Software Engineer, Raspberry Pi Foundation
£38-44k
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Charity helping young people learn computing and digital making
Be an early applicant
Charity helping young people learn computing and digital making
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
£38-44k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable experience of working as a professional Software Engineer with a focus on web technologies; or having work experience in a different field and looking to transition into Software Engineering through completion of a degree, bootcamp, or similar
- A proactive, pragmatic, and supportive attitude along with being happy to provide and receive constructive feedback
- Experience with a high-level language such as Ruby, JavaScript, or Python along with a database system (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
- A product mindset and the ability to see the bigger picture
- Interpersonal skills (verbal and written communications), with a collaborative approach to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team
- An interest in education, especially around computer science, physical computing, and digital making
- Knowledge of managing infrastructure on platforms such as Heroku, Cloudflare, and AWS
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our team
- You’ll be working on creating educational experiences for young people and educators, helping bring products to life such as our projects site, our Code Club platform or create online experiences for Astro Pi and Coolest Projects
- You’ll need to have good programming and technical skills, an appetite to learn what you don’t know, and a commitment to make a difference for our users
- You’ll work within a supportive, collaborative, and agile team of Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Designers, and fellow Software Engineers
- Together, you will create a variety of digital products and services that support volunteers, educators, and learners
- This is your chance to create products that have a real and positive impact on hundreds of thousands of young people across the world
- Build products, platforms, and services across the Raspberry Pi Foundation, with the goal to create valuable learning experiences
- Collaboratively deliver high-quality working software with measurable impact
- Write elegant and secure code, following a test-driven approach
- Work with Software Engineers and Engineering Managers to improve processes and code quality across our products
- Help to plan the development of our products through technical analysis and evaluation of architectural needs
Application process
- Closing date: 21st April 2025 09:00 GMT
- Phone screen: from application to 2nd May 2025
- First-round interview: w/c Monday 5th May 2025
- Second-round interview: w/c Monday 12th May 2025
Our take
Raspberry Pi includes the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which is a UK-based charity aiming to help young people acquire computing skills, and Raspberry Pi Ltd, which sells low-cost boards and ancillary equipment.
The company's business model involves selling low-cost single board computers and donating all the profits to its foundation. The foundation's activity consists in collaborating with schools to provide students with the opportunity to learn programming skills using its credit-card-sized computer, while also providing training for teachers
The Single Board Computer (SBC) Market size was valued at over $1 billion in 2020. In an attempt to increase its market share, the company raised $45 million in 2021 which was invested in developing its production capacity and expanding its product line of Pi microprocessors. Off the back of two rounds of growth equity funding in 2023, the company aspires to see its little computer being used by kids all over the world in their journey to learn programming.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2021
$45m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Retirement contribution
- Private medical cover
- Family leave policy
- Commitment to flexible working
- Wellbeing programme (Subscription to Headspace, weekly yoga and a dedicated Employee Assistance Programme)
- Life insurance
- Continued learning and development
Company HQ
Cambridge, UK
Leadership
Eben Upton
(CEO)Previously Software Engineer at IBM for 10 months, Founder and CTO at Ideaworks3D for 2 years, Visiting Researcher at Intel Corporation for 7 months and Director of Studies in Computer Science at St John's College - Cambridge for 3 years.
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