Website Construct Education
Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Proversity, Construct Education is on a mission to transform learning. With a vision to bridge the gap between education and employment, our founders, Krishan and Carl, asked a fundamental question: “How can we transform learning and training programs into mo… read morere meaningful experiences that ultimately translate into accessible and necessary skills for use in the real world?” With unwavering dedication, Krishan and Carl left their day jobs to answer this question.
Role summary
The Application Developer is responsible for supporting the evolution of the technology solution and processes that support the entire development and delivery of Online Education Services (OES) products and services.
The Application Developer will work closely with key internal stakeholders to drive the successful automation of unit development processes, including the setup and maintenance of key cloud technology systems to support this. They will manage off the shelf systems as well as build fit for purpose solutions as required to the delivery of the OES technology vision for online learning.
This role will support the Head of Student Technology in providing thought leadership, and options and solutions formulation for the unit development and broader technology space.
Key Responsibilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams – Work closely with Developers, Testers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to refine product requirements and drive feature development.
Assist with architecture and design of scalable solutions – Assist in shaping low-level solution designs with the Solution Architect or Solution Lead, ensuring robust and maintainable implementations.
Develop high-performance applications – Design, build, and enhance features for our custom-built platform using React (frontend), Node.js (backend), and AWS services.
Optimize and scale – Continuously improve system performance, scalability, and reliability by refactoring code, improving API efficiency, and enhancing cloud infrastructure.
Build and integrate APIs – Develop and maintain APIs to enable seamless integrations between our custom platform, Salesforce, data warehouses, and other critical systems.
Prototype and validate ideas – Create proof-of-concepts (PoCs) to evaluate potential feature implementations and new technologies.
Ensure cloud-native best practices – Leverage AWS services for serverless computing, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code to drive efficient deployments.
Support business expansion – Assist in setting up and operating new partner systems both domestically and internationally.
Enhance DevOps and automation – Work with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and automated testing to streamline deployment and operations.
Champion technical excellence – Conduct regular reviews to simplify and streamline the platform, implementing improvements based on best practices.
Mentor and guide – Support junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to a strong engineering culture.
Drive innovation – Stay ahead of industry trends, advocate for modern technologies, and help evolve our technology stack.
Requirements
To apply you must have 5-6+ years’ experience in:
ReactJS or similar Front end JavaScript framework experience
NodeJS experience
AWS (or similar cloud architecture) development experience in serverless solutions
Developing and consuming API’s
You should have knowledge in:
JS serverless libraries (ServerlessJS or similar)
HTM5, CSS3 and native JavaScript (jQuery/JqueryUI)
Coding patterns (MVC, MVVM etc)
Version control tools (e.g. Git)
CI/CD (Jenkins or similar
CMS/LMS experience
It would be beneficial to have:
Craft CMS (Or other)
Version control tools (e.g. Git)
Knowledge of TDD (Test driven development) & Agile Development process (Jira)
Understanding about debugging and problem-solving application issues
PHP Development
LTI development experience
AWS Certification
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