Lead FS Engineer

Metamindz; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A London-based ed-tech startup is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to take ownership of software projects, write clean code, and help shape the technical strategy of the company. The ideal candidate will have experience with Next.js, React, GraphQL, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment while also mentoring a growing engineering team. This role offers the opportunity to make impactful decisions and grow within the startup culture.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Opportunity to shape an early-stage startup

Fast-track career progression

Qualifications

• Advanced skills in Next.js, React, GraphQL, and Supabase.
• Experience with team management.
• Understanding of best practices in software development.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, maintainable code.
• Manage end-to-end ownership of features.
• Contribute to technical decisions.
• Support the growth of the engineering team.

Skills

Next.js

React

GraphQL

Supabase

Vercel

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Lead Full Stack Engineer for London-based startup.

Our client is an ed-tech start-up that’s modernising how schools identify andsupport neurodiverse students. Here are some details from their team:

Our automated testing tool enables schools to assess their entire student base quickly and efficiently. Our mission is to help schools identify students in need as early as possible to ensure they get the best start in life. We launched in September 2024 with our Dyslexia test and now have over400 schools on our platform and 1000s of tests completed. Our next focus ison scaling and expanding into new areas including ADHD, and Dyscalculia.

The Role

We’re looking for a Lead / Senior Software Engineer who loves writing clean,efficient code and solving complex problems - someone who’s ready to takeownership of big projects now, and grow into a leadership role as we expand.In the short term, you’ll work with our existing developer, reporting to ourHead of Product, and be hands-on with our platform, shipping features,improving performance, and helping us deliver our ambitious productroadmap. Over time, you’ll have the opportunity to shape our long-termtechnical strategy, influence architectural decisions, and help recruit andmentor the team that will build future.

Your Responsibilities

• Hands-on coding: Write high-quality, maintainable code in Next.js,React, GraphQL, and Supabase.
• End-to-end ownership: You’ll be responsible for working with designto build out specifications, estimate and breakdown features intotasks, build, QA and deploy.
• Shape our architecture: Contribute to technical decisions to ensurethe platform is robust, scalable, and easy to maintain. If you’ve gotideas on how we can improve our platform, we want to hear it (andwhy it’s a good idea!)
• Grow into leadership: Start taking on some team managementresponsibilities, help shape engineering culture and best-practices, andguide our development team’s growth as we scale.

Your Skills

• Hands-on and adaptable: You love being in the thick of developmentand can shift gears quickly when needed. Adaptability is key. The worldis moving fast and we need to move faster.
• Comfortable across the stack: Advanced skills in Next.js, React,GraphQL, Supabase, Vercel, and Google Cloud Platform.
• On top of best-practices: You should value best-practices that ensurequality output - things like continuous deployment, testing, codereviews, pair programming and retros.
• Some leadership experience: You have an interest in management,and have had some experience leading a squad or small teampreviously.,
• Open to AI: You understand the practical applications of LLMs (notjust hype) and see how AI can improve personalisation in technology.You might also use it in your own work and understand how to increaseproductivity without sacrificing quality.As a person, we want you to be reliable, willing to take on responsibility,comfortable with pressure and a great communicator.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• The chance to shape an early-stage start-up and fast-track yourcareer

We think this is a great opportunity for the right engineer. You’ll get to build aproduct that actually makes a difference, get to make real and lastingdecisions on architecture, culture, and team and you’ll be able to work fastand without bureaucracy.

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