Software Engineer

Company

Learnlight is an EdTech company that provides language, intercultural and soft skills training to leading companies and organizations around the world. We deliver blended virtual, blended face-to-face, and digital solutions to 100,000+ learners in 1500+ clients across 150+ countries. We specialize in the digital transformation of learning programs and the empowerment of talent to excel in an increasingly complex global environment.

Position

We are looking for a passionate learning professional and visionary thinker with the clarity and drive to shape the future of learning. Software Engineer role will report to our Engineering Management.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements (Functional Specs) and generate technical documentation
• Implement solutions to solve real business problems based on functional specifications and designs
• Help Support/QA identify technical issues
• Create/maintain unit test cases
• Write maintainable tests that are understandable by other humans
• Keep tickets up to date by logging hours and statuses
• Follow GitFlow and other Engineering Processes
• Maintain Engineering documentation on Confluence
• Other responsibilities as appropriate or assigned

Requirements

Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships.
• The ability to show courtesy, kindness, and empathy to others.
• Customer and results oriented focus.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with effective attention to detail.
• The ability to demonstrate depth of knowledge and technical expertise.

Skills

• Minimum 5 years of experience in .NET and .NET Core
• Strong proficiency with JavaScript
• Proficiency with SQL
• Experience consuming APIs from web clients
• Experience using Cloud technologies to improve legacy functionality and design new, scalable solutions.
• Experience with cloud technology is preferredAWS
• Azure
• GCP
• Knowledge of Node.js preferred
• Knowledge of Unix preferred (for deploying and building pipelines)
• SCRUM / KANBAN / AGILE experience preferred
• Other languages as relevant to position desired (DocNet, Python, etc.)
• C1 level of English required

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, analytics, or another related field OR relevant commercial experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Benefits

• People-Powered Culture: We have a flat, modern, meritocratic culture that values enthusiasm, initiative, and commitment above all else.
• Flexible Working: Learnlight is a fully distributed virtual business with staff in 30+ countries and offices in 9 European cities.
• Competitive Remuneration: We offer market-matching competitive salaries.
• Learning & Development: Personalized language and soft skills training; ongoing professional development talks and masterclasses; frequent coaching and constructive feedback.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Learnlight fosters an open, positive, and diverse community that welcomes talent regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
• Community Events: We offer a range of social events including Virtual Drinks, Book Club, Tea Time and in-person departmental and All Company meetups

Details

• Location: Home-based
• Contract: Full-time & Freelance
• Schedule: +/-2-3 hours of European time zones