Team: HQ / Tech
Type: Full-time / 37.5 Hours Per Week
Summary:
At Minerva Virtual Academy (minervavirtual.com), we are looking for a Senior Developer to join our growing tech team. In this role, you will completely own the "how" of our technology platform, dictating the architecture, tech stack selections, code quality, and technical methodology. You will act as the technical deputy to our CTO, while serving as the delivery counterpart to the Head of Product & Technology to drive execution against our product roadmap.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Ownership & Architecture: Own execution against the roadmap and oversee the system architecture. Ensure everything built is of outstanding quality and set strict technical standards for the rest of the engineering team to follow.
Team Leadership & Management: Act as the CTO’s technical deputy by providing technical guidance, support, and mentorship across the development team. You will directly line-manage our Junior Technician upon joining and ensure effective software change management, fixes, and prompt problem resolution.
Delivery & Code Quality: Lead constructive code reviews to provide feedback, mitigate bugs, and actively grow the capabilities of your team.
Interim Execution: Take full ownership of frontline day-to-day tickets and technical projects, ensuring the tech team is hitting key deliverables and KPIs
Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the translation layer between complex engineering concepts and the business. You must clearly communicate technical trade-offs and risks to non-technical stakeholders, including the Head of Product & Technology, entirely free of jargon.
Key Skills & Attributes:
Agency & Problem Solving: Possess exceptional problem-solving skills paired with a proactive, diligent approach. You have high individual agency; you don't need step-by-step instructions for small tasks and naturally present thoughtful solutions alongside identified problems.
Composure Under Pressure: Maintain a calm, clear-headed demeanour, showing the ability to take a beat and think logically when operating under high-pressure conditions.
Accountability & Trust: Highly self-motivated, professional, mature, and fully capable of operating independently with total ownership over technical outcomes.
Growth Mindset: Ambitious and hungry for continuous development, both for your personal career and for the technical capabilities of the wider team.
Technical Requirements
Essential skills:
Extensive experience in Fullstack development.
Strong proficiency writing C# and JSON.
Deep foundational knowledge of SQL.
Practical experience building within Azure environments.
Confident executing third-party API integrations (including REST, webhooks, and complex authentication flows).
A security-conscious development mindset, including solid knowledge of authentication/authorization, secure SDLC practices, and common web vulnerabilities.
Hands-on vibe-coding experience.
People management and ability to lead by example
Candidate requirements
This role offers the freedom to work from wherever you live! We meet up in person four times a year in London, which is a great way to connect with colleagues face-to-face. Travel and accommodation for these meetups are self-funded.
As this is a remote role, you will be required to have a suitable home-working set-up which should include a good internet connection. This is the responsibility of all employees.
All remote employees are required to agree to our policies, including agreeing to cyber security software.
MVA is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, online searches will also be carried out as part of due diligence checks ahead of any interviews.
What you need to prepare for your application:
Please submit your CV and cover letter as part of your online application.
A CV only tells us so much, so we'd love to hear more about you in your cover letter, to help us understand what drives you and why you'd be the perfect fit for our team.
Specifically, we'd love to hear about:
Your 'Why': What draws you to this role, and why does MVA feel like the right fit for your next career step?
Your Background: What relevant experience and skills do you bring to this position? We love hearing about the experiences that have shaped how you work!
Your Impact: What will you contribute to our HQ team as we continue to grow?
Don't be afraid to let your personality shine through; we value authenticity, initiative, and a genuine enthusiasm for online education!
Notices
More about MVA
MVA is an affordable, accessible online independent secondary school that delivers world-class education with a true sense of community. It is the perfect school for modern times - combining smart technology and engaging online resources with one-to-one support, active group learning, and exciting multi-disciplinary projects.
We offer students the flexibility to learn from the comfort of their home, and anywhere in the world, while ensuring they develop the social skills required to live fulfilling lives and succeed in the workplaces of the future. We champion self-sufficiency, collaboration, problem-solving, creative and critical thinking, leadership, and mindfulness.
Our motto - Together We Thrive - is translated into the day-to-day experience of students & staff at the school through our Ways of Being, devised by students for the whole community. We endeavour always to be:
Ambitious
Aware
Considerate
Kind
Mindful
Reflective
Responsible
MVA values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please get in touch, as we want to make sure everyone has a fair chance to show us what they can bring to MVA.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact us at [email protected].
