Ruby Developer

📍 Amsterdam (Minimum 50% at the office)

⏱ 36-40 hours per week

💰 €3.000 to €4.200 a month (excluding 8% holiday allowance)

🌍 Futurewhiz is a B Corp

We are looking for someone that can help us build a great e-learning platform! Do you have a feeling for the e-learning market? Do you want to help children and students to give them the tools they need to study fast and efficiently? Then we are looking for you!

About Futurewhiz, StudyGo, and Squla

For nearly 15 years, Futurewhiz has been the market leader in EdTech in the Netherlands. Our brands – including Squla and StudyGo – help children and teenagers aged 3 to 18 learn and grow at their own level and pace. Our mission is clear: "Empowering every child to grow." We’ve been a certified B Corp since 2020, which means we strive for a strong balance between purpose and profit.

At Squla, children up to grade 8 practise all school subjects through fun quizzes and games. Everything has been developed by education experts and fits the Dutch education system.

StudyGo is the platform for secondary school students to prepare for tests. From learning words to tutoring and tutoring: StudyGo offers a comprehensive toolkit to help students succeed. With 650,000+ users per year, we are a fixture in secondary education.

What will you do as our Ruby Developer?

Whether you are utilising the team's existing knowledge, collaborating with the Team Lead and UX/UI Designers, or taking part in stand ups with the team, testing your ideas and ensuring when they go live, you troubleshoot any issues, everyday there is an opportunity to learn something new. Your typical daily tasks will include (but certainly not be limited to):

• Participating in planning together with the Team Lead and other colleagues

• Building and implementing new features from the ground up

• Working with other colleagues in choosing the right (technical) solutions

• Taking responsibility for your features from the beginning, to them going live and beyond

• Our stack is: Ruby on Rails back-end, react front-end, using MYSQL and Redis.

Who are you?

You are passionate about making the education world a better place for children, and know your way around the development space, bringing experience, and fresh knowledge to the table. You're keen to learn and grow in a collaborative, agile environment. We also consider the following points to be important:

• 1+ year experience with Ruby on Rails

• Are a team player, able to communicate across disciplines

• Enjoy taking ownership and responsibility for putting features live

• A knowledge of computer science fundamentals (algorithms and data structures)

• A good foundation in relational database concepts and practices

• The ability to write clean and maintainable code, following standards and guidelines

• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

• A good understanding of common design patterns

• Experience writing automated tests

• Visa sponsorship for this role is not applicable. Only candidates with a working permit for EU/Netherlands will be considered for this role.*

What we offer

• A gross monthly salary of €3.000 to €4.200 (based on 40 hours, depending on experience)

• 24 Vacation days + 3 assigned days off + 1 skipping school day

• Collective pension and health insurance

• A €600 annual learning budget for your professional development

• Unlimited access to external coaches through Inuka Coaching

• Unlimited access to Goodhabitz training programs for professional and personal growth

Additionally:

• Lifetime access to StudyGo and Squla accounts

• Office next to Amsterdam Amstel station (with an OV business card if you live outside Amsterdam)

• A MacBook for work

• Payroll Giving option to contribute to a good cause

• Healthy lunches at the office, unlimited good coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks

• A Culture Crew that organizes fun activities like outings, pub quizzes, ski trips, and laser tag

Who are we?

We’re a passionate and diverse team, brought together by a shared mission: helping children thrive in their learning journey, and empowering them to grow through personalised education.  

Our culture is welcoming and authentic—we believe the best work happens when people can be themselves. Whether you’re into book clubs, monthly socials, movie nights, cake-baking contests, Mario Kart showdowns, or ski trips, you’ll find a community that feels like home.  Here at Futurewhiz, there’s something for everyone, and we can’t wait to welcome you!

Our platforms are for everyone, and the same applies to our workplace.
The beauty lies in the diverse backgrounds, ideas, experiences, and perspectives of our people. This diversity enables us to help all young learners realize their educational potential, regardless of who they are—or who we are. 

At Futurewhiz, we actively embrace each other’s differences, fostering an authentic environment where people can truly be themselves. This makes it easier for others to do the same. We’re committed to nurturing a diverse and inclusive culture that starts here in our office and extends across all our platforms—and everyone is welcome on this journey.