Kiron Open Higher Education is a non-profit organization offering free online learning opportunities to refugees and underserved communities worldwide since 2015. Through
the platform, Kiron Campus, students receive access to high-quality higher education and a large online student community. Kiron’s innovative model consists of free, tailor-made study programs by clustering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from renowned educational providers and Open Educational Resources (OERs) for academic, professional, and personal growth.
Kiron is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Software Engineer who wants to have a world-changing impact. We want you to join our team and work on building apps for the learning and growth of refugees and disadvantaged people. The small size of our organization and the huge size of the challenge in front of us means that you would be an integral part of creating the future of Kiron and of the product development team in general. The role is based in Berlin but we’re accepting applications from anywhere - especially as we expect to be mostly remote for a while. Don’t worry if you don’t have all of the skills or experience listed
below, we want to see your application anyway!
Tasks:
● Join our product development team and the Kiron
Engineering Community and commit to working
with a strong user-focus so that we can build
products that help a wide range of refugee
students
● Help us improve Kiron Campus – a web
application for online learning built with React +
GraphQL
● Work on improving our SaaS product, built out of
Kiron Campus, that we’re offering to social
businesses that want to provide an online learning
experience for their own users, particularly
relevant after the events of 2020!
● Join us to implement a 1st-class offline and low-
network learning experience through our apps,
serving an atypical set of user devices and
bandwidth problems - This is not your typical
Berlin start-up challenge!
● Collaborate with a wildly cross-functional team
from engineering, product, and design,
instructional and educational design
● Mentor and teach other engineers - while learning
from them too
● Take ownership and help set direction for the
features and services you are building for the
Kiron students.
Requirements:
● You share our vision of free and democratic
access to education for refugees and
disadvantaged communities worldwide
● You possess strong experience working with
Javascript (2+ years) and a strong familiarity with
modern frontend JS frameworks such as React
● You have experience working in an agile delivery
team
● You are fluent in English
● You are ready and excited to have a big impact on
Kiron and its’ students
Benefits:
● The chance to be part of a fun, dynamic,
international, interdisciplinary, and highly
committed team
● The chance to shape a fast-growing social startup
with your initiative and creative input
● A (mostly) bleeding-edge tech stack. We’re not
dogmatic about technologies but here’s some
keywords that indicate the type of technologies
we’re using right now. Keywords: React, Flow,
Typescript, GraphQL, PWA, TWA, Laravel,
PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
● Flexible working hours, 30 vacation days,
educational Leave, Kiron pension scheme, and a
remote working from anywhere policy.
● Health promotion: contribution to an Urban
Sports Club membership, plus regular focus on
mental health and mindfulness
***Ready to join our mission? Apply now! Send your application via email with the subject “SE + your
name”. Include your cover letter, CV, and possible starting date in English in a single PDF file by
"30th June 2021" to:
Rohit Kakar
recruiting@kiron.ngo
We welcome applications from all under represented communities and groups. As part of our commitment to diversity within our workforce, we are particularly keen to attract candidates from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups.
We welcome applicants from lower-income backgrounds and can provide financial assistance for interview expenses if required. We are also happy to discuss individual requirements relating to the application process and/or the demands of the role itself with candidates who have disabilities to
ensure reasonable adjustments are confirmed in advance.
Please contact rohit.kakar@kiron.go if you would like to speak to someone in confidence about your needs.
The job does not fit your profile, but you want to know more about Kiron?
Visit www.kiron.ngo to learn more about our students and our mission
