Cadmus is a global EdTech company purposefully built for the higher education sector to break down global learning barriers by providing educators and diverse student cohorts with access to high-quality learning and assessment.
Built on rich, student-centric values, Cadmus empowers individuals to achieve their highest potential and graduate with the critical skills and knowledge to impact our workforces, communities, and evolving world profoundly.
We are growing (and quickly!
), working with several of the most well-known names in higher education worldwide, and we are constantly adding more customers to our roster.
Please get to know us by visiting cadmus.io or following our social channels.
What Role Will You Play?To support our growth, we need accomplished Senior Software Engineers (Front End) who have at least 5 years of industry experience, have worked on a React-based high-traffic web application, enjoy working with product managers and designers, are passionate about bringing together design with technology to create user experiences that delight our users, and enjoy mission-driven startup environments.
Talent & Overall Technical Ability: Build and deploy a range of internal and external applications using modern front-end technologies (e.g.
Typescript, React, HTML, CSS), consuming APIs (GraphQL, RESTful), and styled components.
Implement and maintain robust front-end testing strategies, including unit tests and end-to-end tests.
You are also aware of the latest web content accessibility guidelines, and have actively worked on auditing and fixing issues with the same.Architecture & Solutions: Before writing a line of code, work with product managers to rapidly iterate on user journeys and mockups in Miro and Figma.
You will drive and own the overall UI design and approval process, which involves aligning stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.Product Ownership: Own the front-end framework from a development, maintenance, and testing perspective.
This includes evolving the front-end architecture for productization and scale, and working closely with back-end and data teams to create a joint technology development roadmap.Startup Experience: Understand the unique asks of an early-stage startup, and build the required resilience, patience, flexibility and bravery needed to build a disruptive, world-changing company.
You have a strong track record of rapid progression in your current and earlier organizations.BONUS POINTS: You are comfortable with server-side languages (e.g.
Java, Ruby, Elixir), databases (e.g., SQL, NoSQL), and deploying and maintaining applications on the cloud (e.g., AWS, GCP)BONUS POINTS+++: You are an adept Product Designer.
Strong proficiency in design tools such as Miro and Figma.
Deep understanding of user experience principles and best practices, and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.Some Things To Note1.
This is an Individual Contributor (IC) role.
You will be collaborating with other developers, and participating in group-level activities like code reviews, stand-ups, mentorship of junior developers, but your primary KPI will be the quantum and quality of code that you are able to generate.
Because we need a LOT of great quality code right now.
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It is expected that you will be able to operate with a high degree of autonomy.
We are a small team of engineers (3.
We are growing quickly, which also means there is increased competitive pressure and customer expectations.
Hence, we have to build a lot of product FAST, which makes for a fun, but also INTENSE workday.
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The magic that we can create is the extra 10-20% that we are willing to go for our users, and that starts with the effort we put in every day, on everything.
You will need to truly own the work that you do, which includes the quality bar that you set for yourself and others.
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The role is FULLY REMOTE.
However, we were born in Melbourne, and continue to have a very strong presence there, including some of our most experienced team members.
Hence, it is expected, from a communication and training POV, that you will be able to achieve at least 5 hours of overlap with working hours (9 AM - 6:30 PM) in AEST timezone.
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Finally, for legal purposes, you will be working with us as a Contractor with no end date on the contract.
That has no bearing on how your day to day at Cadmus would look like, but it may have tax or other implications for you.
If you are still reading, and interested in the role, we would love to speak with you!
A remote-friendly, flexible working culture; where you can work from any global locationCompetitive pay, with equity for the right candidatesA diverse and inclusive workplace where there are no barriers to anyone succeedingA surrounding team of mission-driven individuals who genuinely love what they doMentoring and succession planning for your careerHiring ProcessOur interview process is usually a video response round, a hiring manager interview, a programming task and debrief, and a chat with the CXO team that will be held via Zoom/Meet.
Inclusivity at CadmusAt Cadmus, we hire great people from various backgrounds because it strengthens our company.
We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, or disability status.
If you share our values and enthusiasm for education, you will find a home at Cadmus.
If you need assistance or accommodations made due to a disability, please let us know.
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