Impactful Backend Engineer for EdTech (Remote)

Inspiring Teachers; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit educational organization based in the UK is seeking a backend developer to lead the tech team in building a mobile app and management dashboard. Ideal candidates will have strong coding skills, experience with TypeScript, and a passion for EdTech. The role offers competitive nonprofit salaries, remote work, and opportunities to travel to Africa, contributing to impactful educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Benefits

Competitive salary for non-profit

Remote work with travel opportunities

Mission-driven environment

Qualifications

• Experience with building reliable systems.
• Excited about working in a fast-paced non-profit environment.
• Ability to mentor other engineers through code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Take a leading role in re-designing the data replication system.
• Contribute to the modularisation of the platform.
• Establish performance metrics and create dashboards.

Skills

Experience with testing frameworks like Jest

Ability to collaborate effectively

Affinity for working in EdTech

Self-starter initiative

Tools

TypeScript

AWS (Serverless, CDK)

MySQL

React-Native

Node.js

Figma

Job description

A nonprofit educational organization based in the UK is seeking a backend developer to lead the tech team in building a mobile app and management dashboard. Ideal candidates will have strong coding skills, experience with TypeScript, and a passion for EdTech. The role offers competitive nonprofit salaries, remote work, and opportunities to travel to Africa, contributing to impactful educational programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.