Education Perfect is an EdTech platform designed to empower educators and amplify their impact in the classroom. We aim to enable teachers to personalise learning at scale with a range of powerful learning, assessment, and insights tools, helping them and their students reach their full potential.

As an EPeep, you’ll work on projects that have a real impact on students' lives and have the freedom, support and resources you need to develop your skills and grow your career.

We're hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Full Stack) to help drive the development of new product areas and provide people & technical leadership within a collaborative, cross-functional team.

In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping solutions, leading team members and delivering high-quality software that supports our evolving product landscape.

What you will do

• Develop secure, scalable, and maintainable cloud services across our tech stack: C#, Golang, Kafka, Terraform, and/or TypeScript, React
• Manage and mentor a small group of other engineers and create a safe and inclusive environment for the team
• Create new customer value in small increments, delivered continuously to production
• Work closely with product managers and designers to solve open-ended customer problems
• Collaborate across teams and functions to help define our architecture and technical roadmap
• Make pragmatic decisions and sensible tradeoffs informed by high-level business objectives

About you

• 8+ years of experience designing, developing and operating cloud software at scale
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with technical leadership and people management, including the ability to mentor and support other engineers
• Ability to manage risk, ambiguity, dependencies and cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to align engineering work with high-level organisational goals
• A keen sense of ownership and accountability
• Experience working with distributed teams in global engineering organisations

What we offer

• Employee Equity Bonus Plan: Be part of our success with equity bonuses that foster ownership and shared growth across the company
• Christmas Shutdown Leave: Enjoy a full company shutdown during the week of Christmas, with 3 extra days of paid leave to bridge any non-public holidays
• Volunteer Day: All EPeeps receive one paid day per year to volunteer and give back to their communities
• Purchase Extra Leave: Opt-in to buy an extra week of annual leave, with payments spread across the year
• Work From Anywhere: Work up to 90 days per year from a different state or country—perfect for blending work and travel
• Wellness Bonus: Receive a pre-tax $750 NZD End-of-Year Wellness Bonus to support your health and well-being
• Health Insurance: Join our fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add-ons and family cover
• Home Set-Up Support: Remote and hybrid workers may be eligible for support to set up a productive and comfortable home workspace
• Communication Allowance: Get $50 NZD/month toward your phone and internet costs if you work remotely or in a hybrid setup
• Parental Leave Support: We support growing families with up to 12 weeks of full-pay top-up for primary caregivers, 3 weeks of paid leave for secondary caregivers, and an extra 5 days of New Parents Leave for both, all available after your first 3 months. Returning primary caregivers also receive enhanced pension contributions to support their financial wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Access 24/7 confidential support via Sonder for mental health, safety and medical needs - available globally and fully funded by EP
• Learning & Development: Access engaging internal workshops, performance reviews and ongoing development discussions to grow your career
• Tenure Recognition: Celebrate your milestones with bonus leave and cash rewards at 5, 10, and 15 years of service
• Referral Bonus: Recommend great people and earn a $2000 NZD pre-tax bonus when your referral joins and passes their trial period
• Workride: Access a bike, e-bike, or scooter through a temporary pre-tax salary sacrifice, saving 32–63% thanks to tax benefits.
• EP Support Groups: Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness Committees
• The opportunity to work within a growing global business with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification, and an unwavering commitment to our mission, people, and community