Education Perfect is an Ed Tech 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 Lexicon team - a collaborative group of product, design and engineering specialists shaping the future of Education Perfect's AI Learning Coach. This role is ideal for a strongly backend focused engineer who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys solving complex technical challenges. You'll design and build scalable C#/. NET services, develop production‐grade LLM integrations and help evolve intelligent, high‐performance systems that deliver meaningful value to students and educators. Alongside hands‐on engineering, you'll contribute to architecture, experimentation and mentoring as we scale a live, production AI system that's already making a difference for students and educators across the platform. What you will do
Design and build production‐grade LLM integrations and services in C#/. NET
Develop secure, scalable, high‐performance backend systems
Manage prompt pipelines, streaming and parallelised execution
Solve complex challenges related to system integration, stability and performance
Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Designers on new features
Contribute to architecture, system design and refactoring
Experiment, prototype and explore new AI capabilities
Deliver customer value in small, continuous increments
Mentor and support other engineers within the team About you
Strong expertise in C# /. NET
Experience designing and building APIs (REST and/or Graph QL)
Hands‐on experience shipping production LLM features to real users
Ability to design secure, scalable and maintainable services
Solid understanding of system design, performance and reliability
Experience operating cloud software at scale
Familiarity with technologies such as Kafka and SQL/Postgres
Experience working with AI platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI or similar)
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross‐functional teams
Demonstrated ownership, growth mindset and comfort with ambiguity
Experience collaborating with distributed/global teams
Equitable opportunities, growth, and development lie at the heart of how we work at EP. We understand that not all applicants may possess all the following attributes so if you think you have what it takes, but are not sure you check every box, we would love to still hear from you! What we offer
At Education Perfect, we're committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive - professionally and personally. When you join EP, you'll have access to a thoughtfully designed range of benefits that support wellbeing, flexibility and long‐term growth:
Employee Equity Bonus Plan – Share in EP's success through equity bonuses that foster ownership and collective growth
Christmas Shutdown Leave – Enjoy a full company shutdown over Christmas, with additional paid leave to bridge non‐public holidays
Volunteer Day – One paid day per year to give back to a cause or community you care about
Purchase Extra Leave – Option 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 another state or country
Wellness Bonus – Pre‐tax $750 NZD end‐of‐year bonus to support your health and wellbeing
Health Insurance – Fully funded Southern Cross Wellbeing 1 plan ($500 excess), with optional add‐ons and family cover
Home Set‐Up Support – Assistance for eligible remote and hybrid employees to create a productive workspace
Communication Allowance – $50 NZD/month toward phone and internet costs (remote/hybrid employees)
Parental Leave Support – Generous paid leave and top‐ups for primary and secondary caregivers, plus New Parents Leave
Employee Assistance Program – 24/7 confidential wellbeing, safety, and medical support via Sonder
Learning & Development – Access to workshops, development conversations and performance support
Tenure Recognition – Bonus leave and rewards celebrating long‐term milestones
Referral Bonus – $2,000 NZD pre‐tax bonus for successful employee referrals
Workride Scheme – Save on bikes, e‐bikes or scooters through pre‐tax salary sacrifice
EP Support Groups & Committees – Including Mana Wahine, DEI, Environmental Impact and Wellness
You'll also be part of a growing global company with Diversity Works accreditation, Carbon Net Zero BCorp status, Digital Promise certification and a deep commitment to our mission, our people and the communities we serve. #J-18808-Ljbffr
