Kami

About Kami

Kami is not only an award-winning education startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, but a thriving organisation filled to the brim with talented, creative, and passionate people! It’s hard not to love what you do when our leading digital classroom platform offers meaningful solutions to over 30 million users worldwide, empowering students and supporting teachers!

You’ll be joining at a pretty magical time. Kami’s user base is growing by the day. With a fast growing team based across New Zealand, the USA, South Africa, and Brazil, we couldn’t be more proud of the accomplishments and milestones we’ve achieved to date. Now, this is your chance to join our team and become an integral member of Kami’s growth, while shaping your own future, and having fun doing it!

The opportunity

At Kami , we rely on the strength of our product to reach and succeed users all over the world. Word of mouth is still our leading channel. As a global market leader, we’re seeking graduate developers who are eager to use and grow their technology skills on the world stage. In this role, the successful individuals will learn to innovate, design & build solutions, protect our critical information, systems, and assets, and assist in the development of an overall product and technology strategy. From early on, you’ll help empower our breakthrough innovations, and be given challenging assignments. You’ll have the opportunity to lead initiatives and take ownership. Our ideal candidates will be passionate about applying their skills to a product-centric business model that creates real-world solutions already impacting the world.

We’re not called Kami-leons for nothing! You’ll be working with a team full of agile, flexible and open-minded people who want to make a difference in the world (and enjoy the process too!).

If you’re looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to have a real impact on the lives of millions, then this is your opportunity. Kami is growing fast and so will you.

What you’ll do 

• You will develop new features, products and capabilities.
• You will help drive forward the product roadmap by taking on new challenges.
• You will receive and interpret internal and external product feedback, and participate in product design.
• You will provide prompt resolution to any problems our users encounter.
• You will strategically address software challenges encountered by parents and schools, and identify prompt resolutions.

What you’ll bring 

• Experience developing strategies to increase the adoption of technology solutions
• Secure communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to inspire others
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Self-driven, persistent, and assertive
• Experience with software development ( Ruby, Typescript, MySQL, Postgres would be a great benefit)
• Residency/Citizenship for New Zealand
• Tertiary education would be welcome but is not a requirement

What you get out of it 

• Working for a people-first employer that is on an inspiring mission to build the future of education while changing the lives of millions 
• Flexible working approach that is truly flexible to your needs
• Learning and development opportunities and the chance to grow and shape your future with Kami
• A diverse and challenging role
• The satisfaction of knowing you’re not only helping modern-day superheroes aka teachers, but also helping them shape the minds of future generations all across the globe

Kami is an equal opportunity workplace, and we would like to hear from all qualified applicants. If you have a disability or any special needs that we might need to accommodate, please let us know.

If this sounds like your dream role then apply now and let's chat!