Front End Engineer

We're looking for Engineers to help us build the products needed to transform millions of lives. We are making high quality financial education affordable and accessible to employees everywhere. 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 want to help millions of people take the first steps to making their life dreams a reality. We're making it easier, cheaper and more exciting to get money advice from a real person - not just a robot.

Schools don't teach money and society makes it taboo. So most of us have no idea the amazing things that are possible if we take small steps to make our money go further. Imagine being tens of thousands of pounds better off. We're here to make it happen.

Through a combination of real, friendly people and really clever technology, we help you see where you stand today and build the plan for whatever you're dreaming of.

The role and opportunity

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 engineers to join either squad.

Our front-end stack is built on React with Typescript, using MUI as a base for our design system. The back-end 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, back-end 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 Senior Engineer for the right candidate as the team grows.

Day to day you will be:

• Writing, testing and deploying great software


• Collaborating with the tech leads and other Engineers on deciding future technologies and processes


• Working with modern and new technologies and frameworks


• Conducting code reviews


• Working in an Agile team


• Building relationships with product and design and collaborating with back-end engineers


• Conducting code reviews and pairing with other colleagues, We currently operate a hybrid model which is a mix of office and remote. You'll have the option of working from home 2 days per week (Monday and Friday) with the remainder from our central London office in Holborn.


Work from anywhere
We give an 18 day work from anywhere allowance to swap out the on site days or take some time working from another country. We give an 18 day work from anywhere allowance to swap out the on site days or take some time working from another country. Due to regulations this does not apply to individuals that give regulated financial advice.

Join a great team
We're a diverse team with decades of experience in financial services and a proven track record. We don't like office politics, and believe in treating everyone with transparency and respect.

Rapidly grow your career
We believe in hiring people who are better than us, and giving them opportunities to achieve great things. As we continue to scale up, there will be opportunities for ambitious new joiners to demonstrate their skills and take on bigger roles.

Share incentive plan and team bonus
Being part of Octopus we benefit from the group share incentive plan. In addition, for those who are not commission based we offer a team bonus provided we meet our team goals.

Pension, enhanced parental leave, private medical insurance & other benefits
As an Octopus Money employee you'll get access to a company pension, enhanced parental leave, PMI and other benefits to make sure you're healthy and happy, now and in the future!

A genuine desire to help people
We are a mission-driven business, so it's important that you can demonstrate a strong desire to help people and improve their lives.

Collaborative and a great team player
We are building a great team of top performers, and you'll need to work with others from across the business to understand problems, and deliver great solutions.

Problem solver at heart with an analytical mindset
You should be someone who gets excited by complex problems and can find creative ways to solve them no matter what your level of knowledge and experience with the subject matter.

Excellent technical knowledge
As an Engineer you should be an expert in at least one aspect of software development and skilled in other areas. You have learned that delivering great software takes a team and has plenty of pitfalls to avoid.

Knowledge required

• Experience as a mid level engineer working on production systems in a commercial environment


• Excellent Typescript skills and knowledge


• Experience with UI libraries such as MUI and Storybook


• Knowledge and commercial experience with React


• Experience working in a Scrum team


Nice to have (but not essential)

• Experience with data fetching libraries such as RTK Query or SWR


• Computer Science degree or bootcamp plus commercial experience


• Experience working in a startup/scale environment


• Node.js and server-side JS exposure
  
  Octopus is a group of companies which invests in the people, ideas and industries that will help to change the world. We collectively believe that the companies serving two of our most important needs - our financial wellbeing and our planet's future - are failing. And we want that to change. We want everything we do, whether that's in financial services or energy supply, to have a positive impact on the people it touches. The energy supply business - Octopus Energy is the #1 rated UK energy supply business, and the only one to be recommended by Which? three years in a row.


Perks & Benefits

Make a difference
We're on a mission to help millions of people improve their finances. Seeing the impact we can make on our client's lives is deeply rewarding, and motivates the whole team to keep doing more to improve our service. Our client feedback is extremely positive, with a rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Vouchedfor.

In return we offer a base salary of £50,000 to £72,500 DOE + benefits

Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions. These will only take place upon a successful job offer.