Staff Software Engineer

Multiverse is the upskilling platform for AI and Tech adoption.

We have partnered with 1500 companies to deliver a new kind of learning thats transforming todays workforce.

Our upskilling apprenticeships are designed for people of any age and career stage to build critical AI data and tech skills. Our learners have driven $2bn ROI for their employers using the skills theyve learned to improve productivity and measurable performance.

In June 2022 we announced a $220 million Series D funding round co-led by StepStone Group Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7bn the round makes us the UKs first EdTech unicorn.

But we arent stopping there. With a strong operational footprint and 800 employees we have ambitious plans to continue scaling. Were building a world where tech skills unlock peoples potential and output.

Join Multiverse and power our mission to equip the workforce to win in the AI era.

The Opportunity

Its an incredible time to join the Engineering team at Multiverse the UKs first edtech unicorn as we equip the workforce to win in an AI era. You have a real opportunity to impact the lives of 1000s of people.

If youre looking to solve complex and compelling engineering challenges in a collaborative environment and are motivated by having a significant genuinely positive impact on peoples lives then we would love to talk with you.

Well provide you with the support autonomy and flexibility you need to do your best work. We believe in creating an environment where everyone can thrive and grow supported by mentorship learning opportunities and a strong team culture.

Youll join one of our product areas where youll gain deep knowledge of our products and play a key role in delivering scalable user-focused solutions across the platform.

As a Staff Software Engineer you will be a technical leader and a force multiplier tackling our most complex and ambiguous challenges. You will move beyond feature development to architecting the core systems and setting the technical strategy that will enable us to scale. This is a fast-paced adaptable and highly collaborative team working to solve complex and compelling engineering challenges.

What Youll Do

• Architect & Build Foundational Systems: Design build and operate the core architecture of our Platform ensuring it is scalable reliable and extensible for future innovation.

• Drive Technical Strategy: Partner with engineering and product leadership to define the long-term technical roadmap making critical decisions that will shape the platform for years to come.

• Solve Ambiguous High-Impact Problems: Take the lead on our most complex technical challenges navigating ambiguity to break down large-scale problems into clear actionable plans for the team.

• Elevate the Engineering Bar: Act as a technical mentor and role model for other engineers. You will elevate the teams capabilities through code reviews design discussions and by introducing and championing best practices.

• Lead Cross-Functional Initiatives: Drive technical alignment and influence outcomes across engineering product and design teams ensuring we build cohesive and powerful solutions.

• Champion Innovation & Pragmatism: Explore prototype and advocate for new technologies (including AI-assisted tools like Cursor or Gemini) while balancing speed of delivery with long-term sustainability.

About you

• Proven Technical Leadership: A track record of architecting building and operating complex scalable systems. Your experience goes beyond a single teams to influencing broader technical domains.

• Expertise in Your Craft: Deep knowledge and proficiency across our stack (we use TypeScript React Python Elixir AWS) and the ability to choose the right tool for the job.

• Strategic & Collaborative Partnership: You work effectively with peers stakeholders and leadership to make critical decisions and drive projects forward.

• Mentorship as a Multiplier: Experience formally or informally mentoring other senior engineers and a passion for helping others succeed and grow their skills.

• Pragmatic Problem-Solving: An adaptable and curious approach with a keen ability to leverage modern tools and AI technologies to solve complex problems balancing technical excellence with the practical needs of a fast-moving business.

• If this role excites you but your experience doesnt perfectly align with every point wed still love to hear from you.

Benefits

• Time off - 27 days holiday plus 5 additional days off: 1 life event day 2 volunteer days 2 company-wide wellbeing days (M-Powered Weekend) and 8 bank holidays per year

• Health & Wellness- private medical Insurance with Bupa a medical cashback scheme life insurance gym membership & wellness resources through Wellhub and access to Spill - all in one mental health support

• Hybrid work offering - we collaborate in the office 3 days per week

• Work-from-anywhere scheme - youll have the opportunity to work from anywhere up to 10 days per year

• Team fun - weekly socials company-wide events and office snacks!

Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Were an equal opportunities employer. And proud of it. Every applicant and employee is afforded the same opportunities regardless of race colour ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. This will never change. Read our Equality Diversity & Inclusion policy here.

Right to Work

Do you have the right to work in the UK Unfortunately at this time we cannot offer sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.

Safeguarding

All posts in Multiverse involve some degree of responsibility for safeguarding. Successful applicants are required to complete a Disclosure Form from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for the position. Failure to declare any convictions (that are not subject to DBS filtering) may disqualify a candidate for appointment or result in summary dismissal if the discrepancy comes to light subsequently.

Required Experience:

Staff IC