Senior Software Engineer

LearnUpon is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in Ireland. The role involves delivering features, services, enhancements, and fixes for LearnUpon's core product, as well as participating in the design of a scalable LMS. The company values craftsmanship and encourages continuous improvement in code and designs. The ideal candidate should have experience in software design and development, strong communication skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality solutions. Experience with Ruby on Rails and Golang is preferred but not required.

• Delivering solutions that continue to amaze customers
• Driving impact and innovation by designing, building, and shipping software at scale
• Actively improving the level of craftsmanship in code and designs
• Participating in on-call emergency response rota
• Collaborating closely with other Engineers
• Mentoring where required
• Guiding a project from initial requirements gathering to deployment
• Owning the delivery throughout all phases of SDLC
• Communicating technical ideas effectively to both technical and non-technical peers
• Solving engineering problems with a holistic approach and maintaining a high bar for software quality
• Having extensive experience with relational and non-relational databases and query performance
• Demonstrating excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Being a team player who works well with non-technical stakeholders and fellow developers
• Having experience with asynchronous job frameworks such as Kafka or Sidekiq (considered a plus)
• Having previous experience working in a SaaS environment (considered a plus)
• Having exposure to Amazon Web Services (considered a plus)
• Having experience building applications using Rails, Django, or equivalent framework (considered a plus)
• Having experience with a client-side JavaScript framework e.g. Angular (considered a plus)
• Having previous experience of eLearning technologies (considered a plus)

• 4+ years of experience in software design and development in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++, Ruby, C#.
• Hands-on experience writing and shipping high-quality, large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures.
• Able to effectively communicate technical ideas to and collaborate with both technical and non-technical peers.
• Holistic approach in engineering problem solving keeping a high bar for software quality.
• Experience guiding a project from initial requirements gathering right up to deployment, working with the team and all stakeholders along the way.
• A passion for craftsmanship.
• Owning the delivery throughout all phases of SDLC.
• Extensive experience with relational and non-relational databases and query performance.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• A track record of being a team player who works as well with non-technical stakeholders as your fellow developers.
• Experience with asynchronous job frameworks such as Kafka or Sidekiq (not required but considered a big plus).
• Previous experience working in a SaaS environment (not required but considered a big plus).
• Exposure to Amazon Web Services (not required but considered a big plus).
• Experience building applications using Rails, Django or equivalent framework (not required but considered a big plus).
• Experience with a client-side JavaScript framework e.g. Angular (not required but considered a big plus).
• Previous experience of eLearning technologies (not required but considered a big plus).

• Work in a fun and supportive environment with regular team events
• Excellent career progression
• Structured learning environment
• Competitive salary and company ESOP
• Employer Contributed Pension
• Private health insurance
• 25 days annual leave + 1 annual company wellness day off
• Flexible Working Arrangements - work with your Manager to determine the best working hours and location (home, office, hybrid) in order to help you balance work and family life, and to suit your lifestyle.