Staff Software Engineer, LearnUpon
Business learning platform
Job no longer available
Business learning platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise corporate learning.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in software design and development in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++
- Hands-on experience writing and shipping high-quality, large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
- Able to effectively communicate technical ideas to and collaborate with both technical and non-technical peers
- Experience debugging in a data-heavy environment (e.g. Hadoop, Spark)
- Experience with stream processing at scale (e.g. Beam/Flink/Storm) or GCP and related tools
- Working experience with cloud-based services such as AWS, Google cloud, or Azure
- Strong Design, coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding communication skills and collaboration capabilities
Desirable
- Experience leading a large organization
- Experience working with and leading teams in multiple locations
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
What the job involves
- As a Staff Software Engineer in our Engineering group, you will be designing and implementing a scalable, best-in-class LMS and you’ll coach and grow more junior engineers
- Delivering solutions that continue to amaze our customers
- Drive impact and innovation while building and shipping software at scale
- Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization
- Identify problems and opportunities and collaborate with teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems
- Actively improving the level of craftsmanship in our code and designs
- Work closely with and influence product and/or technology partners regularly to help define roadmap
- Review others’ work and share knowledge
Application process
- Qualified applicants will be invited to schedule a 30-minute call
- Successful candidates will then be invited to a series of practical interviews
- Finally, candidates will have a short interview with our CTO
- Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team
Our take
Creating internal training that is engaging and productive is a daunting task for many businesses. To help with this, LearnUpon supplies a platform to create, manage and track team training programs - that works for enterprises and large-scale businesses.
With LearnUpon, businesses can boost employee engagement while delivering training at scale. Its approach has been well-received, with the company serving the likes of TripAdvisor, Logitech and Booking.com, and it has earned a reputation as a trusted partner in employee training.
In order to strengthen its brand presence and highlight its unique value in the market, LearnUpon has invested heavily in media and marketing efforts. After a period of impressive growth, it has now acquired AI course creator Courseau, enabling it to launch new tools that can convert organisational knowledge into structured employee learning.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2020
$54.7m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2016
$0.7m
SEED
Total funding: $56m
Company benefits
- Work in a fun and supportive environment with regular team events
- Excellent career progression – take LearnUpon where you think it can go
- Structured learning environment
- Employer Contributed Pension
- Private health insurance
- 25 days annual leave + 1 annual company wellness day off
- Flexible Working Arrangements
Company HQ
Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland
Leadership
Brendan Noud
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Senior Consultant at BearingPoint, and was a Project Manager at WBT Systems.
Des V. Anderson
(CTO & Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Senior Implementation Consultant & Web Developer at WBT Systems.
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