Senior Software Engineer (AI Focus) - Remote

Overview

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 looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our cross functional team and help bring AI powered experiences to life in a safe, meaningful and scalable way. You’ll work across both front end experiences that boost student engagement and back end infrastructure that supports large scale performance. This is a hands-on role where you’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers and other engineers to deliver impactful solutions, mentor teammates and continuously improve our technology.

In Short

• Design and build secure, scalable and maintainable cloud services across our stack (C#, Kafka, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, Python)
• Deliver AI powered features from concept to deployment, implementing safety measures like guardrails and prompt-injection protections
• Continuously ship value in small, iterative releases, ensuring fast feedback loops and measurable customer impact
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers and other engineers to turn complex, open-ended customer problems into reliable solutions
• Enhance system performance and reliability, ensuring our infrastructure can support a growing, global user base
• Lead technical initiatives that span multiple teams, contributing to architectural improvements and technical debt reduction
• Participate in production operations, helping maintain uptime, resolve incidents and improve operational processes
• Mentor and coach other engineers, sharing knowledge, giving constructive feedback and fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment
• Stay ahead of the curve with emerging AI, cloud and web technologies, bringing fresh ideas and approaches to the team

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing and operating cloud software at scale
• Proficiency in some of our core tech stack: C#, Kafka, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, Python
• Hands-on experience with AI/LLM tools such as AWS Bedrock, Azure GPT, Google Gemini, LiteLLM or similar
• Knowledge of prompt engineering and LLM output safety, including guardrails and security measures
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional, flat teams
• Skilled in making sound technical decisions based on goals, domain knowledge and engineering fundamentals
• Comfortable managing risk, ambiguity and dependencies
• Experience working with distributed teams in global organisations
• Growth mindset with a strong sense of ownership

Benefits

• 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