Front End Engineer, Octopus Money

• 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 an agile team
• 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

Desirable

• 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 software engineer who wants to further their career and make a positive impact
• Our development team is composed of multiple squads, each taking ownership of a vertical within our product. Each squad is composed of a product manager, frontend and backend engineers
• Our front-end stack is built on React with Typescript, using MUI as a base for our design system, and leveraging microfrontend deployments. Our backend stack is powered by Golang, providing REST APIs
• We are looking for a problem solver who can work with the existing platform and front end engineers, collaborating closely with tech leads, design, and product managers
• As the company continues to scale, there will be opportunities 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
• 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
• Working in an Agile team
• Building relationships with product and design
• Conducting code reviews and pairing with other colleagues

• 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