H5P Group Summer Internship - Software Developer

About H5P

In July 2024, D2L acquired H5P to reinforce its dedication to providing powerful learning experiences to transform learning around the world. Read more here.

H5P is one of the most used EdTech solutions in the world with more than nine-figures end-users. At H5P Group, we take pride in overseeing the development and maintenance of two integral components: the open-source version of H5P and our cutting-edge SaaS offering.

About Our Company

H5P Group (previously Joubel) is a fast-growing software provider. We improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world by empowering educators to create better e-learning content faster.

Our award-winning software is called H5P. H5P is a framework made to allow everyone to create, share and reuse interactive HTML5 content and is easily integrated in different sites. H5P offers templates allowing users to create rich and engaging content without any design or programming skills.

Our Technology

We currently offer over 50 templates including:

• Interactive Video
• Virtual 360 Tours
• Branching Scenario

H5P.com is our SaaS version of H5P, which is hosted on AWS. It scales automatically, has automatic failovers for most components and we perform rolling updates with no downtime.

H5P has, in a short period of time, grown to become one of the most widely used ed-tech solutions in the world, with customers that include Ivy League Universities, leading car manufacturers and publishers world-wide. We're at the beginning of building the most significant ecosystem for interactive content in the world, so this is the perfect time for you to join.

Note: In July 2024, D2L acquired H5P to reinforce its dedication to providing powerful learning experiences to transform learning around the world. Communications for recruiting may be managed by D2L and/or H5P team members.

What This Role Offers

Do you want to help students all over the world get a better education? And get the opportunity to develop the tools that your lecturer uses to create next generation interactive content for your class? Do you want to experience how it is working in a fast growing product-based edtech company where everyone is passionate and proud of what they are creating?

If the answer is "yes", you should definitely keep reading this post.

We are a tech company experiencing strong growth. To support this growth, we are actively on the lookout for new additions to our team; someone who is passionate about technology, smart and friendly! We have extensive experience in onboarding summer interns and later on successfully reboarding them as full-time employees after they have finished their studies.

We are very happy that our company is being built by fun, down-to-earth, hardworking, talented and ambitious people. This is the place for you to start your career if you have aspirations of working with a high degree of professional freedom, space for creativity, shaping your own workday while creating immense value for millions of people.

Your Experience as an Intern

As a summer intern at H5P Group you will work on an exciting project in a team with other students, while being followed up by a dedicated mentor. Previous summer interns have taken great pride in their work on various content types.

As a summer intern at H5P Group you will get the opportunity to fail, improve and most importantly learn. Being a developer on our team takes you through all the stages of the development life cycle:

• Discussing the idea together with others
• Designing and workshopping
• Development
• Testing
• Release

This Role Offers

• The opportunity to be a part of changing the future for Internet content
• A rich variation of challenges where the results of your efforts will be used by millions of people around the world
• Flextime with core time from 9:00 - 15:00
• Competitive salary and incentives like free lunch and snacks
• The ability to influence the development of our products, and a place where you will quickly see your work realized and recognized
• The ability to work with great colleagues in a pleasant and modern office (In Tromsø we're at Flow Coworking Space, centrally situated in Tromsø). We also offer the flexibility of working some days from home
• Great opportunities for career development through internal workshops, training and various work tasks
• An inclusive, international and creative workplace, where we give our employees responsibility and trust, along with the opportunity to shape their own working day

(Please note that interns may not be eligible for the same benefits that permanent employees are eligible for.)

Timing & Location

• Duration: 6-7 weeks from mid-June to mid-August
• Vacation: Possibility to take 2 weeks of vacation somewhere in the middle
• Locations: We have offices and space to host interns both in Tromsø and Oslo

What We're Looking For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications

• In 4th or 5th year studying computer science, communication technology, informatics or related degree
• A student passionate about programming
• Knowledge and experience with JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5
• Must be a team-player, eager to learn and see feedback as an opportunity to improve
• Located/Living in Norway and able to spend your summer in Tromsø or Oslo (not remote)
• In possession of a valid working permit to be able to work in Norway
• Must write and speak English well, and be comfortable communicating in English, as English is our business language

Nice to Have

• Experience with React is a plus

How to Apply

We do our best to ensure a quick and timely application process and process applications as they come in. We encourage candidates to hand in their applications no later than 31st of October.

Important: We only accept applications via formal application platforms (Greenhouse), not by email.

Application Requirements

In your application, include:

• Your CV
• Grades/transcripts
• A cover letter (optional)

Please ensure you carefully answer the application questions provided on the platform.

Benefits & Perks

What It's Like Working at H5P Group

• Impactful work transforming the way the world learns
• Flexible work arrangements
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 CAD for continuing education through our Catch the Wave Program
• 2 paid days off for Catch the Wave related activities like exams or final assignments
• Retirement planning
• 2 paid volunteer days
• Competitive benefits package
• Employee referral program
• Wellness reimbursement (health promoting activities)
• Employee recognition
• Social events
• An inclusive, international, talented and creative workplace, where we give our employees responsibility and trust, along with the opportunity to shape their own working day

Join us in transforming the future of education and interactive content!