Position: Mid Backend Developer
Company: The Ambassador Platform
Experience required: 2y
English level: upper

We're looking for a passionate, dynamic, and innovative mid backend developer to join our engineering team. If you love creating cool campaigns, are passionate about education and like a challenge - then this is for you!
The essentials
Job title: Mid Backend Developer 
Reports to: Head of Engineering
Contract type: Contract, full time
Location: Remote / Ukraine
- Salary: $1800 to $2500 monthly, depending on experience, inclusive of annual leave.
 - 10% bonus 

Line management: No
Start date: ASAP

A bit about us
The Ambassador Platform is peer-to-peer marketing and student recruitment platform for Higher Ed providers. It enables universities and colleges to connect prospective students with their ambassadors via chats, user-generated content, and video.
The impact is pretty cool, and means that, for the first time ever, Higher Ed providers have a simple solution for making the kind of student connections that mean that they can showcase their points of difference in an authentic way and positively influence prospects to choose them over the competition.
Our technology is used by more than 150 institutions in 20 countries around the world and, to date, has supported millions of interactions between students. You can check out our customers here.
Our culture
We work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. We operate a 'high trust, high performance, and high transparency' culture. Our key focus is on strong outcomes, where everyone is self-motivated and empowered to take responsibility and accountability for their own performance and the completion of work, but is given reasonable flexibility for the management of their own time. In conjunction with this there is high visibility around progress and outcomes across the company, and everyone is expected and encouraged to highlight areas of improvement. Above all, we value the people we work with, building strong and lasting relationships and are always friendly, kind and approachable. 
The Ambassador Platform is headquartered in the UK and has offices in London, a remote team in Ukraine, and Brisbane. Find out what it’s really like to work with us by chatting to our friendly team and see what we get up to on Linkedin.
A bit more about the job
The Ambassador Platform is actively seeking a skilled Mid Backend Developer to join our dynamic team. Our peer-to-peer platform provides a unique conduit for prospective students to connect with student ambassadors through chat, user-generated content, and video. If you are passionate about leveraging technology to revolutionise the future of education, this role is for you.
Requirements:
2+ years of experience in programming with javascript
Extensive experience with Node.js
Experience with PostgreSQL/Aurora
Upper-Intermediate English proficiency
Nice to have:
Proficiency with React and Redux (Redux-saga)
Knowledge or experience with TypeScript
Familiarity with Adonis.js and Next.js
Experience working with AWS
Responsibilities:
Engage in the complete cycle of software development, including planning, development, communication, troubleshooting, and deployment
Backend development for our web platform
Contribute to assessments, architecture design, and project planning
Collaborate effectively with developers, designers, and project managers
Participate in our code review process to uphold high-quality code standards

We offer:
The chance to work on The Ambassador Platform, a pioneering project designed to enhance the educational journey of students across the globe
A culture that promotes personal growth and career development
A management style that values open communication and collaborative teamwork
The person we're looking for:
Nice, friendly, and love working with people (we have a formal 'no dickheads' policy) 
Experience in the Higher Education sector is desirable
Experience working for a start-up or scale-up company preferable
Experience of marketing a SAAS technology product is a nice to have
Takes ownership of the outcomes, doesn't make excuses, and gets the job done
As standard:
Flexible & hybrid working with a core hours policy focused on outcomes to maximise your productivity
A calendar of wellness activities and incentives encouraging physical and mental wellbeing
Competitive bonus scheme 
Team activities including fundraisers, team trips overseas, lunches
A best in class Employee Assistance Programme. For you and your nearest and dearest
Want to find out more?
For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please contact our Operations Manager, Nat Cole.