Senior Software Engineer, Steplab
£75-90k
Professional development platform for schools
Open for applications
Professional development platform for schools
21-100 employees
Open for applications
£75-90k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give every teacher access to PD that really works.
Role
Who you are
- Comfortable working across the stack, on our Python (Flask) back-end hosted on AWS, as well as with our web-based front-end
- Excited by the idea of turning ideas into working software quickly, iterating based on feedback, and helping us get great products into the hands of educators without delay.
- Track record of delivering complex web-based software products
Desirable
- Experience in the education sector
What the job involves
- Designing and building a survey platform used by school leaders to gather insights from their staff
- Developing a cutting-edge classroom simulator powered by large language models, to support teacher training and practice
- Refining the onboarding experience to ensure new schools get value from Steplab from day one
- Championing platform security, implementing best practices and proactively identifying areas for improvement
- Building our front-end migration from Jinja2 templates to a modern React + TypeScript architecture
- Collaborating closely with designers and engineers, taking ideas from concept through to production
- Mentoring junior engineers, fostering growth and best practices across the team
- Contributing to product strategy, helping steer the technical direction and long-term vision of Steplab
Application process
- 1. Apply with your profile
- 2. Video call with a tech lead
- 3. Take-home task
- 4. Final interview
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The founders of Steplab have a broad and extensive set of experiences in the education system, from both teaching and operational perspectives. This is why they've built an education solution to tackle industry pitfalls, namely how to measure and improve teaching standards.
The platform harnesses instructional coaching and data-driven insights to improve the quality of teaching. It is an approach that draws on insights from top educational researchers, and empowers institutions to improve the student experience while supporting staff.
The UK is going through something of a crisis in the teaching workforce, as many defect to less stressful and better remunerated positions. A platform, therefore, that can offer an effective way of improving the quality of instruction is likely to prove popular among short-staffed headteachers looking to improve their educational provision.
That momentum has now been strengthened by an investment from Pelican Capital, which is backing Steplab's international expansion and continued product development. Already used by more than 200,000 teachers and many of England's highest-performing schools, the platform is becoming a major player in professional development.
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Insights
50% female employees
Company
Company HQ
Westminster, London, UK
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Leadership
Joshua Goodrich
(Co-Founder & Head of Product)Prior to co-founding Steplab in 2020, Joshua founded Powerful Action Steps where they served as the CEO for 2 years. Before that, they had a career in education, serving as an Assistant Principal at Oasis Academy Southbank and as a Secondary English Teacher at St. Andrews International School.
Ben Abelman
(Co-Founder & Principal Engineer)Ben previously served as a Lead Software Developer at London Academy. Before that, they were a Software Developer, Music Teacher and IT Technician at Dame Alice Owen's School.
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