Software Engineer

We’re looking for Senior Engineers to help us build the products needed to transform millions of lives. We are making high quality money coaching and advice, affordable and accessible. This is an ideal opportunity for a passionate technologist who wants to further their career and make a positive impact.

About Octopus Money

At Octopus Money, we’re on a mission to make money advice accessible to all – because the right advice can turn your life dreams into reality.

The facts are alarming: half of Brits reach retirement age without enough money to live the life they want, financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health and only 8% of us have access to 1-to-1 advice.

There’s plenty of information out there, but most of us just wish that someone we trust would tell us what to do with our money!

With Octopus, you get a personalised plan and a friendly expert to help you make it happen. We combine advisers, coaches and technology to understand your situation and recommend the right steps for your savings, investments, pensions and more. Then, we make it easy to invest in a custom portfolio, managed by experts.

Our development teams are split into two pillars, focusing on customer facing apps and back-office tooling. Each pillar contains two product squads. We are looking for rock-solid senior engineers to join each squad. As a senior engineer, responsibilities would include owning delivery of features; ensuring code quality and best practices are met; and mentoring and pairing with junior and mid-level engineers.

Job Summary

Our frontend stack is built on React with Typescript, using MUI as a base for our design system. The backend team provides our API endpoints, written in Go.

We are looking for pragmatists who can work with the existing platform and front end teams, collaborating closely with tech leads, design, backend engineers and product managers.

As the company scales over the next year, there will be opportunity to be involved in the technical architecture and strategy for our products and tech stack. The role has the potential to evolve into a Tech Lead for the right candidate as the team grows.

Job Requirements

• 6+ years experience as a software engineer working on production systems in a commercial environment
• Strong TypeScript skills
• Extensive React experience
• Experience working in a Scrum/Agile team
• Experience with RESTful services

Nice To Have (but Not Essential)

• NodeJs
• Design libraries such as Storybook and MUI

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