Software Engineer

Are you a Software Engineer looking for your next opportunity? How would you like to shape the future of some of our EdTech products with your coding skills? Join us and be a part of something brilliant!

Tribal is a leading EdTech business providing market leading software solutions to the global education market. We strive to research, develop and deliver the products, services and solutions needed by education institutes worldwide to support their primary goals of educating students, providing optimum learning experiences and ultimately delivering successful outcomes.

We are recruiting for a Software Engineer to join our Semestry Development Team. Our Semestry product is a comprehensive software solution designed to address timetabling and scheduling challenges in higher education institutions. It offers a range of features to help universities plan, build, deliver, and operate schedules efficiently. It aims to enhance curriculum planning and improve the overall learning experience for students and faculty by providing insights and managing scheduling constraints.

This is a full time permanent role, offering a fully remote working arrangement with travel when required.

The Role

As a Software Engineer, part of our TermTime platform, you will be designing, developing, and maintaining our comprehensive timetabling and scheduling solutions. Not only that, you will also be part of the team who are reimagining this product, redeveloping and creating a brand new innovative and functional advanced platform for our customers!

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating software solutions by writing clean, efficient and maintainable code.
• Ensuring software quality by identifying and fixing bugs.
• Working in partnership with Software Architect, other developers and testers to understand requirements to deliver features.
• Updating and improving existing software to enhance performance and functionality.
• Analysing and addressing technical challenges to find effective solutions.
• Recommend ideas on how the product can be developed and improved to enhance performance and usability.

The skills you’ll need:

• Experience in a full stack Web-based software development role.
• Use of PHP Laravel, TypeScript/JavaScript and React.
• An understanding of best-practice related to crafting secure, efficient and high quality code.
• Experience in agile methodologies.

It would be great if you had:

• An understanding of best-practice database design for building efficient applications.
• Experience with API design and 3rd party system integrations.
• Experience with containerised applications.
• Exposure to deploying code to cloud infrastructure.
• Using best in class CI/CD techniques would be beneficial.
• Experience in redeveloping a product from grass roots to deployment.

What can Tribal offer you?

We offer a range of exceptional benefits to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including a comprehensive Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a generous parental leave package and the ability to buy or sell holiday each year. We also offer the option of working overseas for up to 8 weeks per year. You'll also have access to E-Learning Opportunities to enhance your skills, Volunteer Days to give back to your community and access to Achievers, our reward and recognition platform, to ensure you can thrive both personally and professionally in a supportive and rewarding environment.

We’re committed to creating an environment that enables employees to balance their responsibilities inside and outside of work and encourage and support a range of flexible working patterns for all colleagues. If you need flexibility, apply and discuss your needs with us.

Criminal Records and Security Checks

If you are successful in your application, a security/criminal record check will be required before we can employ you, If, following the check the nature of a conviction is deemed unacceptable, this may lead to an offer of employment being withdrawn.

As an equal opportunity employer, Tribal celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon any protected characteristics and actively welcome applications from all groups, not least those underrepresented in the tech sector.

Note to all applicants - Tribal reserve the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. With this in mind, please do not hesitate to apply early.