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About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our small, highly capable engineering team and play a key role in shaping the technology that powers FutureLearn. This is an opportunity to take real ownership—from early-stage ideas through to deployment—working across the stack and contributing to every stage of the product lifecycle. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers and stakeholders to build scalable, high-impact features, while influencing how we design, develop and deliver software. You’ll be operating in a modern engineering environment, with frequent deployments to a large-scale, cloud-based platform and a strong commitment to quality through unit, integration, and acceptance testing. We’re particularly interested in engineers who are curious about how AI and emerging agentic approaches can enhance software and product development—using these tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining deep technical rigour.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable web applications.
Own features from concept through to deployment.
Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful product improvements.
Improve system performance, reliability, and scalability across a large-scale cloud-based platform.
Write and maintain robust automated tests to ensure code quality and stability.
Contribute to architecture and system design decisions.
Conduct code reviews and champion best practices.
Troubleshoot production issues and deliver timely, effective resolutions.
Explore and apply AI tooling to enhance engineering workflows and delivery speed.

Requirements

Strong experience building and maintaining large-scale, interactive web applications.
Solid experience with Ruby.
Strong understanding of software design principles, testing practices, and clean code.
Experience working with cloud infrastructure and DevOps tooling (AWS, Terraform, CI/CD via GitHub Actions).
Ability to balance delivery pace with technical depth and quality.
Experience with or strong interest in AI-assisted development workflows, with a thoughtful approach to where these tools add value.
Experience within education technology platforms (LMS, LXP, MOOC).
Familiarity with standards such as LTI, SCORM, or xAPI.
Exposure to LLM integration, AI tooling, or agentic systems.

Skills

Ruby
Rails
JavaScript
React
TypeScript
GraphQL
Next.js
AWS
Terraform
GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
AI tooling
LLM integration
Agentic systems

Location

Hybrid
London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

Competitive

Benefits

Autonomy to make meaningful technical decisions.
Opportunity to contribute to the evolution of engineering practices.
Opportunity to shape how emerging technologies like AI are leveraged.

About the Company

Passionate about lifelong learning and empowering learners globally.
Helps learners progress careers and invest in their futures through up-skilling.
Partners with over 260 world-class educational institutions, global brands, and industry partners.
Offers 20 million+ learners access to flexible, high-quality online courses and degrees.
Aims to transform lives through education.
Strives to become the world’s best AI-powered, career-based learning platform and OPM.

Equal Opportunity

Values diversity and encourages employees to bring their whole self to work.
Committed to Diversity and Inclusion.
Committed to Equal Employment Opportunity regardless of race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.