Compensation

Competitive

Contract type

Full time

Remote working

Technologies & frameworks

Redis
MySQL
ElasticSearch
MobX
PHP
React
PostgreSQL
Node.js
symfony

Benefits & perks

Remote working
Flexible working
Flexible vacation

You will build your own new remote team to shape together the future of Education

Role overview

As we are expanding our Engineering Team, we are looking for a passionate Team Leader who is excited about shaping the future of Education

As an Engineering Team Leader, you will scale and optimize our Education platform by developing highly interactive front-end components that allow students and teachers to work in groups and communicate effectively.

Equally important, you will build a remote team and lead your fellow software engineers by developing their skills and fostering a culture of open communication and support.

Together with the Product Team your goal will be to make the user experience increasingly user-centered and frictionless.

Our technology stack consists of React, MobX and Styled Components for the frontend and PHP, Symfony, NodeJs, Golang, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis and Elasticsearch for the backend. In general we always try to evaluate the most suitable technology to achieve our goals, the evaluation and test of new technologies is part of our DNA.

About you

Basic Qualifications

4+ years of professional experience in a similar role
4+ years of professional experience in software development overseeing and contributing to critical software and systems architecture decisions
Knowledge of at least one object-oriented or functional development language
Good knowledge of relational and non-relational databases
Experience in developing, writing, and delivering user stories
Knowledge of QA methodologies including test planning.
Ability to attract, hire and inspire top-notch engineers
Experience in managing full remote engineering teams
Ability to advocate for and facilitate continuous improvement and learning
Strong communication (synchronous and asynchronous) skills, both written and oral, and the ability to interface with cross-functional teams
Native English speakers or C1 level

Preferred Qualifications

Work experience in SaaS product companies
Experience in building e-commerce and/or marketplaces

What we offer

Competitive salary
+30 days of paid leave
100% remote work
A learning environment where you can build upon your skills and interests, we support you with a yearly personal development budget (up to € 1200 / year)
Flat hierarchy where your voice can be heard, welcomed, and appreciated at all levels in the organization.
A diverse, inclusive, and multicultural working environment

WeSchool

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WeSchool is the leading Italian EdTech startup. We are on a mission to ensure learning never stops by empowering educators and students to innovate learning by making it more inclusive, collaborative and engaging way of learning. WeSchool partners with the most important Italian and global companies in the banking, ICTs, energy and publishing industries to close the gap between education and the future of work. We transfer organizations' know how to students in schools to increase their engagement, motivation and commitment in building the world of tomorrow. We provide a collaborative learning platform that, during the outbreak of the COVID19 pandemic, has enabled 1.7M (20% of) Italian students not to miss school - the only Italian platform among the three recommended by the Italian Ministry of Education, the other 2 platforms being Google and Microsoft - and to amplify their learning experience by leveraging digital tools. Founded in 2016, WeSchool has recently closed a Series A funding round (P101, Azimut, CDP Venture Capital, TIM Ventures).