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Software Engineer

Kognity

Kognity

Software Engineering
Sweden
Posted on Apr 29, 2025

Education changes lives.


But tech hasn’t lived up to its promise—yet. At Kognity, we’re here to change that.

We blend smart pedagogy with cutting-edge tech to create powerful, engaging learning experiences. Every student, everywhere, deserves the tools to succeed—no matter their background. We're on a mission to make that happen.

Why Kognity is the place to be:

  • Educational Innovation – Build cutting-edge solutions that actually make learning better.

  • 🌍 Global Reach – Our platform supports educators and learners in over 120 countries.

  • 🤝 Collaborative Culture – You’ll work with brilliant, kind people who care about what they do.

  • 📈 Real Growth – From personal development to career progression, we’ve got your back.

What you’ll do:

  • 📊 Develop and maintain impactful features across the stack that help students learn better.

  • 🌐 Collaborate in ideation and product development alongside product managers, designers and educators.

  • 🧑‍🏫 Raise the bar by writing high-quality code, reviewing PRs, and sharing knowledge with your peers.

  • 🛠️ Identify and drive bigger tech and process improvements that make the team and product stronger.

What we’re looking for:

  • 💻 Someone comfortable across the stack with experience delivering high-quality software—Python experience is a plus.

  • 🌐 The ability to think in systems and care about clean, scalable, maintainable code.

  • 🚀 Experience solving complex problems in simple ways, and you understand the full software lifecycle—testing, deploying, monitoring and improving.

Our Interview Process

Our hiring process is designed to be collaborative, transparent, and (hopefully) enjoyable. You'll get to meet the people you'd be working with and show us how you think and code.

  • 📞 Recruiter Call – An introductory chat with our Recruiter to discuss the role and your interests.

  • 🤝 Hiring Manager Call – A chat with an engineering leader to get to know you and dig deeper into the role

  • 🔍 Code Review Session – You'll tackle a live code review task with two of our Engineers.

  • 💡 Technical Case Study – Collaborate with one of our Engineers to design a system based on a realistic scenario.

  • 🧠 Technical Values Interview – A conversation about how your experience aligns with our tech values.

  • 🚀 Leadership Team Discussion – A chance to speak with our CTO, covering our vision, mission, and how you could grow with us.

Our Values

  • 🚀 We maximise progress – We reflect, iterate and move forward fast.

  • 👊 We take ownership – If we see a problem, we solve it.

  • 🤝 We drive customer value – Our users' success is our success.

  • 🗣️ We are transparent – Open communication is in our DNA.

  • 💙 We take care of ourselves and each other – Sustainable pace, long-term thinking.

We evaluate every qualified person—regardless of age, gender, identity, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status or religion. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and welcome all backgrounds and perspectives.

Benefits

  • 🌍 Flexible working – Work in a way that fits your life

  • 🏠 Truly hybrid – Work from our Stockholm office when you like

  • 💻 Home office allowance of 5,000 SEK

  • 📈 ITP pension plan with Nordnet

  • 💙 5,000 SEK yearly wellness budget

  • 🌴 30 days of paid vacation

  • 😷 Full pay sick leave from day 1

  • 🍏 MacBook and iPhone as work equipment

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