About the role
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Our digital products and services are used by millions of people all over the world, providing high-quality learning experiences, online and for free, that engage and inspire young people to explore computing and digital making inside and outside of school.
We're looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. You'll be working on creating educational experiences for young people and educators, helping bring products to life such as our projects site, our Code Club platform or create online experiences for Astro Pi and Coolest Projects. You'll need to have good programming and technical skills, an appetite to learn what you don't know, and a commitment to make a difference for our users.
You'll work within a supportive, collaborative, and agile team of Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Designers, and fellow Software Engineers. Together, you will create a variety of digital products and services that support volunteers, educators, and learners. This is your chance to create products that have a real and positive impact on hundreds of thousands of young people across the world.
Responsibilities
Build products, platforms, and services across the Raspberry Pi Foundation, with the goal to create valuable learning experiences
Collaboratively deliver high-quality working software with measurable impact
Write elegant and secure code, following a test-driven approach
Work with Software Engineers and Engineering Managers to improve processes and code quality across our products
Help to plan the development of our products through technical analysis and evaluation of architectural needs
Experience and personal attributes
Demonstrable experience of working as a professional Software Engineer with a focus on web technologies; or having work experience in a different field and looking to transition into Software Engineering through completion of a degree, bootcamp, or similar
A proactive, pragmatic, and supportive attitude along with being happy to provide and receive constructive feedback
Experience with a high-level language such as Ruby, JavaScript, or Python along with a database system (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
A product mindset and the ability to see the bigger picture
Interpersonal skills (verbal and written communications), with a collaborative approach to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team
An interest in education, especially around computer science, physical computing, and digital making
Knowledge of managing infrastructure on platforms such as Heroku, Cloudflare, and AWS
About the company
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. You can read more about us on our careers page.
Established in 2008 and first known for our product — the wildly successful Raspberry Pi computer — the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills
Through Code Club, we support the world's largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. Tens of thousands of educators have taken our online courses, and millions of people use our free online learning resources. To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, we conduct academic research, and we use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.
Across all of our work, we work hard to engage young people who come from backgrounds that are traditionally underrepresented in the field of computing or who experience educational disadvantage. We work all over the world, with teams based in the UK, Ireland, North America, and India, and partnerships with mission-aligned organisations in over 40 countries.
We are at the forefront of the global movement to help young people learn about computing and digital making. You can read more about our mission, values, and goals in our Annual Review 2023 and our Strategy 2022–2025.