Senior Software Engineer, Quizlet
Mobile
+ Stock option program
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Learning tools for students and teachers
Open for applications
Learning tools for students and teachers
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock option program
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To give every student the tools and confidence to succeed, no matter their motivation or what they’re striving to achieve.
Role
Who you are
- Multiple years of experience in mobile software development
- Strong problem solving and debugging skills on mobile software products
- Proficiency in Android development and some level of comfort with the other
- Eagerness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills across a range of audiences
Desirable
- Experience with native Android and cross-platform mobile development approaches; including evaluating tradeoffs
- Track record of influencing adjacent engineering teams on best practices or mobile client needs
- Experience with SDUI approaches
What the job involves
- The Quizlet mobile org is made up of 4 teams each owning a core vertical of our mobile experience on iOS and Android
- The team works together with product, design, and other engineering partner teams to deliver and improve our experiences to help all students study and learn new information
- We care deeply about the user experience and are laser focused on building the best mobile experience for learning
- You will work with a team of engineers working on our Android apps, focused on our core study modes, home navigation, or content features
- In this role, you’ll partner closely with the engineers on your team and across the mobile space to build solutions that allow us to launch quickly and iterate while setting us up for future success
- You’ll work with our Product, Design, and engineers from our backend and web teams, as well as ML engineers, to build features that are flexible, delightful, and powered by our cutting-edge recommendation systems
- You will always be thinking about quality, observability, and how to level up our experience while also delivering for our immediate customer needs
- We’re happy to share that this is an onsite position in our London office
- In this role you'll design, build, and maintain high quality mobile software that applies current industry best practices
- Collaborate closely with product and other cross-functional partners to define requirements and deliver solutions
- Understand and operate in our existing systems and proactively suggest improvements and new ideas based on industry best practices
- Drive incident investigations, post mortems, and retrospectives and effectively advocate for long-term improvements to systems and processes
- Influence within your team for the right engineering improvements to increase quality of our software, testing, and processes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Quizlet has evolved from a simple flashcard tool into one of the most recognizable consumer learning platforms, now serving over 60M active users. It reaches two-third of US high schoolers and half of college students, putting it among the top 20 US websites and leading education apps on mobile.
Its core strength lies in helping students learn quickly and effectively through tools like flashcards, practice tests, AI-generated study guides, and now course-specific collaborative folders. By focusing on efficiency and relevance, Quizlet has become a go-to resource for students who want targeted, outcome-driven study support. And its collaborative features also allow large groups of students to share and refine materials together, so learning really is a shared experience.
Recent expansions - including Course-Powered Quizlet and its deepened partnership with Brand Metrics - show the platform's continued momentum. With AI-driven personalization, independent ad measurement, and growing peer-recommended content, Quizlet is strengthening trust with advertisers while meeting modern student expectations. And these advancements sure position Quizlet as a leading, forward-thinking plater in ed-tech.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
75% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Feb 2018
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $62m
Company benefits
- Competitive Healthcare: Comprehensive health, dental, vision and disability plans for you and your family. 100% paid premiums for employees, 75% for dependents
- PTO & Family Benefits: Everyone gets 20 days of PTO, a minimum of 10 paid holidays, and 5 volunteer days off. We also provide resources for growing families, such as Carrot (fertility & family forming) and UrbanSitter (daycare & nannies). Our generous family leave plan offers 12 weeks of leave plus disability leave for birthing mothers when welcoming a new little learner into their family.
- Learning & Development: Here at Quizlet, we invest in our employees’ career development to support learning and professional growth. Employees have access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning solution designed to help them gain new skills and advance their careers. We host speakers and workshops and also offer support for other professional development opportunities.
- Shared Financial Success: Competitive salaries, stock options and a 401k match that makes saving for retirement easy.
- Wellness: We strive to promote the physical and mental health & well-being of our employees. We offer resources for mental health & well-being, plus a $100/month reimbursement towards wellness and fitness memberships.
- Commuter Benefits: We don’t have a school bus, but we'll help cover 50% of your public commuter & parking costs, plus pre-tax FSA. If you decide to work late, your ride home is on us.
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Kurt Beidler
(CEO)Prior to joining Quizlet in 2024, Kurt was the Co-CEO of Swift. He also spent 17 years at Amazon in various roles, including General Manager of Automotive Sales, Advertising, and Amazon Kids as well as Director of Kindle Content in Beijing.
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