Principal Software Engineer, Noon Academy

Product Engineering

Salary not provided

React

TypeScript

Redux

React Native

JavaScript

WebSocket

Expert level

London

2-3 days a week in office (26 Rushworth St, London SE1 0RB)

To radically change the way people learn

Job no longer available

To radically change the way people learn

101-200 employees

B2CEducationLearningMobile

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

React

TypeScript

Redux

React Native

JavaScript

WebSocket

Expert level

London

2-3 days a week in office (26 Rushworth St, London SE1 0RB)

101-200 employees

B2CEducationLearningMobile

Company mission

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're building a network of modern schools with over 12 million students, supported by top teachers and with technology at its heart.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

As an individual, you will be self-motivated working autonomously to build parts of the platform solving problems as you encounter them
8+ years of strong programming skills in Java, Go, or similar languages
Understanding of database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc
Experience with source control systems and continuous integration/deployment
Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers
Desire to learn new things and to help others learn too
Excited to build great products
Experience building highly scalable backend web services, dealing with low latency API services, scaling them
Cloud technologies such as AWS
Enthusiasm to learn new technologies like Spring, GraphQL, Kafka, ElasticSearch, k8s, Graph DBs and other tech we use
Whatever your background if you love solving technical challenges and love building products people love we want to talk with you. You don't need to know everything, it's more important for having a passion for learning

What the job involves

As a principal Engineer you will be part of an elite team of highly talented individuals all from diverse backgrounds, all working together to push the boundary of the art of the possible
Working closely with product managers, you will be solving problems that have the potential to change the lives of millions of students and teachers across the globe
You will work closely with product and platform teams to identify and build the key technical components needed to power our app
You will be responsible for comparing various solutions options and propose the right one based on well articulated trade-offs
You will work closely with the site reliability engineering teams to ensure the solution is robust and scalable

Application process

Exploration call with recruiter-> Live coding interviews (algorithms) -> system design -> behavioural interview.

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Initially founded as a test prep website in 2013, Noon has grown to become a deeply comprehensive social learning platform that enables students to study with a group of friends, compete against one another, and even join teacher-led classes.

The company empowers over 100k teachers and 12M students across 8 countries to further their knowledge and advance their skills through its unique, interactive platform. Noon opened a new office in London, strengthening its position as an up-and-coming leader in the industry.

Noon is one of the top 10 most funded ed-tech startups in the MENA region and enjoyed a $40 million Series B in 2023. The company has its sights set on global expansion over the next two to three years, whilst enhancing its AI solutions.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

30% female employees

-22% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.2)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Nov 2023

$41m

SERIES B

Jun 2019

$8.6m

SERIES A

Total funding: $49.6m

Company benefits

Relocation to the UK including visa sponsorship
Flexi-working hours +hybrid role (2 days in the office per week) based in our central London office
Generous maternity & paternity leave: It’s important to us that all new parents can spend as much precious time with their new bundle(s) of joy, which is why we offer generous maternity and parental leave to our Nooners. A flexible working set-up is also on offer for new parents returning to work too!
25 days annual leave and Christmas office closure days on top
Generous pension scheme – Noon matches up to 5%
Full premium Private Medical Scheme including Family cover
Income Protection and Life Assurance to help you to protect your future
Global Offsites: Biannual company retreats to connect in-person in London Or Riyadh.
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) &Performance-based bonus

Company HQ

London, UK

Leadership

Mohammed Aldhalaan

(CEO)

Co-Founder & former CEO of CloudTech Company. Previously worked as a Senior Credit Analyst at SIDF and was the Strategic Alliances Executive Manager at Elm Company.

Aziz Alsaeed

(COO)

Former Executive Director at C4iCAS. Received their PhD in Computer Science from Newcastle University and was an Assistant Professor at King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.

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