Engineering Manager, Studocu
Cloud Infrastructure, Education Technology
2-5 days a week in office
Community platform for students to access and exchange educational materials and tools.
Open for applications
Community platform for students to access and exchange educational materials and tools.
101-200 employees
Open for applications
2-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To empower everyone to excel at their studies by providing the best tools to study more efficiently.
Role
Who you are
- 7-10 years of experience as an engineer and architect
- 1 year of experience as tech- or team lead and/or experience in being main responsible for business critical (cloud) platforms
- Strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Databases, Observability
- Experience with scale in/on web
- Strong soft skills
What the job involves
- In the role as Engineering Manager Cloud and Infra team we are looking for a leader that is still technically (Heavily) involved
- The team is a small cell with senior engineers, responsible for hosting the website (the core service of the company) on AWS with a 99.999% uptime dependency and strong focus on scalability and global efficiency (distributed set-up)
- In this position you will divide your time in: leading 3 direct reports in daily operations and growth, be the spokesperson for the Cloud team towards the MT and technical stakeholders, participate hands-on in architecture and engineering tasks, safeguard the roadmap and take responsibility for the platform performance (highly critical)
- Take ownership of a critical platform, drive innovations and help your team members grow!
- Work in an international environment, with a lot of freedom and flexibility, but also people that strive for progress and growth!
Application process
- First, there is an screening call with our TA Partner to get to know you better
- If that goes well, you will have an interview with either the CTO or the EM on Cloud & Infra and Build & Deploy
- After that you'll make a assignment and perform a live system design interview
- The final step in the process is an interview with the CTO or the EM
Our take
High quality notes and resources are necessary at every level of education, but at times personal notes can be incomplete or missing details. The founders of Studocu have created a platform that allows students to share notes, resources, and study materials, that holds materials from thousands of universities across the world.
With 60 million users every month accessing the platform, there is undeniable demand for Studocu's services. Much of the company's popularity may be ascribed to its freemium model, which keeps 80% of its content free to access, reserving the top rated 20% for premium account holders. Interestingly, premium accounts do not necessarily require payment, as users can earn 14 days of full premium access for uploading their own study materials.
Studocu has seen impressive investment, which fuelled the expansion of its presence in the US and the wider world - with its resources now covering institutions in over 100 countries. The company's acquisition of Studybees, its German counterpart, will enable it to accelerate growth in the German market, which has been a key area and hence a promising target for securing further success.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
20% female employees
27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Aug 2019
$4.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $56.4m
Company benefits
- Equity scheme in the form of SAR
- Gifts
- Pension scheme
- Referral rewards
- 24 days of paid leave per year
- Option to buy unpaid leave
- Special occasions paid leave (e.g. moving day)
- Annual hackathons
- In-house dutch lessons
- In-house L&D workshops
- Personal L&D budget of €2,500.- per year
- Annual company trip
- Sports subscription with OneFit
- Travel card (NS business) if you live outside of A10 ring road
- Hybrid work set up between home and office
- Lots of company events and team-building activities
- Lunch in our office prepared by our Chef Valentijn
- One floor with a garden and the other with a canal view!
- Open bar = Friday Drinks!
- Option to work up to 4 weeks per calendar year from abroad
- Pet-friendly office (with a no-pets zone)
- Snacks are on us
- Work From Home setup budget of €800,- via Workwize
Company values
- Be An A+ Student: We believe in sharing knowledge, continuously learning and challenging ourselves.
- Gezellig & One Love: As a family we express ourselves, have fun, embrace feedback, and care about each other.
- Efficiency + Scalability + Data = Success: * Our formula for decision making.
- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Transparent and direct communication creates a strong and trustful team.
- Trailblazers: Our creative and energetic mindset drives innovation.
Company HQ
Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Articles
Leadership
Lucas van den Houten
(CPO)Was previously CTO at the company. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Delft University.
Marnix Broer
(Chairman of the Board)Advisory Board Member at Brandsolo. Previously co-founded TentamenTrainingen.
Sander Kuijk
(Head of Development)Was a Full-stack Developer at GraphicsGurus. Studied Mechanical Engineering at Delft University.
People progressing
Laura joined Studocu as an Operations Agent and moved to a Marketing Assistant role after creating the best recruitment task we saw in the process.
Mihai joined Studocu as a Frontend Developer and was promoted to an Engineering Manager after showing how deeply he cares for his team and product development.
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Diversity & Inclusion at Studocu
Suzanne Laan (VP People)
- Studocu is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to building a workplace that is safe and welcoming for everybody.
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