About 2U, Inc.

Who are we?

2U, Inc., a global leader in education technology, is a trusted partner and brand steward of great universities. We build, deliver, and support digital and in-person educational offerings, including graduate degrees, professional certificates, Trilogy boot camps, and GetSmarter short courses. Our Cape Town office is the homebase of operations for our short course product, GetSmarter, which was acquired by 2U in 2017.

Why Work For Us

Careers at 2U’s Cape Town office are meaningful—delivering the chance to work on our GetSmarter short course product and, in doing so, create opportunities for working professionals to transform their careers, and lives, through digital higher education. You’ll make a difference here—and frankly, you’ll enjoy doing it.

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.