Boclips

We are revolutionising the classroom, one video at a time. Our platform is a hassle-free way for teachers to find great video and for students around the world get smarter with video.

Founded 2013
16-50 employees
  • Education
  • Video
  • Headquarters address
    Scott House, Waterloo Station, London, SE1 7LY

    Who we are

    We are the small but mighty educational technology start up that’s evolving the way video is used in classrooms across the US, Middle East and Asia. We have the world’s largest collection of educationally relevant short-form videos from content partners including YouTube, The Smithsonian, TED Talks and The Wall St Journal and many more. With video clips curated to academic standards, the boclips video platform allows teachers and publishers to easily find and use engaging content that brings lessons to life - in a safe ad-free platform.

    So what is it like to be part of the Engineering team at Boclips?

    1. We are a team of 8 Full-Stack Software Engineers. We value and enjoy being together as a team and intend to grow mostly in London. We think we will need to double the team this year.

    2. We work hand in hand with our Product team and practice agile development. As Engineers we take an interest in the whole product and the business not just the technology we use. Here's the beginnings of our blog to see a Day in the Life of a Boclips Engineer.

    3. Most of the time we pair programme, but not always. We love to share context, solve problems together and learn from each other. If we get burnout from pairing, we solo.

    4. We are a reflective team. We share ideas, decison-making and feedback often. This approach is supported in our weekly rhythms and rituals; Stand ups, weekly team retros and bi-monthly 1o1s.

    5. We are advocates for clean, well-tested code as well as TDD and CI/CD and all the things that make software engineering efficient and fun. If you want to see some of our code, check out our github..

    6. Our pairing setups are iMacs and Dell screens and MacBook Pros for solo work or taking home.

    Our Tools & Stack

    Kotlin, Spring, Typescript, React, Kubernetes, Google Cloud.
    Scala, Spark and R for Data.

    A few things we're working on

    1. Our large amounts of video data mean we need robust and scalable engineering solutions.
    2. We keep improving our understanding and enrichment of our vast data set. This is an ambitious goal and a very exciting one as our value proposition revolves around users being able to easily discover the most relevant video clips.
    3. We integrate with third parties and always make sure that our software stays in sync with external services by building automated software delivery and monitoring systems.
    4. We are building new software whilst also refactoring code that's powering an operating business.

    Hiring Process

    Our interviews don't really feel like interviews. In fact you might even forget it's an interview. It's all about interaction for us. No sitting alone in a room doing a technical time-boxed test. No! Social skills matter, like having a decent conversation about non-technical things. Being kind matters to us as much as thinking about writing understandable and clear lines of code.

    1st Interview: 1 hr Remote Pairing Session. Andrew, one of our team, will share screens over a hangout. He will code as you both talk through your ideas, solving a coding challenge together. We're looking for empathy, listening, idea sharing and structured thinking.

    2nd Interview: Half a day with the team, going about a normal day. Stand up, pairing, retro, lunch. You get to see what it would be like working at boclips. And we get to see you at your best.

    That's it.

    Tech stack

    Kubernetes, Kotlin, React, Typescript, Google Cloud, Scala, Spark, Spring, Test Driven Development (TDD), Extreme programming (XP), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD)

    Benefits

    Compensation and retirement

    Performance bonus
    Stock Options
    Pension plan

    Health and wellness

    Insurance (Health)

    Vacation and time off

    Flexible working hours
    Work from home flexibility

    Personal development

    Tuition reimbursement
    Conferences reimbursement

    Values and quality of life

    Employee groups and committees
    Snacks and beverages
    Catered meals
    Company activities
    Games and recreation
    Pet-friendly workplace
    Showers
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