Job Description

Virtual Internships is an EdTech startup on a mission to bridge the gap between education and the workplace by making internships accessible to all and preparing young people for the future of work.

We’re proud to be on ‘Tech in Asia’s Top 50 Rising Startup’ List (No.6 in Vietnam) and backed by some of the world’s top investors who were early investors in companies such as Airbnb, Zoom, and LinkedIn.

We're a hybrid-remote team of 120+ working across 20+ countries. You'll be joining a diverse and passionate team that believe that remote work is here to stay.

If you want to work in a flexible working environment where you can design and build new products and systems from scratch using the tools YOU choose, then read on!

You should have:

  • At least 3 years of working experience using NodeJS
  • Experience in Front-end frameworks (e.g. ReactJS, VueJS, AngularJS)
  • More than 2 years using SQL database (e.g MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server)
  • Strong knowledge of development based on REST API
  • Understanding of HTML/CSS
  • Experience working in a Startup environment
  • Fluency in English

It’s a bonus if you also have experience with:

  • Typescript
  • NestJs framework
  • Laravel
  • AWS (EKS, SES, SQS, RDS, K8S, S3)
  • Amazon RDS

What you will do

As a Full-stack Engineer at Virtual Internships, you'll help us to build VI products from scratch. 

Collaborating with a team of ​​Product Managers, Designers and other members of the Product Developments team you’ll help to build upon our EdTech platform as well as build a client portal, internal tools for data management and more in the future. 

In addition to troubleshooting, bug fixing and completing data structures and design patterns, you can design and build in your way- choose the tools that make the most sense to you. 

Our current platform is built on PHP Laravel / Next.js framework and Zoho data sync and we're using MySQL (AWS RDS) database for the whole system. Moving forward you will help to build a client portal, internal tools for data management (and more) using Node.js and Vue, or React.js.

What do we offer?

  • Flexibility- flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours

  • Remote working - with a budget to support your productivity and your choice of where to work from 

  • Open-minded leaders- with colleagues who care about your career goals. There are monthly global virtual events including town halls, ask me anything sessions, virtual coffee chats, and virtual team building 

  • Professional Development- with a budget that you can utilize however you wish

  • Company Laptop-  paid for by VI

  • Birthday Leave-  go enjoy yourself on your birthday without needing to use your annual leave

  • Direct contribution- ideas and solutions are encouraged from everyone. Your input is valued and you have a unique opportunity to directly impact the success and help shape the future of VI

  • Meritocracy- a culture that prides itself on internal promotions and meritocracy. The majority of our managerial team have risen up (quickly) through the company, including our COO, CAO, CFO, Head of Company Experience and Head of Intern Experience

About Virtual Internships

We are Virtual Internships, an Education Technology company on a mission to bridge the gap between education and the workplace by making internships accessible to all and preparing young people for the future of work.

We work with Universities, Education Institutions & Foundations, K-12 Schools, and Corporates to provide their students, graduates, or employees with an employability program that incorporates upskilling courses, mentor coaching, and a guaranteed remote work placement.

Recent Highlights include:

  • Selected by HolonIQ  as a Top 100 EdTech Startup 

  • Selected by Jisc & Emerge Education as a Top 20 EdTech Startup ready to address the education’s sector’s biggest challenges

  • Featured on Forbes, BBC News, BBC World, The Telegraph, The Independent, and Professionals in International Education

  • Winners of the prestigious MassChallenge accelerator program

More Details
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: [REMOTE]
Experience Required: Mid-Senior Level
Date Published: 10 Dec 2021
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