Principle Engineer (Drupal)

London

Full time, permanent

£65,000 - £85,000 per year

Who are tes?

Tes Global is a global digital education company that has been supporting educators for over 100 years. We believe in the power of great teaching. We support and connect teachers and schools worldwide, helping them to improve children's lives through education

With more than 13.7m education professionals and enthusiasts in our online community using over 900k classroom resources and working relationships with 25,000 schools in over 100 countries, we have the scale to make a difference. Our innovative products and services are delivered through a range of partners across the globe. We help schools find the teachers they need; we bring new teachers into the profession through initial teacher training; we provide teachers with continuous professional development and help educators with safeguarding training and compliance. We provide innovative tools to help teachers succeed in the classroom as well as bring educators together online, so they can share expertise and provide them with vital news and information about education.

We are leaders in using digital technology to make life easier for schools and teachers. The services offered through Tes.com play a critical role in helping teachers and school leaders deal with the challenges of providing high quality education to millions of children across the globe. Our group comprises of Tes, Tes Institute, Educare, Edukey, EdVal and market leading supply teacher services; Vision for Education, Smart Teachers and ABC Teachers.

Role overview:

Tes Global is the world's largest professional network for teachers. We are seeking a hands-on, Principal Engineer to lead our Content squad, the team behind Tes News and a number of education related microsites, which receive over 7 million views per day.

As Principal, you will report to the VP of Engineering, be the key interface between the Content squad and wider Tes engineering community and work closely with the product owner to refine, prioritise and communicate requirements.

Since this is a hands-on role, you will be responsible for the software design and development of Tes' CMS platform (a combined Drupal / Node.js microservice architecture), ensuring it continues to meet the changing requirements of the business and driving towards providing content management as a service. You will also work with Tes' platform team, defining the future devops strategy.

However, the most important aspect of your role is to enable delivery through your squad members. To achieve this you will strive to appreciate their strengths and potential, providing technical expertise when needed, but also the autonomy essential for personal development and job satisfaction. You will further support your team members career growth through mentoring and regular performance reviews.

Education and experience requirements:

• Three or more years leading software engineering teams
• Substantial solution design and architecture experience
• Understanding of PHP, related development practices and Drupal
• Great interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• A practical approach to Agile methods
• Familiarity with Node.js a bonus!

What do you get in return?

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30
• 5% pension after probation
• State of the art offices
• Access to a range of benefits via Perkbox
• Free fruit delivered to the office weekly
• Free breakfast cereals
• Free soft and hot drinks
• Free eye care cover
• Free Bupa Health cover
• Discounted Dental Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Referral Scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• EAP (Employee assistance programme)
• Paid for monthly nights out
• Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu

We are proud of our people centric culture where everyone is driven to achieve the same goal, to support and connect teachers and schools worldwide, helping them to improve children's lives through education.

Tes Global welcomes applications from all and will provide reasonable support throughout the recruitment process to applicants who have a disability. We invite applicants to contact us directly to identify any additional support that they might require to enable them to make an application.

We place significant emphasis on personal development and growth. We follow a mentorship model that provides you with the support you need to grow and develop, at a pace that works for you. You'll have access to a discretionary conference and training budget, be eligible for our internal management programmes and be encouraged to participate in our weekly knowledge sharing sessions and monthly hackdays.

We support both remote working and flexitime all we ask is that you are committed to shipping great products and supporting your team to achieve its goals. Check out our engineering blog for a sense of who we are and what we do.