About The Role
We are looking for a Full Stack Web Developer to join our growing engineering team. You will work primarily on the Great Teaching Toolkit, with opportunities to contribute across our wider product portfolio.
This role is ideal for a developer who enjoys owning features end-to-end and wants to build deep expertise in backend development while remaining comfortable working across the full stack. Due to the structure of our existing team, there is a particular emphasis on PHP and Symfony, but you will regularly work across the frontend, infrastructure, and deployment pipeline. The ideal candidate will also be experienced with automated testing and be well positioned to help bolster automated testing practices within the team.
Reporting to the Engineering Lead, you will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Researchers to turn evidence-informed ideas into robust, scalable software used by educators around the world.
The role is permanent and full-time, though we are open to part-time applicants, secondments and other working arrangements. Read on for more details and to find out how to apply.
About EBE
Evidence Based Education is dedicated to improving teaching and learning outcomes through evidence-informed practice. Our flagship Great Teaching Toolkit (GTT) supports over 17,000 teachers worldwide in developing their practice through our evidence-based framework the Model for Great Teaching.
Key Details
* Location: Based out of our Sunderland office. A flexible balance between home and office working is ideal, though we are also open to full remote working for the right candidate.
* Salary: From £40,000-50,000, depending on experience
* Start date: As soon as possible
* Contract: Full-time, permanent (though open to part-time or secondment arrangements)
* Working hours and flexibility: Core hours are 10am-3pm Monday to Friday. Outside of this window, flexible working is encouraged.
What We Offer
* Mentorship: Direct coaching from experienced engineers and product professionals to help you grow professionally.
* Impact: The work you do will directly improve the professional lives of thousands of educators.
* Ownership: Real responsibility for meaningful features, not just isolated tickets.
* Growth: We are a small team, meaning you will have visibility across the entire product lifecycle—not just one small feature.
* Flexibility: Our workplace is a flexible one, and we pride ourselves on the excellent working culture. While any role would benefit from more in-house time early on, most of our team have a hybrid work pattern.
Benefits Of Working With EBE
* A motivated team
* Opportunity to make the role your own
* Generous parental leave and pay policies
* Uncapped annual leave
* Various salary sacrifice schemes in operation
* And much more!
Key Responsibilities
Feature Development & Delivery
* Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using PHP and Symfony.
* Implement full end-to-end features, including backend logic, frontend components, and integrations.
* Work with PostgreSQL to design and optimise data models and queries.
* Contribute to frontend development using React, ensuring features are usable, accessible, and maintainable.
Collaboration & Product Delivery
* Work closely with Product to understand user needs and translate requirements into technical solutions.
* Participate in sprint planning, technical discussions, and code reviews.
* Take ownership of features from initial implementation through to deployment and post-release improvements.
Quality & Reliability
* Write and maintain automated tests, including unit tests and end-to-end tests, to ensure reliability and confidence in changes.
* Support acceptance testing and help diagnose issues before and after release.
* Contribute to improving development standards, patterns, and documentation across the codebase.
Infrastructure & Operations
* Work with the team to deploy and run our applications on AWS.
* Support and improve our deployment pipelines, monitoring, and operational tooling.
* Help identify opportunities to improve performance, security, and scalability.
Person specification
You can read all of EBE’s core values, capabilities and behaviours here – what we expect from everyone in the team – and below, you can read the key details pertaining to this role. That said, if you are unsure whether you meet some or all of the criteria below, but are excited by the opportunity nevertheless, we encourage you to send in an application, as at least some of these skills are developable with guidance and experience.
We hire for potential and mindset over a rigid checklist. You don’t need to tick every box, but you should be excited about building high-quality software that supports teachers and school leaders. You are likely someone who enjoys understanding how systems work, takes pride in clean and reliable code, and values collaboration over individual heroics.
The Qualities That Matter Most To Us
* Strong backend thinking: You enjoy designing APIs, data models, and business logic, and care about long-term maintainability.
* Full-stack mindset: You are comfortable working across the stack and happy to own features end-to-end.
* Attention to detail: You notice edge cases, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve quality.
* Clear communication: You can explain technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
* Curiosity: You like learning new tools, patterns, and approaches - and questioning existing ones.
* Responsibility & ownership: You see work through, take pride in outcomes, and proactively improve what you touch.
You might currently be a mid-level developer looking for more ownership, a backend-focused developer keen to broaden your full-stack skills, or someone in an agency or consultancy role wanting to work more deeply on a single product. We’d typically expect 2–5 years of relevant experience, but we’re open-minded for the right person.
Key Skills And Experience
* Strong experience with backend development and APIs.
* Experience with relational database technologies.
* Full stack development experience, being able to own feature delivery end-to-end.
* Familiarity with agile software development.
Desirable
* Experience with PHP and the Symfony framework.
* Experience writing automated tests (unit, integration, and end-to-end).
* Experience building and maintaining databases using PostgreSQL.
* Familiarity with React or modern frontend development practices.
* Experience deploying or operating applications on AWS.
* Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure-as-code.
* Experience working in EdTech or on products used in education or professional development.
* Experience in the EdTech sector or a background in classroom teaching.
* Experience with Linear as a development management tool and analytics tools e.g., PostHog and Mixpanel.
How To Apply
Thanks for getting this far! If you think you are who we’re looking for, please complete this application by 5pm, Friday 27th February.
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