[LRUG] [JOBS] Lead dev - Robyn the Robot teaching assistant

[Najaf Ali]

What a great idea! Really hope it goes well. Might try something like that
here in Japan.


On Thu, May 8, 2025 at 19:57 Bruce Greig via Chat <chat at lists.lrug.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Firstly, apologies for not contributing to this group for precisely 12
> years. I think that my last post was this one, on 8 May 2013:
>
> http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org/2013-May/021467.html
>
> That post connected me to Tom Cartwright, who turned out to be fabulous.
>
> So I'm back, with a very similar ask, although not specific to Rubyists.
>
> I am looking for a lead developer to work on an amazing edtech product
> which I have put together.
>
> It is Robyn - the robot teaching assistant. Robyn takes the form of
> several connected Android devices. One device sits by the whiteboard,
> watching the board and listening to the teacher. Other devices are
> available on pupil's desks. The pupils can ask questions if they don't
> understand something, or ask for more challenging tasks if they have
> completed their work. It uses various OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs under the
> hood to process everything.
>
> Product has been in one classroom on a trial basis for a couple of months,
> and I have demonstrated it at three other schools, all of whom want to
> participate in a wider trial. More demos in the pipeline. The reaction from
> children and teachers is magical. "It's like having more teachers in the
> room," said one child.
>
> I have raised £250k funding to get started with rolling it out more
> widely. This money is committed, but I am waiting for HMRC SEIS advance
> assurance before completing. This should come in the next 4-6 weeks.
>
> I have taken the product far further than I expected to be able to. I have
> enough technical understanding to vibe-code quite well, but I am not a
> developer. I need an actual developer to take over the development and make
> sure that the product will be scalable and is secure and safe.
>
> If you'd like to learn more, please get in touch: brucegreig2 at gmail.com
>
> Key details: Full time, remote, £75k + options. I'm in Hampshire. First
> few schools will be in the Hampshire area, so ideally you will be in London
> or the south east, so we can visit schools together from time to time.
>
> Formal job ad is here on LinkedIn:
> https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4224377919/
>
> A very simple website about the product is here:
> https://www.robynrobot.com/
>
> You can find more about me here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegreig
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
>
>
> Bruce Greig
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