

Lego Group; Denmark; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

LEGO Group Education in Denmark is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a brand-new event management system that enables our global partners to organize LEGO League events. You will design, implement, and deliver scalable web features using React and TypeScript, collaborating with Product, Design, and engineering teams.

You will work in LEGO Education Engineering, contribute to API design with REST and GraphQL, and apply Test Driven Development while exploring AI-enabled

Qualifications

• Background with FIRST LEGO League or event planning features is a plus.
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating APIs using REST and GraphQL.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and frameworks such as React; experience with Test Driven Development.
• Ability to leverage AI tools and understand how to integrate AI into products.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of a novel event management system for LEGO League events.
• Engage with global partners to capture needs and translate them into technical specifications and designs.
• Write, update, and optimize clean, scalable, and maintainable code with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Design and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Build interactive, responsive web interfaces with React and ensure UI integrates with servers and third-party services.
• Act as a role model for accountability and timely delivery of team commitments.

Skills

TypeScript

React

REST API

GraphQL

Test Driven Development

AI tools

Job description

Job Description

Join us at LEGO® Education in building a brand-new event management system that empowers our global partners to organize and run LEGO® League events. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping a platform that directly impacts communities of students, coaches and volunteers around the world. Please note: This role is at Manager Specialist skyline, and we do not support relocation.

Core Responsibilities

• Drive developmentof a novel event management system that enables our global partners to organize and run LEGO League events.
• Engage with partners globallyto capture their needs and translate them into technical specifications and system designs.
• Write, update, and optimizeclean, scalable, and maintainable code in close collaboration with teams across the LEGO Group, as well as outside.
• Collaborate across teams by partnering closely with Product, Design, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions and shared outcomes.
• Build interactive, responsive, and user-friendly web interfacestogether with the design teams using React.
• Seamlessly integrateuser interfaces with server architectures and third‑party services.
• Act as a role modelfor accountability, proactively addressing challenges and ensuring the successful delivery of team commitments.
• Play your part in our team succeeding

The LEGO League plays an important role for LEGO Education. The program significantly enhances students’ learning experiences by fostering motivation and inspiration in STEM. It empowers students to discover their potential and capabilities, often revealing to them that they can achieve more than they initially believed.

You will work within LEGO Education Engineering, consisting of a talented team of software, firmware, platform and quality engineers.

Do You Have What It Takes?

Your background can be diverse, but it would be an advantage if you have a background (knowledge or exposure) to FIRST LEGO League or worked with Event Planning features previously. The ideal candidate also brings solid experience in designing, implementing, and integrating APIs using bothREST and GraphQL. You have strong proficiency in TypeScriptand frameworks such as Reactand you have experience within Test Driven Development. Finally, we also expect that you will be used to leveraging AI toolsand a clear understanding of how to integrate AI capabilities into products. As a person, you show a strongteam‑first mentalitythat fosters a collaborative culture combined with a mindset thatchallenges the status quoand drives continuous improvement. You have ahands‑on, proactive, and pragmatic approachto delivering features and improvements as well as anempathetic approachto working within a diverse, global community.

• Experience contributing to or managingopen‑source projects, including writing to a public‑codebase standard and reviewing external contributions.
• Awareness ofprivacy‑by‑design and data minimizationprinciples, particularly when handling data about young participants across multiple regions.
• Experience with connected hardware products

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date.

What’s in it for you?

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.
• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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