The Role
Develops and maintains high-quality software using modern engineering practices and contributes as a senior technical expert. The role includes leading technical efforts, resolving blockers, coaching junior developers, reviewing and approving code, supporting architecture and performance decisions, collaborating with Product Owners in Agile/Scrum teams, and working with React, .NET, Azure, SQL, CI pipelines, and distributed teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
ParentPay Group is Europe’s leading software product company and the UK’s largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.
Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.
ParentPay Group’s new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.
Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.
Key Responsibilities
- A technical contributor who can apply the knowledge of tools, engineering principles, programming languages, and technical practices to how and what is built so as to produce well-crafted quality software.
- Sets an example for technical best practices.
- Supports peers and coaches junior team members to grow their skills.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- ReactJS, Azure, .NET, .NET Core, c#, SQL, Agile, windows Services
- 7+ years of hands experience.
- Leading team for technical aspect and resolving any kind of technical blockers
- Able to support tech lead and proactively work on different area work
- Proactively involve in understanding of new module and overall to get a good domain knowledge
- Excellent Analytical and Development Skills
- Experience of using Microsoft VSTS/ADO
- Ability to quickly understand complex technical processes
- Solid architectural awareness and understanding of performance considerations
- Experience of working in React for minimum 3 years.
- Experience of working with distributed teams
- Experience of working with Product Owners within an Agile / Scrum environment and Agile behaviors.
- Experience of Microsoft Azure
- Experience of deployment process and CI Pipeline
- Ability to take the decision in absence of tech lead
- Review the code, approve the PR for check in the code
- Good understanding of Scrum and agile methodology and ways of working.
Personal Attributes:
- Customer experience driven, Customer first mentality
- Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate technical information upwards.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Exceptional problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and ability to encourage similar in others
- An understanding of the need for consistency and documentation where applicable
- Pragmatic, proactive, flexible attitude and approach
- Strong fail-fast, continuous improvement and open feedback mentality
- Inquisitive nature and a desire to challenge and improve
About
At ParentPay Group, we believe that when schools run well, students thrive. That’s why we’ve spent decades building the operating system that supports well‑run schools – a seamless layer of tools, insights, and support that makes school life simpler for teachers, leaders, caterers, parents, and students alike.From cashless payments and parent engagement to catering management, library systems, and MIS platforms, we connect the everyday parts of education through simple, secure, and connected tools. What began as a way to make school payments easier has grown into Europe’s leading EdTech group – trusted by over 20,000 schools and 9 million users across the UK and Europe.Every day, our platforms process millions of payments, messages, and data points, quietly working in the background so schools can shine out front. Together, we’re helping schools save time, cut costs, and create more time for learning.ParentPay Group is more than a collection of brands. We are a group of people dedicated to supporting well‑run schools and giving time back to teachers, parents, caterers, admin staff – and most importantly, to students.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of hands-on software development experience
- At least 3 years of React experience
- Experience with ReactJS
- Experience with Microsoft Azure
- Experience with .NET and .NET Core
- Experience with C#
- Experience with SQL
- Experience with Windows Services
- Experience using Microsoft VSTS/Azure DevOps
- Experience with deployment processes and CI pipelines
- Experience working with distributed teams
- Experience working with Product Owners in an Agile/Scrum environment
- Solid architectural awareness and understanding of performance considerations
- Ability to lead technical teams and resolve technical blockers
- Ability to make technical decisions in the absence of a technical lead
- Experience reviewing code and approving pull requests
- Strong analytical, development, communication, and problem-solving skills
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The Company
What We Do
ParentPay Group is a leading European EdTech company that provides an integrated ecosystem of technologies for educational institutions. Their services include data management, cashless payments, parent engagement, meal management, and library systems. Their mission is to streamline administrative tasks for schools, allowing educators to save time and focus on teaching and supporting students, ultimately aiming to create more time for learning.
