Full-stack engineer
Job info
About the job
You will be joining remotely from Hungary our California-based team as a part-time engineer to develop our web-based education marketplace connecting high school students to academic research mentors. You will work on our React frontend and Django/Python backend, which are connected by a REST API. While you will start with a part-time position, this could eventually lead to a full-time offer.
Salary range
Preferred application method
Hungarian,
Work schedule
Responsibilities
Technologies and tools
Professional skills
- JavaScript5 / 5
- React, Vue or Angular3 / 5
- Python3 / 5
- REST API2 / 5
- CSS3, Bootstrap2 / 5
Qualifications
Language skills
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Personal skills
Your future team in numbers
- Team size
- 2-5 person
- Team age range
- 24 - 31
Your future colleagues
What will you learn
Ideal candidate
An ideal candidate has shown initiative in the past by working on independent projects that demonstrate their skill in frontend development. Excellent communication skills are also a must to facilitate remote work.
Advantage, if...
1) You have experience with Django.
2) You are genuinely interested in education technology.
3) You have an engineering degree (BSc or MSc).
Important
You will make trips to our headquarters at Stanford, California to get a sense of our business, the market and to build team cohesion. As our company continues to grow, so will your responsibilities and career opportunities.
Working with a remote team
- You will work remotely from Hungary (home office)
- You will have flexible hours
- You will have occasional calls with the technical co-founder Janos at 6pm (9am California time) 1-2 times per week and otherwise communicate via Slack or email.
About the company
Our story
- 2019-04Polygence is incorporated in the US and launched out of the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund.
- 2019-06First 5 students start mentorship program.
- 2020-03Venture-funding round closed from Reach Capital, Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, NLVC and SDX Partners.
- 2020-06Team grows to 7 people.
- 2020-07Hundreds of students and mentors conduct cutting-edge research projects on our platform.
- 2020-10Polygence joins the Stanford-StartX accelerator.
- 2021-03Team grows to 11 people, including 4 engineers.
- 2021-05Polygence raises seed round from Reach Capital and Floodgate.
- 2021-10Team grows to 20 people including 7 engineers.
- 2021-11First all-company team retreat in San Fransisco.
- 2022-08Team grows to 40 people including 13 engineers.
Office address
Budapest, Pipa u. 6, 1093 HungaryWhat makes our product special
Our product
Online marketplace for research mentorship
Polygence is a Stanford- and MIT-founded online academy that pairs intellectually curious high school students with PhD and postdoctoral researcher-mentors to pursue tailor-made research projects in the students' field of interest. Polygence's gives motivated students around the world access and exposure to cutting edge research in their chosen areas of interest.
Company values
Life with us
Lightning round
- Most proud of
- Social impact
- Sex ratio?
- 50/50
- Superpower?
- The team!
Trainings and workshops
How can the employees affect the company’s life?
You'll join a result-oriented team with an active feedback culture, where your voice will be heard by all of us. Your ideas will contribute to product specifications and team-building decisions.
Why we love our office
Our office is in an exciting location in the stunning neighbourhood of Fővám tér. Near to key transport hubs and with the historical centre just outside, you can hear the inspirational buzz of life and energy. The office is colorful, spacious, there is a table soccer, kitchen and a even a piano in the office!
Office photo
What would I miss if I left
The team and its openness for improvements and change.
Levente Bélteky
Software developer
Favourite thing in the office
Personal qualities we appreciate
We are looking for impact-driven candidates looking for new challenges and real adventure. We prioritize personal qualities and future potential over a perfect match in technical skills.