Senior Backend Engineer, Lingoda
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Online language school
Open for applications
Online language school
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build bridges around the world through language learning.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of solid experience creating web applications using PHP, Symfony 5/6/7, and Doctrine
- Good knowledge and practical experience with OOP and design patterns, as well as with modern architectural approaches
- Experience with DDD, hexagonal architecture, and TDD
- Passionate about code quality. Writing tests and documentation belongs to your natural workflow
- Working with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to solve a common goal
- Communication skills – Strong verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with the engineering team
- Fluent English skills (C level), German language skills are a bonus
- Quality work and responsibility are behaviors that you demonstrate daily
- An organized, flexible, and transparent way of working
- You are a communicative and open person
- You are able to cooperate with team members and share knowledge and experience with them
What the job involves
- You will work with a full-stack engineering team, building high-quality, efficient, reliable, and elegant software. You will help us build a perfect product for online language learning and contribute to improving our product architecture
- Not just delivering business features but also tackling purely technical tasks and cleaning up the existing code
- Maintaining awareness of industry issues and trends, particularly regarding usability and emerging technologies
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to deliver new functionalities
Application process
- We ask that you please apply directly via the link provided in the job description or directly on our website. Due to GDPR regulations, applications sent otherwise will not be considered
Our take
Online classes have been booming in recent years, with brick-and-mortar institutions pivoting towards virtual offerings, and students looking for additional at-home resources to supplement learning. Part of this new zeal for digital education has been directed at language acquisition, and Lingoda was one of the edtech companies to cash in.
What distinguishes Lingoda from many other companies that picked up traction over this period (like Duolingo, Memrise, and Rosetta Stone) is the style of teaching. Lingoda connects students with 24/7 interactive language immersion classes on Zoom, run by native-level speakers. This makes it remarkably competitive, as it offers the scheduling flexibility that language schools can’t, the depth of content that many apps fail to deliver, and the highly effective face-to-face interaction that self-directed courses usually lack.
While Lingoda's language selection remains modest, the company has built a strong and loyal user base, and its commitment to high-quality, immersive learning experiences continues to set it apart. As digital education continues to grow, Lindoga's innovative approach and flexibility position it well to remain a strong contender in the language learning market.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Apr 2021
$58.7m
LATE VC
Oct 2019
$2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $72.1m
Company benefits
- Free Lingoda classes
- Flexible working hours
- Team and social activities
Company values
- Foster an environment for personal growth and inclusion
- Bring together the best of people and technology
- Challenge ourselves. Challenge others
- Work smarter and make it happen
- Be fully present in everything we do
- Perseverance trumps talent
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
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Leadership
Dominic Rowell
(CEO)They joined Lingoda in 2022 as CEO. Prior to this, they were the COO at iQ Student Accommodation, a Group Executive Director (Commercial) and Commercial Director of UK & Ireland of Vue Entertainment, and CCO & Executive Director at Metro UK.
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