Full Stack Product Developer (ARC & Swaya Platforms)
Better Futures Multi Academy Trust
Coventry
- £25,200 - £30,000 per year
- New
- Salary:
- SFCA Support Staff Salary Spine
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 13 July 2026
Job overview
Full-Stack Product Developer (0.6 FTE, remote-first)
£25,200-£30,000 pro-rata | Remote with Midlands in-person days | Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust
Most developer roles give you a stack to maintain. This one gives you a product to shape.
We are Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust, a group of sixth form colleges based in the Midlands. Inside the Trust, we are building two products that we believe can change how leadership development and student feedback work in education — and beyond.
ARC is a 360-degree leadership platform that turns feedback into genuine behavioural change. Swaya is a student feedback app for iOS and Android. Both are live, both have paying clients, and both are at the point where the right developer can help take them from promising to powerful.
We are not a startup in a co-working space. We are a startup inside a well-resourced, stable organisation — which means you get the creative freedom and product ownership of early-stage work, alongside the security, benefits, and backing of a public sector employer. It is an unusual combination, and we think it is a genuinely good one.
What you will be doing
Taking ownership of ARC and Swaya — their development, their quality, their roadmap. Working directly with the founders on product direction. Inheriting a solid Rails and React codebase and making it better. Managing iOS and Android app updates. Solving real UX problems. Shipping things that real users notice.
What we are looking for
Strong Ruby on Rails experience — production, not just tutorials
React frontend skills and genuine care for UI/UX quality
Mobile app experience: iOS and Android (React Native, Flutter, or native)
Someone who thinks in products, not just tickets
Comfortable with ambiguity, honest about what they do not know, and quick to learn
UK-based, with the right to work without sponsorship
What we offer
0.6 FTE to start, with a clear path to full-time as the products grow
Flexible, remote-first working with occasional in-person days in the Midlands
Public sector pension and holiday entitlement
CPD budget and genuine encouragement to develop your skills
A front-row seat on two products that are going somewhere — and a role in deciding where
How to apply
We do not want a standard covering letter. We want you to complete our short application form, which asks specific questions about your experience, your current working situation, and your approach to mobile development. It takes about 30 minutes if you do it properly. The Application can be found in the advert under "attached documents"
Submit your completed application form through TES or send to Hannah.reeves@bilborough.ac.uk. Applications close 8.30am Monday 13th July 2026.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Attached documents
About Better Futures Multi Academy Trust
- Better Futures Multi Academy Trust
- Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry
- CV1 5FB
- United Kingdom
Coventry University Group (CU) is nationally and internationally recognised as an innovator in the higher education world. The Group is made up of a range of educational and innovation services companies, headquartered in Coventry but with sites throughout the UK and the world.
Teaching excellence is second to none in the UK, increasingly the University has a growing reputation for research in niche, interdisciplinary domains such as peace, trust and social relations, water and agro-ecology and transport.
The University has achieved TEF Gold and in the Guardian University Guide is ranked as 15th amongst UK HEIs, securing its place as one of the highest ranking modern universities in the UK for the seventh year running. The Group is number one in the UK for working with small and medium sized enterprises. Through Coventry University College Ltd. the group is heavily engaged in the Degree Apprenticeship movement. In recent years the group has expanded its range of provision with campuses based in Coventry, East London and Scarborough. These sites offer high quality, alternative and flexible provision at a competitive price, increasing access to HE.
Interested in finding out more?If you are a sixth form college that is interested in finding out more about Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust then please get in touch.
+44 (0)7986 601 755
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