Senior Developer

SENIOR DEVELOPER Equipple | Belfast, Titanic Quarter — hybrid, minimum two days a week in the office Permanent, full time | £55,000–£65,000 depending on experience Closing date: Sunday 20 September 2026 Own the stack behind a growing EdTech platform — React, Node, Postgres and AWS — and build against a technical roadmap that's already mapped out. ABOUT EQUIPPLE Equipple is a Northern Ireland-based EdTech company. We build parent engagement and school communications software used by schools and multi-academy trusts across the UK and Ireland. We're a small, fast-moving team at an exciting stage of growth, with a growing customer base and investment behind us. The technical direction is set. We know what we're building over the next two years and the roadmap exists on paper. What we need now is a senior developer to build the stack that delivers it. THE ROLE This isn't a role where you're handed a detailed ticket and told exactly what to build. We need someone who can understand the why behind a feature, work out the best approach, build it well, and make sure it works before it goes anywhere near production. You'll work across the full stack — React 19 and React Router v7 in TypeScript on the front end, Node 22 in TypeScript on the back, Postgres underneath, all running on AWS. We work semi-asynchronously: roughly half the week together in the office, half heads-down. That means real autonomy over how you spend your time, and it means clear written communication matters as much as clean code. - Front end — teacher and parent interfaces, responsive UI, reporting views - Back end and integrations — Node services, RESTful APIs, MIS data sync, Postgres schema design - Shipping and quality — scoping through to release, your own QA, code review, test coverage - Platform health — bugs, performance, technical debt, architecture as the platform scales Where your responsibility ends: our CTO owns the technical roadmap and sets architectural direction. You'll shape both and you'll own delivery, but you won't be carrying the strategy on your own. Worth knowing: there's no separate QA team to catch what ships. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Not deep expertise in every area — a capable all-rounder who can learn unfamiliar tools quickly and apply them confidently. Essential — what you'll need from day one - React 19 and React Router v7 in TypeScript. Hooks, state management and component architecture, with responsive UI in Tailwind CSS v4. - Node.js 22 in TypeScript. RESTful API design and third-party integration. - Postgres v16+. Clean SQL and type-safe queries, ideally through Drizzle ORM. - AWS in practice. Managed databases, S3 storage, CloudWatch monitoring, and comfort with containerised deployment. - Authentication and security. Sensible handling of auth, third-party APIs and sensitive data — we hold pupil data and take that seriously. - Git, GitHub and a PR-based workflow, with automated testing in Vitest, Jest or similar. - Five years or more of professional full-stack or front-end-heavy development, with a track record of shipping production code in a SaaS or product environment. - Self-directed, with a strong eye for detail. Edge cases, error handling and the polish that makes software feel finished. - Strong written and spoken communication skills. Able to explain technical decisions clearly to a non-technical co-founder, and to work asynchronously for half the week. Desirable — useful, but we'll teach it - Infrastructure as code and CI/CD. AWS CDK, Docker, Fargate, ECS, ECR, and pipelines across development, staging and production. - Our specialist libraries — pg-boss, TipTap, SheetJS, Sharp, Recharts. - EdTech or SaaS serving the UK education sector. - Video and WebRTC integrations. We use Daily for video calls. - Analytics and event tracking, such as PostHog. - AI integrations. We use OpenAI for AI-generated summaries. - Payment platforms such as Stripe or Chargebee. How we work: we take pride in the craft and don't cut corners on the things that matter. We say early when something is broken, late or stuck. We expect initiative rather than waiting to be asked, and we care about the people at the other end — schools, teachers and parents who deserve software that just works. WORKING HERE - Annual leave — paid annual leave, including public holidays and our Christmas closedown. - Flexible — full time, 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, with flexibility on start and finish times by agreement. - Hybrid — based at our Titanic Quarter office, with a minimum of two days a week in and the rest of the week worked asynchronously. - Pension — company pension scheme, with auto-enrolment handled from day one. - Training — induction and role-relevant training, including any certification or software training the role calls for. One thing worth knowing: our year follows the school year. August to October and January to April are our busiest periods, so we ask for as much notice as possible on leave during those months. THE DETAILS Reports to: Chief Technology Officer Location: Belfast, Titanic Quarter — hybrid, minimum two days a week in the office Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week. 9.00am–5.30pm Monday to Friday, with flexibility on start and finish times Contract: Permanent, subject to a six-month probationary period Salary: £55,000–£65,000 depending on experience Travel: Occasional, mainly for events Closing date: Sunday 20 September 2026 HOW TO APPLY Apply with your CV at https://equipple.com/jobs/senior-developer — it takes a couple of minutes. A cover letter is optional; if you send one, tell us which part of this role appeals to you most. That tells us more than a summary of your CV. Questions before you apply? Email info@equipple.com and we'll come back to you. We review applications as they arrive, so earlier is better. RIGHT TO WORK, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND YOUR DATA Right to work: You must already have the right to work in the UK. We aren't able to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Pre-employment checks: Any offer is conditional on satisfactory references, proof of your right to work, proof of qualifications where relevant, and signature of a non-disclosure agreement. Equal opportunities: Equipple is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from everyone and select on merit alone, regardless of sex, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, political opinion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or whether you have dependants. Adjustments: If you need an adjustment at any stage of the process, tell us and we'll make it. Just say what would help. Your data: We process your application in line with our recruitment privacy notice at https://equipple.com/recruitment-privacy-notice. It explains what we collect, why, who sees it, and how long we keep it.