Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Location: Remote, UK, with regular travel to Cambridge
Salary: £51,000 - £57,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. Our digital products and services are used by millions of people all over the world, providing high-quality learning experiences, online and for free, that engage and inspire young people to explore computing and digital making inside and outside of school.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. You will model the ways of working for your team, proactively mentoring and coaching more junior engineers, helping them overcome technical challenges. You will also contribute actively to defining the ways of working for your team. 

You’ll develop our digital products and services, manage and improve our software delivery process, our code quality and the design and architecture of our codebases.

You’ll work within a supportive, and agile team of Product Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Designers, and fellow Software Engineers. Together, you will create a variety of digital products and services that support volunteers, educators, and learners. This is your chance to create products that have a real and positive impact on hundreds of thousands of young people across the world.

To learn more about the experience of one of our Software Engineers, check out this blog post.

We work hard to make sure that the Foundation is a place where everyone is supported to do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you're the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be joining an exceptional team of people who care about our mission and each other.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery, from design to implementation through contribution and collaboration with your team.
• Coach and mentors more junior engineers
• Lead software architecture proposals and their adoption
• Proactively improve processes, security, resilience, scalability, performance, stability, quality and cost effectiveness
• Write elegant and secure code, following a test-driven approach that sets the standards for your team
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders outside your team to understand their needs and how to realise them in our products
• Architect, build, deploy and maintain developer tooling such as CI/CD, monitoring, security, testing and debugging tools

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth. We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not necessarily all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here. We also welcome applicants from non-traditional backgrounds, such as those returning to work, leaving military service, or having recently changed careers.

• Demonstrable first-hand experience of working as a professional Software Engineer across the software development lifecycle.
• A good understanding of Agile practices and experience leading Agile ceremonies
• Experience coaching and mentoring more junior engineers
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative approach to work 
• The ability to deliver and receive high quality constructive feedback 
• Strong communication skills outside of your team with non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to improve processes, security, resilience, scalability, performance, stability, quality and cost effectiveness of the software you work on.
• Experience with multiple high-level languages such as Ruby, JavaScript, or Python 
• Experience with relational database systems (e.g. PostgreSQL) 
• Knowledge of managing infrastructure on platforms such as Heroku, Cloudflare, and AWS using Infrastructure as Code
• An interest in education, especially around computer science, physical computing, and digital making 

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is an independent charity with a global mission to enable all young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. 

We empower schools to teach computer science and AI literacy through free curricula, classroom resources, purpose built software tools, and professional development for teachers. We inspire young people to become tech creators through the world's largest networks of coding clubs. We undertake original research that informs our work and which we use to advance the field of computer science education more broadly.

All of our resources and learning experiences are available for anyone to use at no cost. We are particularly focused on creating opportunities for young people who experience educational disadvantage and those who come from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in technology industries. 

Over the past decade, we have supported hundreds of thousands of educators and tens of millions of students. We have teams in six countries (India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, the UK and US) and partnerships with mission-aligned non-profit organisations in over 60 countries. 

We are at the forefront of the global educational movement to expand access to computer science education and AI literacy. You can learn more about our work in our latest Annual Report.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a wide range of benefits for all of our colleagues. 

• Paid time off. In addition to public holidays, full-time employees in the UK receive 25 days of paid annual leave initially, rising to 30 days after five years service, plus 3 additional days of paid leave for the company-wide closure at the end of each year. 
• Pension. We provide an 8% employer contribution on top of your minimum 4% employee contribution. 
• Private healthcare. We provide comprehensive private healthcare for all employees through Vitality Plus. 
• Flexible working. We have clear policies to provide flexibility over when and where you work, helping you balance work responsibilities with the rest of your life.
• Support for parents and carers. We provide generous family leave and flexibility for parents and carers. 
• Life assurance and income protection. We provide life assurance and income protection schemes to provide peace of mind for you and your family. 
• Investing in learning and development. We invest in your growth and development, including through access to learning resources and training, with dedicated time for all employees. 
• Travel to work. Through our Cycle-to-Work and Season Ticket Loan schemes we support cost effective and sustainable travel to work. 

Timetable for applications

Closing date: 7th March 2026, 09:00 UTC
Phone screen: Week commencing 7th March 2026
First interview: Week commencing 16th March 2026
Second interview: Week commencing 23rd March 2026

Our recruitment process

All of our workplaces are inclusive spaces where we want people to feel respected, valued, and able to do their best work. We are committed to building teams that bring together people with a broad range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. That starts with our recruitment process. 

Here's what you can expect: 

• As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to a small number of questions that we will use to screen your eligibility for the role. You will also be asked to provide your cv and a short cover letter. 
• Eligible applications will be reviewed by our recruitment team and the hiring manager. 
• A small number of candidates will be invited to a phone call with the hiring manager. The purpose of this call is to check our understanding of your application and to answer any questions you have. 
• We normally have two interviews, at least one of which will take place in-person. Interviews will be with the hiring manager and at least one other colleague. 
• You will usually be asked to undertake a work-based assessment in advance of your interviews. This will be an opportunity for you to show how you would perform some part of the role. You will be given advance notice and clear instructions. 
• If you have any questions about or feel that you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, including adjustments for neurodiversity, please contact our People and Culture team at recruitment@raspberrypi.org.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Everyone appointed to a role at the Foundation will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.