Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom. We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you’ll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to help drive the development of new product areas and provide technical leadership within a collaborative, cross-functional team. In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping solutions, mentoring team members, and delivering high-quality software that supports our evolving product landscape.

What you will do

• Develop secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud services across our tech stack: C#, Kafka, Terraform, TypeScript, and React.
• Create new customer value in small increments, delivered continuously to production.
• Work closely with product managers and designers to solve open-ended customer problems.
• Collaborate across teams on larger initiatives, technical improvements, and production operations.
• Mentor and support other engineers while creating a safe and inclusive environment for the team.
  

About you

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating cloud software at scale.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in flat, cross-functional teams.
• Ability to make good decisions informed by team goals, domain knowledge, and sound engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to manage risk, ambiguity, and dependencies.
• A growth mindset and a keen sense of ownership.
• Experience working with distributed teams in global engineering organisations.
  

Equitable opportunities, growth, and development lie at the heart of how we work at EP. We understand that not all applicants may possess all the following attributes so if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we would love to still hear from you!

What we offer

• Employee Equity Bonus Plan: Be part of our success with equity bonuses that foster ownership and shared growth across the company
• Christmas Shutdown Leave: Enjoy a full company shutdown during the week of Christmas, with 3 extra days of paid leave to bridge any non-public holidays
• Volunteer Day: All EPeeps receive one paid day per year to volunteer and give back to their communities
• Purchase Extra Leave: Opt-in to buy an extra week of annual leave, with payments spread across the year
• Work From Anywhere: Work up to 90 days per year from a different state or country—perfect for blending work and travel
• Wellness Bonus: Receive a pre-tax $750 NZD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your health and well-being
• Health Insurance: Join our fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add-ons and family cover
• Home Set-Up Support: Remote and hybrid workers may be eligible for support to set up a productive and comfortable home workspace
• Communication Allowance: Get $50 NZD/month toward your phone and internet costs if you work remotely or in a hybrid setup
• Parental Leave Support: We support growing families with up to 12 weeks of full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers, and an extra 5 days of New Parents Leave for both, all available after your first 3 months. Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions to support their financial wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access 24/7 confidential support via Sonder for mental health, safety and medical needs - available globally and fully funded by EP
• Learning & Development: Access engaging internal workshops, performance reviews and ongoing development discussions to grow your career
• Tenure Recognition: Celebrate your milestones with bonus leave and cash rewards at 5, 10, and 15 years of service
• Referral Bonus: Recommend great people and earn a $2000 NZD pre-tax bonus when your referral joins and passes their trial period
• Workride: Access a bike, e-bike, or scooter through a temporary pre-tax salary sacrifice, saving 32–63% thanks to tax benefits.
• EP Support Groups: Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness Committees
• The opportunity to work within a growing global business with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and an unwavering commitment to our mission, people, and community
  

We celebrate individuality, value diversity, and understand that flexible and remote work opportunities enable our team members to work in a way that fosters creativity and inspires individual brilliance. When you work with us, you're not just joining a company - you're joining a team united by the desire to make a difference.