Principal Software Engineer

Noon-The Social Learning Platform; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Noon-The Social Learning Platform is seeking a mid-senior software engineer in London to strengthen their tech team. The ideal candidate will have extensive backend development experience, specifically with Java/Spring Boot, and a passion for mentoring. This role presents a unique opportunity to impact students' learning worldwide while ensuring high engineering standards and engaging technology.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Scheme

Generous maternity & paternity leave

Pension scheme with Royal London

Hybrid working (2 days in office)

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in backend development.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems.
• Ability to mentor and empower others.

Responsibilities

• Become the Subject Matter Expert for your area.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Set high standards for software engineering practices.

Skills

Backend development

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Technical decision making

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

Kubernetes

Job description

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Noon's mission is to radically change the way people learn, with a primary focus on the Middle East, where the company has its roots and where the need and urgency to improve education are highest.

We have taught over 12 million students successfully with our remote learning products. Our next big challenge is to build a network of schools, supported by top teachers and driven by technology and innovation, to positively impact even more lives.

Why work at Noon?

• The opportunity to have a real impact on millions of students.
• A strong leadership and engineering team to learn from.
• A solid runway: we recently closed our Series B and have substantial recurring revenue.

About the role

We’re seeking proactive problem solvers eager to work across our entire tech stack. You are self-motivated, able to work independently, and possess a strong product sense, creating experiences that are not just functional but engaging and fun—after all, we’re building for teenagers! You have a growth mindset, a passion for continuous learning, and a drive to help others learn too.

Responsibilities

• Become the Subject Matter Expect for your area.
• Making tough technical decisions putting in balance velocity, serviceability, sustainability.
• Setting and holding a high bar of software engineering practices – design, coding, test.
• Being a mentor to members across the software engineering organisation.
• Participate in the team’s on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with product, design, operations, and learning teams to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in backend development using Java/Spring Boot or equivalent.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes).
• Deep understanding of system software, specially distributed systems.
• Experience designing and delivering complex systems into production, and supporting them post-production.
• Empowering and mentoring is important to you and you love teaching your skills and approach to others.
• When you speak, people listen and trust your expert opinion. You inspire people to follow you thanks to your skill in your craft.

Company Benefits

At present, we are offering the following:

• 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 days statutory bank holidays Noon’s annual leave.
• Hybrid Working( 2 days in the office per week) based in our central London office, where the core of our tech team is located.
• Generous maternity& paternity leave
• Private Medical Scheme
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance
• 5% Employer Contribution // 3% Employee Contribution
• A generous pension scheme with Royal London

Interview Process

Live Coding ->System Design ->Behavioural interview.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Primary and Secondary Education

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