Are you a Senior Developer ready for your next challenge?  If you have an affinity for edtech, and share our mission of empowering children through education, then this position could be for you.  We're looking for a Senior Developer to join our team and help children, by giving them the tools they need to succeed.

Get to know Futurewhiz!

For the past 10yrs+, Futurewhiz has been the market leader in Digital Education and it doesn’t stop there. Our platforms, Squla, StudyGo, Scoyo and Studira are growing and evolving, as we continuously strive to achieve our mission of empowering young people in education. We aim to provide digital, personalised education and learning, in order to positively enhance children's learning experiences, and improve their overall confidence. To help us continue to achieve these goals, we’re looking for a Senior Developer.  Want to know more about our brands? Check out our website here: https://www.futurewhiz.com/.

What will you do as our Senior Developer?

You might already have Ruby On Rails experience, although this is not a must, as we believe in life long learning, and can help you succeed.  You'll have the opportunity to build new features from the ground up, and be responsible for them when they go live.  Some of your daily activities will include:

• Participating in planning together with the PO and other colleagues
• Building and implementing new features from the ground up
• Supporting other colleagues in choosing the right (technical) solutions
• Taking full responsibility for your features from the beginning, to them going live and beyond.

Our stack is:

• Ruby on Rails back-end
• React front-end 
• Deployed on Google App Engine 
• Using MYSQL and Reddis.

Who are you?

You're passionate developer, who has worked previously in a Senior position and you enjoy working in an Innovative, agile environment.  You believe in making education better for children, and can bring fresh, new ideas to the table.

We consider the following points to be important: 

• You know your way around the development space, and have been in a Senior Developer position previously.
• You have exceptional analytical problem solving skills 
• You have experience with automated tests, and a solid understanding of common design patterns 
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• The ability to write clean, maintainable code, following standards and guidelines 
• You're a team plater, and can work with multi-disciplinary teams 
• A thorough understanding of of relational database concepts and practices 
• Have extensive experience building APIs