# Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

**Company:** [Mathspace](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/ndXTeDQWUwdiXcY2EZ9jXr.md)
**Location:** Remote
**Workplace:** remote
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Engineering

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## Description

Mathspace is on a mission to change maths education, by helping students and teachers with smarter, interactive learning software.

We’re an agile run, product-orientated company that focuses on delivering value through continual customer feedback, enabling students and teachers to have a delightful experience through learning mathematics.

As an engineer working on a cross-functional product team, you will:  

-   Enrich the Mathspace web and mobile apps that help teach hundreds of thousands of students every month across the world
-   Work closely with product owners and designers in their product discovery efforts
-   Collaborate with fellow engineers to deliver meaningful value to students and teachers
-   Tackle difficult problems, solve them creatively, and learn continuously
-   Play an active role, taking the initiative to get things done
-   Learn, develop and extend our [tech stack](https://stackshare.io/mathspace/mathspace)

## Requirements

-   Strong software engineering ability
-   Effective communication skills
-   Knowledge of Python, GraphQL and Django frameworks
-   Enthusiastic about quality, design and user experience
-   Dedicated to learning and sharing new ideas
-   Industry experience in web products

## Benefits

-   Competitive salary and a comfortable office environment near Sydney Central station.
-   We provide the necessary equipment: MacBook Pro & monitors
-   We have a highly flexible work-from-home policy
-   We offer a yearly stipend for training & education expenses
-   We partner with pledge1percent.org to donate 1% of time, product and profit to help nonprofits in our community

-   We will offer you 2.5 paid days per year to volunteer with the charity of your choice