Middle Javascript Full-Stack Developer (offline)

About us

The Access Platform is an Education Technology company based in London, United Kingdom. We are the global specialists in peer recruitment for the Higher Education sector and believe passionately that the best advocates for any university are the members of its community: students, staff, and alumni.

We are currently working with more than 80 universities, colleges around the world. Every month our platform facilitates tens of thousands of messages between student ambassadors and prospective students.

You can find out more about us, and chat to our team, our website, Linkedin, and Twitter.

A bit about the job

Our product:
Dashboard — for the universities;
Widget — for the prospective students;
Mobile application — for the student ambassadors.
Technologies we’re using: React, Node.js, React Native, Git, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Docker;
Our team is split between The UK and Ukraine. The engineering team consist of a Director of engineering with over 15 years of experience in development, 3 full-stack, 1 front-end, 1 back-end developers, 2 QA engineers, and 1 Product designer;
Our relationships are based on trust so working arrangements are flexible. At the moment, everyone is working remotely. Working from the office might be reviewed when life gets back to normal.

What you’ll be doing

Developing new features on both front and back-end for the TAP Educational Platform;
Participating in code review and improving code coverage and quality with unit tests;
Making decisions regarding app architecture and database design.

The person we’re looking for

3+ years of hands-on experience with web development;
At least 2 years’ experience using modern frameworks (ReactJS/VueJS/AngularJS) and Nodejs;
Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application;
Good knowledge and experience working with databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis);
Experience in leading design and architecture related activities;
Understanding of continuous integration and continuous deployment;
Good knowledge of git, experience with GitLab/GitHub .

Nice to have

Experience working with AWS or other cloud providers;
At least intermediate level of English;
Autonomous, fast-learner, and proactive.

Perks of the job

One short-haul flight per year (for holiday purposes) paid by the company;
Opportunity to earn equity (shares) in the company;
33 day holiday pa (including public holidays);
Paid sick leaves;
Investment in your growth (learning, conferences);
Compensation for the accountant services;
Gym compensation;
Team activities including team trips overseas.

About The Ambassador Platform

The Access Platform (TAP) is an ed-tech startup on a mission to enable universities to connect with students in a more authentic way. We do this by providing software to recruit potential applicants by connecting them with their current students online.

We’ve been trading with universities for more than two years and have seen a rapid uptake of our service. We have a great base of university customers, a strong pipeline of forthcoming deals, and have generated strong revenues. We’re looking to grow our team by recruiting talented professionals from the higher education sector and beyond.

Company website:
http://theaccessplatform.com