Software Engineer (Platform Team) in Headway

Headway is an EdTech startup that creates microlearning products. It is included in the GSV 150 list of the world's most influential companies transforming digital learning and specialist skills. In the ranking of the best IT employers 2023 by DOU, Headway is among the top five in two categories - "200-800 specialists" and "Leaders in cities" (Kyiv). The company was founded in 2019. In 5 years, it grew from 3 to more than 250 people in the team and opened offices in Kyiv, Warsaw, Nicosia and London. Headway products help develop 90+ million people in the world through concise formats of educational content: samaras, courses, games, infographics. Headway is Ukrainians who work for victory and launch initiatives to help their country. More details here. The core of our achievements and the main value is the team. We believe in people, shared values ​​and that the brave always find happiness. Together with our Engineering Manager Artem Hrytsaenko, we are looking for a Software Engineer to join the team, who is eager to work in a socially important EdTech product and find answers to complex questions. The Platform team at Headway works to create infrastructure solutions and services, constantly improve products and develop new features. Stack: Go, Terraform, Postgres, GCP, HTMX. Why it's interesting: An opportunity to become part of the Ukrainian EdTech team of a company that creates socially important products for the foreign market. You will be able to use modern tools and independently decide which technologies to apply. We work in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. Your decisions and ideas will actively influence the business. You will participate in team discussions, solving product problems, developing infrastructure and creating new features. Sharing experience with the developers of our Headway team and other friendly projects. What to do: Expand and modernize platform solutions that strengthen the entire Headway ecosystem: new features, analytics, etc. Develop and maintain the existing code base using progressive approaches. Communicate with team members to find ideas and modernize development approaches in the product. Constantly learn, develop and use advanced technologies. We are looking for you if: You have more than 1 year of experience as a Software Engineer. Preferably with Golang, because this is our main technology. You have experience writing web code. Do you want to develop both in Backend and Frontend development. Do you want to take responsibility and influence the product. You orient yourself in tasks without clear requirements in the fast-paced atmosphere of a startup. We experiment a lot and often don't know how our ideas will work. So you need to be able to offer your solutions and adapt to the situation. You divide the values ​​​​of the command ( SELECT ). What we offer: Professional and personal growth Access to the corporate knowledge base and professional communities from the first day of cooperation. Personal development plan. Compensation for learning English, studying at external trainings, seminars and courses, as well as Business and Management School for employees. Lectures on psychology, culture, literature, history, infohygiene, to comprehensively develop together. Your health is important to us Medical insurance. Corporate doctor and massage in the office. Hybrid mode of operation with the possibility of visiting the office You decide for yourself whether to work remotely, in the office or to combine these options. Our Kyiv office is open 24/7 with all safety and health measures in place. We also have offices in Warsaw, Nicosia and London. Corporate vacations Twice a year, we all go on a one-week paid vacation together to rest and recharge our batteries.