Full-Time

Software Engineer: Backend & Infrastructure

Vooma

Vooma

11-50 employees

Develops math educational games for KS2

No salary listed

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Microsoft Azure
Machine Learning
Computer Networking
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
AWS
Observability
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • Experience deploying and productionizing ML or AI-heavy workloads
  • Expertise in building secure, scalable systems on platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Deep knowledge of backend systems, networking, and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with infrastructure security principles and compliance (e.g., SOC2)
  • The mindset of an owner: proactive, hands-on, and driven to solve problems end-to-end
Responsibilities
  • Designing and maintaining secure, scalable infrastructure for AI-powered agents in production
  • Deploying and optimizing AI-heavy services with high availability and performance requirements
  • Managing infrastructure as code, cloud environments, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting to ensure system reliability
  • Contributing to infrastructure security and best practices

Vooma creates educational games for primary school students, focusing on mathematics. Its flagship product, Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica, is a math game on the BBC Bitesize platform designed to help Key Stage 2 students practice and revise for SATs. The game teaches topics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and algebra by turning math practice into a battle to save the kingdom of Mathematica, making learning interactive and enjoyable. Compared with other educational games, Vooma collaborates with established platforms like the BBC to distribute its content, expanding reach without building its own standalone app ecosystem. The company's goal is to provide engaging, curriculum-aligned math practice for primary students while leveraging partnerships to reach a broad audience through trusted educational platforms.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$17.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • 1.2 million plays in first year show strong KS2 student engagement.
  • UK government invests £45 million in edtech interactive math tools.
  • Prodigy study links math games to 20% SATs score improvements.

What critics are saying

  • Logistics Vooma confuses searches, eroding game visibility in 3-6 months.
  • Duolingo Math's 50M users outcompete with free adaptive SATs prep.
  • Prodigy dominates KS2 with 100M users and school integrations.

What makes Vooma unique

  • Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica gamifies KS2 math on BBC Bitesize.
  • Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, algebra.
  • Battle-to-save-Mathematica theme engages SATs revision for primary students.

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Company Equity

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

6%

2 year growth

6%
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