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 want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential.
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! stands as a formidable player in the education technology market, with a user base in the tens of millions, the company has secured its position as one of Europe's most valuable entities in the sector. The success of Kahoot! can be attributed to its focus on gamifying educational content for children, earning praise from both teachers and parents. This emphasis has propelled the platform to become one of the largest educational content libraries available.
As Kahoot! looks to the future, its expansion into the US takes center stage. The company pursues this growth through a dual approach, combining organic strategies with strategic acquisitions. Notably, Kahoot! made headlines when it was acquired by a consortium of investors who plan to help the company further grow its business.
The dynamic landscape of education technology presents Kahoot! with both opportunities and challenges. With a solid foundation and a focus on innovation, the company has the potential to not only sustain its current standing but also to lead the way in shaping the future of interactive and engaging eLearning experiences for students globally.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2019
$22.2m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$15.4m
SERIES C
Total funding: $75.3m
Company benefits
- Share option plan
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Insurance and pension contribution
- Home broadband allowance
- Mobile subscription
- Lunch contribution
- Friendly, international environment and afterwork activities
Company HQ
Sentrum, Oslo, Oslo
Leadership
Mortem Versvik
(Co-Founder)Masters in Computer Science at NTNU involved the concept of playing on the big screen in cinemas using mobile phones which led to Kahoot! Also founded their own IT consultancy, Coepto, before co-founding Kahoot!
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.
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