About 2U, Inc.

Who are we?

At 2U, we deliver high-quality digital education at scale. Our global employee base is powering 4,300+ online education offerings – from free courses to full degrees – and helping unlock human potential.

With edX, our leading global online learning platform, we partner with 250 non-profit universities and corporate partners to provide over 78 million learners and counting with access to world-class online education.

2U continues to build a mission-driven, diverse, and inclusive community centered around our two hub offices: our headquarters in Lanham, Maryland and our office in Cape Town, South Africa. This provides employees the opportunity to work in-office when collaboration, brainstorming, and team bonding are necessary, as well as remotely when needed. This combined with our remote employee population and operations around the world, we are a truly global company meeting the needs of learners across the globe.

We’re a diverse collection of innovators, dreamers and doers working together to transform lives through higher education. We’re all in on purpose – join us to make a difference: https://2u.com/careers/.

Why Work For Us

Eliminating the back row in education is more than a metaphor; it’s our mission. We’re committed to helping our partners create educational opportunities that enable lifelong learners to unlock their human potential and solve society’s critical needs. #NoBackRow

At 2U, every employee has the opportunity to advance our purpose. Through a culture built on mutual empowerment and respect, we show up to work and for each other with curiosity and commitment. We believe that trust and transparency are key to collaboration, that relationships matter, and above all, that #Lifeat2U is meaningful.

Explore #Lifeat2U to see how and why we do what we do.

Development Process

We use the agile methodology for our development process. Our sprints last a week, at the end of the week we will sit down as a team and review the task for the next sprint. This gives us opportunity to talk about how we should implement a spec, following the implementation we will have our retro where we can discuss the sprints. We have two main streams of work: enhancements which are improvements to the current code base and projects which new major features. Both streams the developer can have real impact as to how the spec's will be implemented.

Developer Environment

• The room to learn and develop your skills and direct your career as a developer.
• A positive and supportive team of developers who will push you to do rewarding work while enjoying doing it.
• A flexible work environment based on communication and trust.
• A high-spec laptop and two large monitors to allow you to deliver your best work.