About Us
About you
You are someone who wants to change the world and want to join us on our mission to build a world in which anyone can realize their full potential, regardless of their draw in the lottery of life.
You should be creative, flexible and a fast learner who can take feedback while tackling complex challenges in unfamiliar environments as they arise. You are comfortable navigating cultural diversity, get things done, and have a strong moral compass.
Role Overview
We are looking for a Founding Staff Engineer to over see the delivery and code quality of DirectEd Development’s internship services arm, tison.io — delivering custom software for global clients.
This role offers the opportunity to influence both technology direction and organizational culture in a rapidly growing, social impact-focused startup environment.
We are a fully remote company with founding team members in London and Nairobi. We prefer team members to be available during European working hours.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction for our technology stack, ensuring the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and secure platforms. Evaluate emerging tools and frameworks to keep our systems at the cutting edge.
- Architectural Oversight: Drive architectural decisions on new and existing products. Establish and maintain standards for code quality, testing, and deployment processes.
- Mentorship & Coaching: Guide, inspire, and coach engineers on the team, fostering a collaborative environment that values continuous learning and knowledge-sharing.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product and design teams to translate requirements into actionable plans, balancing technical feasibility, user needs, and business priorities.
- Hands-On Contribution: Lead by example through code reviews and periodic hands-on coding, ensuring critical components meet performance and reliability benchmarks.
Qualifications
- Experience: Minimum of 7 years in professional software engineering. We particularly look for candidates that have experience leading technical teams at custom software development agencies.
- Technical Proficiency: Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, with extra bonus for Python. Familiarity with cloud services (primarily AWS or Azure). Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and microservices architectures.