We are advertising for one of our EdTech portfolio companies Inquisitive.
Inquisitive is a fast-growing education technology company with a vision of universal access to high
quality learning. In the 6 years since launch, Inquisitive has grown to be used by 50,000 teachers in 5,000
primary schools, and is now taking off in the United States. Our mission is deeply inspiring: we’re working to save teachers 300 hours a year and solve fundamental problems for education globally. You’ll be pivotal in evolving the product and helping build something truly impactful. Our team is open-minded, respectful, and flexible in how and where you work, supporting a healthy, fulfilled life alongside professional success.
Our team loves Javascript and our tech stack is modern and fantastic to work with. We use React, Apollo
Client, Styled Components, AWS, Cypress, Serverless, GraphQL, TypeScript, Terraform, NodeJS,
Snowflake and CircleCI to name a few.
This role is a Full Stack development position with a primary focus on backend development tasks. Over
time you will have the opportunity to work across both the front end and back end to build and maintain
scalable, high-performance applications. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to
develop seamless user experiences while ensuring robust backend functionality.
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidate will be selected on attitude over everything else. If you are keen to innovate and
create something special, then we want you!
- Excellent analytical and complex problem-solving skills
- Highly motivated with a positive and collaborative attitude
- Strong attention to detail
- Passion for learning and growth
- 5+ years of software development experience, ideally with 2+ years in Node.js and React
- Experience working with databases, crafting APIs and CI/CD pipelines
- 2+ years AWS experience
- Experience or strong interest in: React, TypeScript, serverless technologies, GraphQL, Postgres DB; AI tooling such as ChatGPT
- We welcome applicants with experience in other languages who can demonstrate the ability to up-skill quickly in JavaScript and Node.js
- A commitment to your ongoing development, with opportunities to learn from and engage with every part of our vibrant organisation
- Competitive remuneration at all levels
- A beautiful, spacious office set in parklands overlooking Sydney Harbour
- A hybrid work environment (1-2 days per week in the office) with flexible arrangements to support work-life balance
- A team with strong engineering values, open-mindedness, and mutual respect
- We are growing exponentially and going global, so now is a great time to join a world-class team. If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you!
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What We Do
Airtree is a venture capital firm backing Aussie and Kiwi founders, building the iconic technology companies of tomorrow.
We’re powered by our network, dedicating extraordinary resources to help founders shortcut company-building firsts and accelerate their journey from idea to global household name.
As one of the largest and most active early-stage investors in Australia and New Zealand, Airtree’s 100+ portfolio features the region’s breakout tech companies, including Canva, Go1, Employment Hero, Pet Circle, Immutable and Linktree.
