Senior Software Engineer

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 looking for 3x Senior Full Stack Software Engineers to join our cross-functional engineering teams and help design, build and scale high-impact products. All 3 roles are hands-on, full stack positions, spanning front-end user experiences and back-end cloud services, with opportunities to lean more into AI-powered features or core platform and infrastructure work.

You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers and other engineers to solve complex problems end-to-end, delivering customer value through well-engineered, scalable and secure solutions.

What you will do

• Design, build and operate end-to-end full stack solutions, from front-end user experiences (TypeScript, React) through to back-end services and cloud infrastructure (C#, Go, GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform)
• Deliver customer value continuously through small, incremental releases with fast feedback loops
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers and engineers to turn open-ended customer problems into reliable, production-ready solutions
• Improve system performance, reliability and scalability to support a growing global user base
• Contribute to architectural improvements, technical initiatives and reduction of technical debt across the stack
• Participate in production operations, incident response and ongoing operational improvements
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and growth-oriented team culture

Where you will have deeper impact

AI-powered product experiences

• Build and ship AI-enabled features across the full stack, from intuitive front-end interactions through to back-end services and integrations
• Work with LLM platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex or similar) to take ideas from concept to production
• Implement safety, reliability and quality measures such as guardrails, prompt-injection protections and output validation
• Partner closely with product and design to experiment, learn quickly and iterate responsibly

Platform & cloud foundations

• Design and evolve full stack services, APIs and event-driven systems that power our products at scale
• Strengthen system reliability, observability and performance across distributed services
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines and operational tooling (e.g. Terraform, Kafka)
• Lead or contribute to cross-team technical initiatives and architectural improvements

While everyone is expected to work across the full stack, you may spend more time in one area depending on team needs and your interests. We value strong engineering fundamentals and versatility over deep specialisation in a single layer.

About you

• 5+ years’ experience building and operating full stack, cloud-based software at scale
• Strong experience across both front end and back end, with depth in one or more of: C#, Go, GraphQL, Kafka, Terraform, TypeScript, React
• Proven track record of delivering secure, high-performance and maintainable systems end-to-end
• Experience with AI/LLM platforms and prompt engineering is highly valued, but not required for all roles
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in cross-functional, flat teams
• Sound technical judgment, balancing trade-offs, managing risk and navigating ambiguity
• Experience working in distributed teams within global organisations
• Growth mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

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.