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About Strive

Strive is an online coding school for kids (8-16). We help students start and commit to their coding journeys by making coding fun and exciting. We focus, above all else, on making the process of learning joyful.

• Our mission is to make education more joyful and meaningful. We are starting with coding, but our goal is to redefine STEM education globally by creating the platform and content to teach math, science, and other subjects through coding.
• We’re a remote-first company with teachers and employees from South Africa, Singapore, India, the USA, and the Philippines.
• We’re a well-funded startup backed by YCombinator and early investors of Spotify and Facebook.

Watch this video to see the founders talk about Strive Math

Role | Develop and contribute to technical products

This role presents an exciting opportunity for developers to contribute to our product development journey. We're looking for candidates who see the gaps in education right now and want to have a hand in fixing it.

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will be asked to:

• Create new products end to end in line with company goals.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of internal tools vital for day-to-day operations, such as:
  • Scheduling system for booking classes between teachers, students, and parents (Our own custom ‘Calendly’)
  • Supporting the development of our WhatsApp bot
  • Contribute to the long term technical architecture of an early edtech startup
• Contribute to the core software and cloud architecture of Strive’s tools and products
• Identify team requirements or capacity requirements on a per project basis and manage a team of contractors if necessary
• Understand and commit to trade-offs between long term code quality and speed of delivery, and able to communicate these trade offs effectively.

Requirements | Ideal for senior developers eager to make a difference in the world

• Candidates with at least 4 years of experience are welcome to apply
• You hold a BSc degree or equivalent, ideally in Computer Science
• You’re proficient in JavaScript; You’ve built websites in React and servers in NodeJS in the past
• You can build beautiful landing pages as well as understand and can work in deeply technical back-end systems
• You can create technical products end to end - from git init to deployment.
• You know how to test and build ideas in a start-up-like way. The following tasks should excite you:
  • Designing and building MVPs
  • Exploring new technologies and tech stacks
  • Building small demos and toys to test with customers
  • Iterating on products you have built
• You have a passion for math and coding education since you’ll be helping build the platform for our students to learn these two subjects
• You understand start-ups and can contribute to the high-level business and growth strategy of Strive and our tech strategy