Software Engineer

Please note before applying: this is a high level Intermediate level role within our team, tipping towards Senior and so we are really keen to see Product Engineers with solid commercial experience working with TypeScript and React. If this is you then we would love to hear from you!

Our Mission

Two in five people in the UK rent their homes. Goodlord's mission? To provide them with the best renting experience in the world 🌎 We started Goodlord because we wanted to make renting simple and transparent for everyone involved: the agent, the landlord, and the tenant. We knew Generation Rent would lead to more tenants, with higher digital expectations and we were confident we could provide a solution 🏠 Like all scale-ups it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster journey, but we’re now stronger than ever, with around 3,000 letting agents using the platform, exciting and varied products and 350+ Goodlordians across the group supporting the mission!

The Opportunity

• Work with product managers, designers, business colleagues and other engineers to understand end-user problems
• Propose end-to-end solutions to solve these problems
• Assist your squad by delivering features and with them
• Use your knowledge on React and Typescript to continuously identify areas of improvement and propose fixes
• Review the code of your colleagues
• Offer mentoring to less experienced developers

What We Need From You

• Significant commercial experience building web based applications using Typescript and React.
• Propose end-to-end solutions to solve these problems
• An excellent understanding of state management and creating components and pages that are reusable and testable, and an understanding of architectural patterns like DDD and microservices.
• Proficient at writing automated tests using frameworks such as Jest, React Testing Library or Cypress.
• Strong knowledge of web application security and how to guard against common vulnerabilities.

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