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Helping schools and MATs digitise and streamline their recruitment process | The leading ATS for education | Founder & CEO at MyNewTerm
Are you a Full Stack Software Engineer looking to work on a mature, high-impact platform where your contributions will shape its next phase of growth?
We are seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our growing development team and help shape the future of one of the UK’s fastest-growing EdTech platforms.
MyNewTerm is on a mission to digitise recruitment in education and connect schools and candidates directly. In a nutshell, we are a digital SaaS platform enabling schools and MATs to manage recruitment fully online while providing candidates with a compliant and seamless application process. In just a few years, we’ve grown rapidly and today MyNewTerm connects hundreds of thousands of candidates with schools every year. Developed by teachers, we pride ourselves on our moral purpose and extremely high levels of customer service.
As a Full Stack Engineer you will join a small, collaborative team and work across our modern stack to develop new features, improve system performance, and support the delivery of our product roadmap. Your work will have a real and positive impact on tens of thousands of people as they apply for their next career move.
You will be joining a dynamic and ambitious team who share a passion for delivering high-quality software and using technology to simplify recruitment across the education sector.
🙌 The role of a Full Stack Software Engineer
You’ll be part of a cross-functional team responsible for the full software development lifecycle from design to deployment. You should be confident working across both front-end and back-end technologies and comfortable contributing to discussions about architecture, testing, and performance.
Specific details of the role can be found in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We are looking for someone who is a strong collaborator, open to learning, and committed to delivering high-quality work.
* Work with the development team to design and build software solutions.
* Develop client-side and server-side functionality.
* Build intuitive front-end interfaces with a focus on responsive design.
* Develop and maintain well-structured and efficient APIs.
* Contribute to database design and maintenance across relational and NoSQL systems.
* Write clean, testable, maintainable code.
* Troubleshoot, debug, and improve existing functionality.
* Ensure software is secure, performant, and reliable.
* Collaborate with the Product Owner, Software Tester, and peers to plan and refine work.
* Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge sharing.
* A minimum of 3 years’ experience developing SaaS or web applications.
* Experience working across the full stack (front-end, back-end, APIs, databases).
* Experience with modern front-end technologies (e.g. ReactJS, React Native, SASS).
* Experience with at least one back-end language or framework (e.g. PHP, Node.js, Python).
* Familiarity with databases such as Postgres and/or NoSQL stores.
* Understanding of responsive UI/UX design principles.
* Experience working with version control systems (Git).
* Strong communication and teamwork skills.
* Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Desirable qualifying experiences (the nice-to-haves!)
* Experience working in an Agile environment.
* Experience working in the education sector.
* A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
* Experience contributing to architecture discussions or suggesting improvements.
What we offer
* The opportunity to join a fast-growing company at the forefront of a booming market.
* Exciting career development opportunities as the company scales.
* Competitive salary and Company Bonus Scheme.
* A flexible, dynamic, and supportive team culture.
* 31 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising with service.
* Life assurance (x3 salary) and income protection scheme.
* Cycle to Work and Techscheme.
* Hybrid working (typically 3 days in the office each week).
Reasons to work at MyNewTerm
* Fantastic team culture.
* Exceptional staff retention.
* Clear investment in developing and growing talent from within.
* Weekly visibility of team achievements.
* Strong product-market fit with an impactful mission.
* Highly responsive to customer feedback.
* A reputation for over-delivering to customers.
* A product loved by schools, MATs and candidates.
This role is based at our office at Wrest Park, Silsoe (MK45 4HR) with hybrid working (typically up to 2 days remote). Relocation assistance may be available for the right candidate.
* Full-time, 37.5 hours (Monday to Friday, no weekends).
Key Dates: Please note, we may close the vacancy prior to the deadline. Early applications therefore are highly encouraged.
❓Questions?
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch using the contact details below.
Apply via the MyNewTerm application form addressing how you meet the required skills and experience (we do not accept CVs). We look forward to hearing from you.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
* Education Administration Programs
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