Software Engineer

About us

Have you always wanted to put your passion for education to use on the job? Would you like to work with an incredible team making an impact on learning around the world? If you answered yes, we can't wait to meet you!

And just who are we? Edpuzzle is a leading edtech company with offices in San Francisco and Barcelona and over 10 years of history helping teachers find and create exciting, interactive video lessons. Over 80% of U.S. schools and millions of teachers and students in 190+ countries around the world are already using Edpuzzle to make education more equitable and engaging.

About the role

We’re looking for our next Software Engineer to join our Product Team in Spain. The right person will help us create the best possible product for teachers and empower them to engage their students with videos. If you’re a self-starter who’s eager to contribute to the education sector, you’ll feel right at home with us. 

As a Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for working on all front-end, mobile and back-end sides of our software. You will participate in the design, creation, and maintenance of features, writing clean, functional, testable, and scalable code as well as fixing bugs or other coding issues. You will also continuously learn with the aim to be able to work on problems with increasing complexity, including the possibility of starting to lead projects with technical complexity, product complexity, or both.

Technically speaking, we use React and Redux for our frontend and Node and Express applying DDD and hexagonal architecture in the backend. We use MongoDB for our database and are fully hosted on AWS which we also use to store, encode and stream our own pool of videos. We work with testing, trunk based development, CI/CD, and follow best practices making sure we never compromise on code quality and reliability. 

About our team

We are a product-focused team. Our methodologies foster close partnerships between Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and other key areas (Design, Data, QA, Security, etc.). Everyone is encouraged to share their ideas and opinions, take initiative, and be resourceful when coming up with creative solutions that elevate the experience for our users.

Our Engineering team is organized around cross-functional and rotational full-stack projects, with teams of 3 to 5 Engineers on each project providing diverse perspectives and skills. At the end of the year, an Engineer will have typically contributed to 3 to 4 different projects in order to gain exposure to different aspects of our product and have a holistic development approach.

At our core is an environment where every voice is heard and valued, and each team member plays a role in shaping project strategy and designing technical solutions. We embrace proactiveness and curiosity to understand the bigger picture. Engineers are not just encouraged but expected to think critically, propose solutions, and take ownership. We’ve built a culture where ideas are shared openly, challenges are tackled head-on, and assumptions are questioned to drive continuous improvement. 

Learn more about our Engineering team and culture in this talk by Santi Herrero (Co-founder and CTO) at SCPNA 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Hb8rhJPWI 

Wondering what it’s like to work at Edpuzzle?

Picture a place where you can connect with your teammates, whether remotely or in person, whenever you need support. A place where one day you're helping shape one of the biggest edtech platforms in the world, and the next day you're doing a teambuilding activity with your coworkers. A place where everyone has been selected because they're the best at what they do, and where your manager and team trust your decisions fully. A place where you're encouraged to learn and grow because education is the cornerstone of everything we do. Check out the job details below to see if Edpuzzle could be the right fit for you!

About the job:

• Work with the Product and Engineering teams to find the best technical solutions by participating in discussions and sharing your opinions.
• Take ownership of the problems that are being worked on, understanding why they are needed by the users, carrying out your own research, making your own proposals and working on the implementation while relying on your teammates for help when needed.
• Communicate effectively in a team in order to maximize productivity, ownership, and focus to help projects reach the finish line with the best possible outcome and by the project deadline.
• Develop pixel perfect designs following the indications of the Design team.
• Develop simple, clear, functioning, and testable code.
• Take an active role in learning the different parts of Edpuzzle’s software and understanding why it is built the way it is, while relying on more experienced teammates for help when needed.
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software.
• Write technical documentation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

About you:

• At least 4 of years professional experience in frontend, backend, or full-stack development
• Experience writing well-tested JavaScript code
• You are a Full Stack Developer with experience with at least one frontend framework (React, Vue, Svelte, etc.) and experience with Node.js
• If you are not Full Stack, then you want to become Full Stack and you currently have strong experience in either frontend writing complex interactive UIs with React, or in backend writing high traffic servers in Node.js
• Experience with testing
• Excellent ability to communicate your ideas, regardless of the audience
• Pragmatic with technologies: you understand tech is a tool to solve a product problem, tech is never the end goal
• Product-oriented: you make all your technology decisions with the final user in mind
• You are naturally drawn towards understanding the bigger picture and recognize when there's a need for improvement, applying your intentional and rational thought process to address complex issues
• You are able to work independently, plan and exercise conscious control of time spent on specific goals to reach deadlines effectively, and you don’t hesitate to pursue a goal despite the difficulties, all while maintaining a flexible mindset
• You feel comfortable in spoken Spanish and written English, as they are the main language of our Engineers’ day-to-day operations
• You are based in Spain and have a work permit to work in Spain

Bonus skills:

• Experience with Redux for client state management
• Experience with Express.js and MongoDB
• Experience with complex backend architectures such as Hexagonal Architecture and Domain Driven Design (DDD)
• … or another amazing skill you bring to the table that we haven’t thought of yet!

What’s it like to work remotely?

• Work from the comfort of your own home
• Use the Edpuzzle office as much or as little as you like
• Meet with your manager and team via video calls on Google Meet or Slack
• Connect with coworkers via Slack (with channels for work and for fun!)
• To enjoy our remote work policy, you’ll need high-speed internet access

What we offer:

• Competitive salary at €‎39K – €‎53K based on your professional experience
• Yearly salary review based on performance
• Free private health insurance policy with AXA
• Training and development opportunities
• Meal allowance with Cobee: an annual budget of €2000 to spend on the restaurants and food delivery services you like the most 
• Flexible remuneration: you’ll be able to include your monthly expenses in public transport, childcare, and health insurance of immediate family members (spouse and/or children) into your payroll 
• 24 paid holidays plus December 24th and 31st
• Flexible working hours and reduced working time on Fridays
• Remote-first: Feel free to work 100% remotely or use the Barcelona office whenever you want, for the best of both worlds!
• Free coffee, snacks, and drinks in the Barcelona office
• Teambuilding events during working hours
• Incredible opportunity to grow, learn, and build lifetime bonds with other passionate people

Edpuzzle is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Edpuzzle makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

References from previous employers will be requested from candidates during the selection process. If you'd like to be considered for this position, please apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!