Full-Stack Engineer, Axiom Maths
£50-60k
1+ day a week in office (London near King's Cross)
Helping children realise the potential of their power
Job no longer available
Helping children realise the potential of their power
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£50-60k
1+ day a week in office (London near King's Cross)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help every child with the heart and head for maths realise the potential of their power.
Role
Who you are
- This is a full-time post but we welcome applicants interested in a part-time role
- You're motivated by Axiom Maths’ mission to help every child with the head and heart for maths realise the potential of their power
- You have at least three years of professional software development experience, or equivalent. Including: 1) PHP and Symfony - or running Python web services. 2) Front-end development, including Typescript and React. 3) A relational database, such as Postgres
- You have owned a technical product, platform, or project - and added features to it over time in response to user needs
- You have experience of working alongside non-technical stakeholders elsewhere in their organisation, communicating technical ideas or trade-offs with clarity
- You have some experience of system design, and be confident suggesting simple, extensible solutions to problems
- You embody our values—striving for excellence, moving with momentum, helping others succeed, and achieving more through collaboration
- You have the right to work in the UK
- You're committed to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding of all pupils
- You're committed to upholding data protection standards, ensuring compliance with GDPR
- You're willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check
Desirable
- You have been in a small tech team (or team of one) before
- You have had a non-technical manager before
- You have experience with css frameworks like Tailwind, or SSR frameworks like next
- You have experience with docker, or a cloud deployment platform like AWS or Heroku
- You have worked on a migration project or inherited an existing codebase before
What the job involves
- Refining the existing tech stack in collaboration with the Head of Data & Systems, providing technical insight for new features and ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and meet user needs
- Reviewing the back-end architecture of our data platform, ensuring robust business logic, data integrity, and performance
- Migrating and transforming data from various sources into a dedicated relational database system, prioritising reliability, security, and compliance
- Developing and maintaining integrations, APIs, and data flows between the data platform and other systems
- Collaborating with team members to refine front-end features based on user feedback, enabling an intuitive, high-quality user experience
- Monitoring and improving system performance, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining clear, up-to-date documentation
- Continuously monitoring industry trends, best practices, and emerging tools, anticipating future demands and refining the tech stack to ensure our systems remain future-proof, cost-effective, and aligned with our mission
Application process
- Stage 1 – Respond to three short application questions and share your CV including your full career history by midnight on Sunday 2 March
- Stage 2 – First round interviews on Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 March (remote)
- Stage 3 – Technical interview, date TBD (remote)
- Stage 4 - Panel interview, date TBD (Axiom Maths office in London)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Every year, thousands of students struggle to maintain strong maths grades after primary school. Around 30,000 top performers don't achieve high GSCE results, and disadvantaged students often fall behind, highlighting the need for additional support to help them reach their full potential.
Axiom Maths is addressing this challenge by partnering with schools to develop confident, skilled problem-solvers. Through its programme, Axiom helps students with the passion and ability for maths grow their skills and confidence, ensuring they have the support they need to succeed.
Already, the impact of Axiom is clear, with students making significant progress in tackling complex problems and gaining confidence in their abilities. With plans to expand, Axiom is in an exciting position to continue empowering students across the UK.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Company benefits
- Annual leave: 27 days leave + bank holidays, increasing by 1 day after 2 years tenure (up to 30 days
- Pension: 11% employer contribution
- Flexible working: We work flexibly by default, and value outcomes not hours worked. Most roles work from the office one day a week. All our team are empowered to organise their work in a way that balances their work and life
- Setup cost covered: We offer a £500 allowance to purchase equipment for working from home. A laptop is also provided
- Employee assistance programme: All our employees have access to a confidential employee assistance programme, which provides information and advice on a wide range of topics affecting your work or personal life
- Books: Any employee can expense the purchase of any book that they believe will help make them better at their job
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
David Thomas
(CEO)Previously co-founded Oak National Academy. Also spent time as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State for Education at the Department for Education, Regional Director at Astrea Academy Trust, and Strategy Director at Inspiration Trust.
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