[Remote] Senior Software Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cambridge Spark is an education technology company focused on equipping organizations with critical digital transformation skills. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Learner Experience pod, responsible for delivering high-quality, user-centric solutions while collaborating with stakeholders and driving product engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery within the Learner Experience pod: from discovery and problem framing through to production, iteration, and outcome measurement
- Work directly with internal stakeholders — curriculum, operations, delivery — to understand problems at their root, not just their surface symptoms
- Shape solutions collaboratively: contribute to proposals, decision records, and discovery conversations, not just pull requests
- Bring an AI-first approach to your work: use AI tooling actively in prototyping, agentic coding, and accelerating delivery — and help the wider team develop the same habits
- Hold a high engineering standard across the pod: TDD, code review discipline, and a genuine commitment to quality are non-negotiable here
- Coach and support less experienced engineers in the pod, sharing your experience of what good looks like in a product engineering context
- Contribute to the evolution of our engineering practices as the pod model matures
Skills
- Full-stack capability, or a strong skew in one direction with genuine competence in the other — we are not hiring pure specialists
- Comfort owning the full delivery lifecycle: problem framing, solution design, production, and iteration
- Strong engineering fundamentals: test-driven development, code review culture, and a demonstrable commitment to quality
- Active engagement with AI-assisted development: prototyping, agentic coding, and using AI tooling as an accelerant rather than a novelty
- Demonstrated experience working directly with non-technical stakeholders to shape requirements — through product engineering, professional services, client-facing delivery, or similar
- Strong written communication: you can write a clear proposal, a concise technical decision record, or a stakeholder update that lands without needing translation
- Comfortable running or contributing to discovery conversations, not just delivering code once the brief is written
- Outcome ownership over feature delivery. You question whether the proposed solution is the right one, not just whether you can build it
- Comfortable with ambiguity. Small pods mean limited process overhead. You make good decisions with incomplete information and know when to escalate versus when to proceed
- AI-first mindset. You are not just curious about AI; you actively use it, prototype with it, and bring that practice into the team around you
- Collaboration without ego. You care about the outcome more than the credit. You build trust through competence and consistency, not volume
- Communicative. You surface problems early, document your thinking, and keep stakeholders appropriately informed without being prompted
- Experience with edtech, regulated industries, or other complex domains is a plus; the ability to absorb a new domain quickly is essential
- Professional experience in our stack (Python / React / Vue) is a bonus, but not essential
Benefits
- Pension with 4% matched contributions, opportunity to opt into salary sacrifice scheme
- 25 days holiday + flexi bank holidays + 1 day off on your birthday
- A day for volunteering
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Health & wellbeing allowance of up to 30 per month
- Annual summer and Christmas events
- Company socials including Cambridge College formals, pub nights, and team building events
- CPD allowance alongside quarterly reflections to ring-fence time for development and growth
- Private medical insurance and cash plan
- Holiday buy-back scheme (up to 10 days per annum)
- Employee Assistance Programme with a dedicated company counsellor
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