Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Job description

MyEdSpace is an education technology platform that connects the best teachers on the planet with the students who need them the most - wherever they are, whatever their means. Backed by $15m in Series A funding from some of the leading investors in the space, we're ready to scale - and we want you to help us build and scale MyEdSpace as part of a collaborative and ambitious team. We're on a mission to make a world-class education accessible to all. We believe that every child deserves access to quality education, regardless of geography or socioeconomic background, to achieve their dreams and build a brighter future. If you’re motivated by solving meaningful problems and creating real impact through your work on a societal level and make a real impact on the world - we’d love to hear from you! YOUR IMPACT AT MYEDSPACE We're building the platform that powers how thousands of families experience online learning with a focus on clarity, strong domain design, and long-term thinking. As we evolve our architecture with new Java/Node.js services and a modern React frontend, your work will shape how these systems fit together and how the product scales. You'll join a team that values engineering fundamentals, product thinking, and a culture where impact matters more than output. This is a place where senior engineers influence direction not just execution. WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR - Strong full-stack engineering experience – Deep backend experience in Java, Node.js, or another modern stack, paired with solid React + TypeScript skills. You're as comfortable building services as you are building the UI that sits on top of them. - AI-augmented engineering – You use AI tools as a natural part of your workflow to accelerate development and explore solutions faster. But you retain strong engineering judgement — you review, challenge, and harden AI-generated code before it reaches production. AI amplifies your thinking; it doesn't replace it. - Engineering fundamentals over frameworks – You think in terms of system design, data modelling, trade-offs, and long-term maintainability. Languages and frameworks are tools — not identity. - Multi-stack pragmatism – Our platform spans Java, Node, React, and some existing PHP systems. You’re comfortable working in real-world production environments and improving systems incrementally as architecture evolves. - Architectural maturity – You understand boundaries, contracts, invariants, and how local decisions impact system coherence over time. - Production ownership – CI/CD, containerisation, cloud environments (AWS), observability — you’re comfortable owning code beyond merge. - Value-driven mindset – You care about solving the right problem sustainably, not just shipping features. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING - Designing and building end-to-end product features across backend services and our React frontend. - Building well-structured, testable backend services and clean, reusable frontend components — with attention to performance, usability, and long-term maintainability. - Contributing to a multi-stack production environment, improving existing systems thoughtfully while helping evolve the overall architecture. - Modelling domains, defining boundaries, and contributing to architectural decisions that keep the system coherent as it scales. - Using AI tools to accelerate development — while reviewing, validating, and refining generated code before it reaches production. - Owning work beyond feature delivery: CI/CD, observability, performance, and production behaviour. - Participating in code reviews and technical discussions with a focus on clarity, trade-offs, and engineering judgement. - Improving reliability, security, and operational robustness as the platform grows. - Raising the engineering bar through thoughtful feedback, pragmatic decisions, and steady improvement rather than dramatic rewrites. OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS 1. People Team Intro (30 mins) A conversation with our recruitment team to get to know each other better. You'll learn more about MyEdSpace and how we work, while we'll explore what motivates you, how you like to collaborate, and whether our ways of working align. 2. Coding Exercise (take-home, 2–3 hours) A take-home exercise to assess practical engineering skills — architecture, clean code, testing, and problem-solving. We strongly encourage you to use AI coding tools during the exercise. 3. Technical Interview (1 hour) We'll review your coding exercise together and use it as a springboard into a deeper conversation about your engineering approach — past projects, technical decisions, and systems thinking. This session is joined by our tech leads and/or another engineer 4. Culture & Collaboration Interview (45 mins) A closing conversation with our VP of Engineering to assess team fit, communication style, and alignment with our values and ways of working. ✨ Our values PUT INTEGRITY FIRST Honesty matters. Tell the truth, and be straight-up. Be transparent and do the right thing. This builds respect and reliability for our students, families and team members. KNOW YOUR COORDINATES Understand where you are and where you want to get to. Know your strengths and acknowledge your gaps. Think from first principles. Question things, and never pretend to know what you don't. RAISE THE BAR Own it and get it done. Do better. Iterate quickly and seek feedback. Deliver real value. Be excellent and lift others up. Share learnings and help your teammates improve. LOVE TO BE WRONG Push boundaries. Be outside your comfort zone. Naturally you'll get some things wrong and that's okay. Embrace feedback. Learn from it and get closer to excellence. WIN TOGETHER To achieve our mission, we have to work together. We all have a role to play, so help each other get there. We’re stronger as a team so inspire, support and respect each other. 🙋 Why you’ll love working here We’re a team on a mission to transform education for the better. Joining MES means you’ll be part of something ambitious, fast-moving, and full of purpose. Here’s what you can expect: - The chance to make a real impact: your work directly shapes the future of education. - A fast-paced and high-growth environment where ideas move quickly and careers accelerate. - A collaborative, supportive culture: we’re head quartered in the UK, but we’re a global team with colleagues in 15+ countries, bringing a rich mix of perspectives and energy. We are committed to building a diverse team and strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We believe diverse perspectives make us stronger and help us build a better product for students around the world.