Software Engineer

Job Description

We desperately need someone who does real software engineering, not just 'theory' teaching

We are building the future of tech education.

A learning portal powered by AI, with real courses, not just slides or videos. We need someone who writes production-grade code and can teach it. If "you actually build stuff" is your baseline, read on.

*What pains we are feeling now*

These are the problems keeping us up at night:

• Our learning platform is brittle. Adding new courses, new assignments, new content types feels like wrestling spaghetti.
• Students complain we don't ship features fast enough — especially around interactive labs, feedback loops, auto-grading, or adaptive content.
• We have brilliant AI tools we want to integrate (e.g. auto-feedback on code, adaptive difficulty) but no one to architect and build the core plumbing to support them.
• Our instructors are good, but many have never been full-stack software engineers. We need curriculum creators who know the trade, the frameworks, the pitfalls.
• We want to lead, not follow. That means staying ahead of what students will need: current DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, modern frontend/backends, AI tools.

*What this role will actually solve*

If you join us as Software Engineer & Coding Instructor, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain the core infrastructure for the learning portal: course delivery, lab environments, auto-grading, student dashboards, version control, real-time collaboration etc.
• Lead a small team of instructors / software engineers: mentor them, set coding standards, perform code reviews.
• Build new courses end-to-end: architecture, content, labs, assessments, AI integration.
• Work closely with AI/ML folks to integrate intelligence: e.g. auto-feedback systems, adaptive content paths, error prediction, possibly code completion.
• Shape how we teach: you will not just code, but teach. You'll design and deliver lessons, workshops, projects — ones you yourself would have liked when learning.
• Make technical decisions: stack, frameworks, deployment, auto-scaling, monitoring, CI/CD.

*What we need you to bring*

We don't want someone who just "could teach." We want someone who currently builds and has done it.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with AI/ML tooling (feedback, auto grade, adaptive systems)
• Experience in education technology / learning management systems or platforms
• Prior teaching / mentoring experience
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure) and serverless or containerization
• Open source contributions or published technical content/projects
• Experience integrating AI feedback or code evaluation systems

What you'll own & rewards

• Autonomy: this is a lead role. You will make decisions and define tech roadmap in collaboration with the leadership.
• Impact: what you build will be used by hundreds or thousands of students. The quality, architecture, UX are not just academic — they matter deeply.
• Growth: opportunity to lead, teach, grow the engineering side, curriculum design, possibly build your own team under you.
• Learning: you'll be working with AI/ML folks, educational designers, and other engineers — you'll stretch beyond "just coding."
• Compensation: competitive market rate + equity, benefits, and flexibility.

Who this is not for

You're probably not right for this if:

• You've never shipped production apps, just toy projects or coursework.
• You dislike teaching, explaining, mentoring.
• You prefer solo work only, and hate dealing with content, pedagogy, student feedback.
• You want a role that's "just lecture slides" or "just coding behind the scenes" — we need someone bridging both worlds.

If you read this and thought "YES, that sounds like me"

Apply here:

Send us a note with:

- What large-scale code projects you've architected, built, maintained (include tech stack).

- One example where you taught someone or built educational content: project, workshops, or mentoring.

- Something you built just for yourself (side project / open source) that shows you solve hard problems.

- What you think is the biggest technical/UX challenge in "learning portals with AI" today.

Job Requirements

• 2+ years of software engineering in production environments: backend + frontend + infrastructure.
• Deep experience in at least one modern full-stack web framework (e.g. , Django, Ruby on Rails, Go, etc.), and in modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Svelte, etc.).
• Strong understanding of deployment, scaling, monitoring, CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent code quality habits, test coverage, version control discipline.
• Excellent communication: can explain complicated concepts simply, can write docs, mentor juniors.
• You must believe "learning by doing", "real code", "projects not slides" is how students grow.