Full Stack Engineer at Chalkie
- Location
- Remote (United Kingdom)
- Compensation
- Not Disclosed
Chalkie is the fastest-growing AI edtech product in Europe, reaching £6m ARR and 800,000+ teachers in just 12 months. As the fourth engineer, you’ll join a high-output founding team to build the AI-enabled classroom of the future, spending 90% of your time shipping product and 10% ideating with the founders.
We are looking for a true 0-to-1 builder with four years of full-stack experience who is ready to move fast and solve teacher burnout. This is a unique opportunity to own major features and define the technical direction of a platform that is already making a massive impact across schools.
What's the next step?
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Role overview
Join a high-output engineering team as the fourth hire to build tools helping 800,000+ teachers automate curriculum planning. You will spend 90% of your time building product features and 10% ideating with founders. This role requires a 0-to-1 builder mindset and a passion for transforming education through AI-powered software.
About Chalkie
Education
Chalkie is an AI-powered educational technology platform that helps teachers create curriculum-aligned lessons, classroom resources, and teaching materials in minutes. Founded in 2024, the platform uses artificial intelligence to generate standards-aligned learning materials including slides, activities, and worksheets based on subject, education level, and curriculum requirements. Teachers can input a topic and key details such as year group and learning objectives, and the platform creates customized classroom-ready content. Chalkie includes an AI-enabled slide editor allowing teachers to refine and personalize lessons to their specific needs. The company aims to reduce teacher workload and planning time, enabling educators to focus more on classroom teaching and student engagement.
What you will do
- Build and ship full-stack features using Next.js, TypeScript, and Laravel to serve a massive, rapidly growing user base.
- Collaborate daily with founders to ideate and prototype new AI-driven capabilities that transform how teachers manage their classrooms.
- Own the entire product lifecycle from initial concept to production deployment on Vercel and DigitalOcean infrastructure.
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses 4+ years of professional full-stack experience and has successfully shipped products used by 1,000+ real-world users or enterprise clients.
- Demonstrates proven 0-to-1 builder DNA, thriving in fast-paced startup environments where rapid iteration and high-quality craft are essential.
- Is an AI enthusiast who leverages AI coding tools to accelerate development while focusing on building exceptional user-facing products.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join as engineer #4 at Europe’s fastest-growing AI edtech startup, which reached £6m ARR in less than a year.
- Directly impact the lives of over 800,000 teachers by building AI tools that eliminate burnout and automate resource creation.
- Work in a high-autonomy environment with 0-to-1 ownership, skipping top-down specs to shape the product roadmap alongside the founders.
How Jack & Jill work together
What happens next?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI agent for hiring, working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If your profile’s a match and Chalkie wants to meet, Jill will make the intro. In the meantime, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.