Software Engineer; Blockly

Location: Minnesota, and would also consider;
Washington, California, Georgia, and Massachusetts

Salary: $115,000 – $120,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience

Basis: Permanent, full-time

Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the USA

The role We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our team. You’ll be working on Blockly, which recently found a new home at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. You will work with our team, our partners, and the open source community to implement new features and improve the library. You’ll need to have good programming and technical skills, an appetite to learn what you don’t know, and a commitment to make a difference for our users.

You’ll work within a supportive, collaborative, and agile team of fellow Software Engineers.

To learn more about the Blockly team, check out our Git Hub repository or one of the previous user summits.

We work hard to make sure that the Foundation is a place where everyone is supported to do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be joining an exceptional team of people who care about our mission and each other.

• Implement features in the Blockly library and plugins, balancing flexibility and backwards compatibility with developer ergonomics
• Work with members of the team and open source contributors to deliver high-quality software with measurable impact
• Provide courteous and helpful technical support to Blockly developers by answering questions, filing bugs, and triaging issues
• Participate in the annual Blockly Summit by speaking about your work and interacting with developers in-person
• Improve the accessibility of the Blockly library by following best practices for accessible web development
• Ensure compatibility across multiple browsers, OSes, and types of hardware, with a focus on end user experience
• Ensure compatibility with web frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, Svelte)

• Demonstrable experience of working as a professional Software Engineer with a focus on web technologies
• Experience with Type Script and at least one web framework technology such as React, Angular, or similar
• A proactive, pragmatic, and supportive attitude along with being happy to provide and receive constructive feedback
• Interpersonal skills (verbal and written communications), with a collaborative approach to work effectively as part of a cross-disciplinary team
• An interest in education, especially around computer science, block-based programming, and/or accessible computing
• Experience with block-based programming
• Experience with Webpack, or similar build systems

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is an independent nonprofit with a global mission to enable young people to realize their full potential through the power of computer science and digital technologies. In the US we operate through Raspberry Pi Foundation North America which is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

We empower schools to teach computer science and AI literacy through free curricula, classroom resources, purpose built software tools, and professional development for teachers. We inspire young people to become tech creators through the world’s largest networks of coding clubs. We undertake original research that informs our work and which we use to advance the field of computer science education more broadly.

All of our resources and learning experiences are available for anyone to use at no cost. We are particularly focused on creating opportunities for young people who experience educational disadvantage and those who come from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in technology industries.

Over the past decade, we have supported hundreds of thousands of educators and tens of millions of students. We have teams in six countries (India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, the UK and US) and partnerships with mission-aligned non‑profit organisations in over 60 countries.

We are at the forefront of the global educational movement to expand access to computer science education…