Full-stack Team Lead (offline)

Mate academy — an EdTech startup with a technological, gamified, AI-friendly LMS platform where people learn IT specialties. Try it!

Our mission is to help 1 million people worldwide build their careers in IT🤘

Already, 3500+ graduates have landed their first IT jobs in just 4 months of training. We successfully launched our business in Poland and Brazil and have plans to expand to other countries.

Product: We work on development the most advanced Learning Management System.

Product tech stack: React, Next.js, Typescript, Node.js, React Native, Apollo GraphQL, Postgresql, Sequelize, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS (lambda, sqs, opensearch, dynamodb, EKS, redshift, and other).

What will you need to succeed

- Commercial experience in JavaScript (React and Node.js) — 3+ years;
- Experience in leading people- 1+ years;
- Experience with HTML/CSS, TS, React, Node.js, SQL, AWS;
- Getting things done attitude;
- English: upper-іntermediate or higher.

Your advantage will be

- Experience with NextJS, experience with GraphQL (server and client) and Websockets;
- Experience with the serverless framework;
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes.

Your tasks will be

- Lead the development team, which consists of 6 developers;
- Help each developer do their best work and build a culture of high performance and care about quality;
- Optimize and improve existing solutions;
- Creation of design docs and hands-on development of new features E2E.

Examples of projects

- Improve code editor experience for users (AI Helper integration, better errors explanation, etc);
- Social features in our product (tasks discussion, forum);
- Implementation of dark mode on a platform;
- Managing notification center.

What you’ll find when working at Mate

- A mission to help 1M of people to start their careers in tech;
- No bureaucracy;
- Freedom to make own decisions and influence business;
- Unlimited paid vacation;
- A cozy office in the center of Kyiv, completely autonomous and ready to work in any force majeure in winter. We have our own bomb shelter;
- Free English classes (twice a week);
- Performance/salary review every 6-12 months;
- Lunches paid for by the company (if you work in an office);
- Apple equipment for your comfortable work;
- An incredible team that cares about what they do, which makes work an exciting adventure.

Your team

You will lead Activation team which consists of 6 developers Mid and Sen levels. The team works with the core of our product LMS (Learning Management System) and is responsible for developing the platform view, code editor, application process, LMS content, etc). They are responsible for activating users and converting them to students. Your direct manager will be Vadim Ilchenko, our best CTO ever!

Recruitment process

- Talent acquisition screen — 45 min;
- Technical interview — 1 hour;
- Cultural fit interview with the co-founder- 1 hour.

About Mate academy

🖐 Hello world!

We are Mate аcademy, a product EdTech startup with a mission to help 1 million people worldwide build their careers in IT. Our team challenges educational processes in Ukraine and the world, changing the pattern that obtaining an IT profession from scratch is nearly impossible.

🏆 Our product is a technological, gamified, AI-friendly LMS platform where students learn IT specialties. Register and give it a try!
Mate's uniqueness lies in free education leading to employment (Income Share Agreement Model). Students pay 12% of their salary for 3 years only after getting a job. That's why our educational program prepares students to meet the needs and requirements of the job market. 90% of those who complete our training land jobs in IT. Currently, Mate's graduates constitute 1% of IT specialists in Ukraine.

🥇 Achievements:
- Employed over 2800 students.
- Successfully launched our business in Poland in 2022 and have plans to expand to other countries.
- Recognized as a "Rising Star" in Europe by Atomico, Google for Startups, and Dealroom.co.
- Received a monetary reward from Google in December 2022.
- Growing at a rate of 2.5-3 times annually.

📍 We have our startup studio where employees can launch their own technological product ideas. One such project is the Cusbo messenger, which recently entered the market as a separate omnichannel communication solution for businesses.

🤹‍♀️ Our team consists of 140+ mates and continues to grow.
We seek exciting challenges and work by the principle of getting things done. We are driven by changing people's lives, and helping them acquire new professions. We draw inspiration from each other, as everyone does everything possible (and a little more) to achieve the goal. In such an environment, we become better every day. Hiring A-players is our focus.

🎸 Our culture: "no bullshit" based on 4 values:
- Act in the best interests of the company,
- Full responsibility,
- Be humble,
- Be hungry. 
A culture of feedback, the right to make mistakes, transparent communication, and processes are important to us. We avoid micromanagement and instead prioritize trust and awareness of owning one's goals.
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⭐ Founders of Mate Academy – Anna Apostol, Roman Apostol, and Max Lysak.
Roman Apostol was a team lead at Google and co-founder of the startup Preply.
Anna Apostol is listed among Forbes' 25 Women in IT, and Max Lysak is a co-founder of the Lviv business incubator Startup Depot and the Lviv IT Arena conference.

Company website:
https://mate.academy

DOU company page:
https://jobs.dou.ua/companies/mate-academy/