Senior Frontend Developer, Kahoot!
Game-based learning platform
Open for applications
Game-based learning platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make learning awesome. We do this by creating engaging and impactful experiences for our users, and through our vision of building the leading learning platform in the world.
Role
Who you are
- BSc Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- 5+ years of experience with front-end development
- Proficiency in JavaScript and some experience with statically typed languages
- Hands-on experience with a modern framework eg. Angular, React, Vue
- Hands-on experience with state libraries eg, Rxjs, Redux etc
- Hands-on experience with end-to-end testing tools eg. Playwright, Cypress etc
- Experience working on a web app project with a large JavaScript codebase
- Experience with TypeScript
- Git, Git flow, and code reviews
- A great understanding of DOM, HTML, CSS, accessibility, and cross-browser support, including mobile browsers and PWA
- A great understanding of performance, analyzing and debugging,
Desirable
- Backend languages (Node.js, Golang, Ruby, Java)
- Experience with relational databases (eg.MySQL)
- OpenSearch
What the job involves
- Responsibilities include implementing visual elements that ensure easy user interactions with the platform
- You will bridge the gap between the visual interface and server-side infrastructure, taking an active role on both front and back end sides
- This is a challenging position and an amazing opportunity for someone with strong software development skills to shape the future of our platform, as you’ll help define how the application looks and functions
- Work with the rest of the developers to design, build/evolve, and maintain a robust, secure, and flexible global platform
- Take an active role with the product teams to help deliver new features and innovations
- Work with your development to help define API contracts required for features
- Building reusable and tested code and libraries for future use
- Code reviews for your peers
- Take care of the development process from idea to production-ready
- Contribute to high performance of code development based on your senior work experience
- As a developer at Actimo, you will be part of the team developing the app that simplifies internal communication and training with an engaging, insightful, and interactive mobile-first employee platform
- The work at the company is organized in cross-functional product teams and together with your teammates, your team is responsible for a part of the product/platform
- This approach allows us to focus on achieving team autonomy, enabling people to grow, and fostering productivity
- On top of that, implementing new features and expanding our products to support new use cases is of great importance to us and our goal is to make the customers happy
- You will work day to day with a development team of 4-5 developers
- And you will frequently collaborate and coordinate, with the rest of the squad consisting of 12-18 people
Our take
Kahoot! is a global leader in education technology, known for turning learning into a game. Originally popular in classrooms, the platform now reaches over 200M participants worldwide, across schools, businesses, and even social settings, thanks to its vast library of interactive, gamified content.
After securing a strong presence in the US, including the acquisition of Cleer in 2021, Kahoot! is now focused on expanding across the Asia-Pacific region,. In 2024, it launched a dedicated APAC team and began localising its platform for countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Japan, where more than a million teachers are already using it.
Backed by major investors including Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the LEGO family's Kirbi, Kahoot! is investing in long-term growth. With this strong momentum on thein both Western and emerging markets, it's well places to keep shaping the future of fun digital learning.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2019
$21.9m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$15.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $75m
Company benefits
- Insurance and pension contribution
- Lunch contribution
- Equity program
- Home broadband allowance
- Friendly, international environment and afterwork activities
- Subsidized wellbeing initiatives
- Mobile subscription
Company HQ
Sentrum, Oslo, Oslo
Leadership
Åsmund Furuseth
(Co-Founder & CPO)Has a Master of Science Degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Previously ran a wind turbine technology company called ChapDrive.
Previously, Eilert spent over 7 years at Visma in various Directorial roles. Prior to that, they were a Managing Director at e-conomic.
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