Memrise
gives people learning superpowers. We aim to help anyone achieve
confident, real-world language skills in just a few short months; our
product is innovative and fun, and it delivers the goods.
In 2017,
we won the "App of the Year 2017" at the Google Play Awards. With near
zero marketing spend we’ve grown organically to tens of millions of
users, and we’re already profitable with a team of 55 (comprising 37
nationalities).
We’re now looking to build out our engineering
team to take Memrise to the next level (Level 3, if you’re asking). The
goal in the coming years is to become the dominant product and
pre-eminent brand in global language learning.
We are looking for a Full Stack Developer to join the team! (£60,000 - £80,000.)
Requirements
We
are looking to expand our team with a Senior Full Stack Developer. Your
mission will be to build and improve our web platform, bringing it to
the same awesome level of features as our award-winning mobile apps.
Ideally you will have some or all of the following:
- Fluent in Python & experienced in Django
- Experienced with writing optimized backend code for a RESTful application, including caching & query optimization techniques
- Familiar with tools involved in delivering a highly scalable web application, from web server to CDN configuration
- Having
strong knowledge of current front-end web technologies, including
React, Redux, Bootstrap, Flexbox, etc. and their underlying
architecture, i.e. virtual DOM diffing and unidirectional dataflow
- Having an eye for details regarding responsiveness and usability
- Ability to coach and mentor team members
- Great communication skills
- Bonus points for an interest in languages and learning
Benefits
Healthcare
and pension, with a number of discounts and cashback on important stuff
like Gym membership, opticians and dentists' fees. Fresh fruit, coffee
and soft drinks. We keep you fuelled with a wide ever-changing variety
of healthy and unhealthy snacks, tea, coffee and soft drinks, breakfast
materials and weekly team and language lunches. We have frequent team
expeditions, the last one being to being a trip to Iceland for a
Polyglot Conference and general exploring! We run a cycle to work scheme
and a selection of useful perks and benefits.
You'll get to work with the people in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wORv8J1n0y8