Software Engineer, Moonpig
Platform
+ Bonus
1-3 days a week in office
Online company for personalised cards, gifts and flowers
Be an early applicant
Online company for personalised cards, gifts and flowers
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Bonus
1-3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people connect and create moments that matter.
Role
Who you are
- This role is scoped at mid-level, and we’re ideally looking for engineers operating at that level
- Proven experience in a professional web development environment (3+ years) using React and modern web technologies
- Strong understanding of TypeScript, React, Next.js, and modern CSS frameworks
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, WAF, Route53)
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across engineering teams
- Interest in full-stack development, particularly platform engineering and infrastructure as code (Terraform/OpenTofu)
- Familiarity with CI/CD practices and observability tools
- Experience contributing to agile teams, including pairing, mobbing, or collaborative delivery approaches
What the job involves
- Join Moonpig as a Software Engineer (Platform) and help shape the core web platform that powers millions of meaningful customer moments. Based in London or Manchester with hybrid working, this role focuses on improving web developer efficiency, platform reliability, and scalable web infrastructure
- You’ll work within our Web Enablement team, contributing to a serverless, multi-app React and Next.js platform. From build optimisation to platform tooling, your work will enable teams across Moonpig to move faster, experiment confidently, and deliver high-quality customer experiences
- Develop and enhance the core web platform and supporting services, including WAF, CDN (CloudFront), and GraphQL API Gateway
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and optimise platform reliability, performance, and scalability
- Collaborate closely with engineers across teams, providing guidance and technical consultation
- Contribute to platform standards and best practices, helping define and evolve what “good” looks like
- Support build tooling and workflows, including Turborepo and CI/CD pipelines
- Contribute to frontend testing practices and experimentation platforms (e.g. Eppo)
- Write clear, useful technical documentation tailored to different audiences
- Our Tech Environment:
- TypeScript
- React (v18+), Next.js (v15)
- Apollo GraphQL
- Modern CSS frameworks
- AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, WAF, Route53)
- Terraform/OpenTofu
- GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
- Experimentation (A/B/n testing)
Application process
- Stage 1: Recruiter Screening Call 15-30mins
- Stage 2: Take home tech test
- Stage 3: Pairing interview 60-90mins
- Stage 4: System design interview 60mins
- Stage 5: Final culture/team fit interview 30mins
- Offer! 🎉
- Please note: Our interview process may vary depending on the specific role, hiring team availability, or other business needs. We aim to keep candidates informed of any changes throughout the process
Our take
When Moonpig was founded in 2000, it bought into the idea that a personalised gift is always more meaningful, whether sent from the sofa, the commute, or the gym. Customers quickly bought into this vision, and Moonpig saw rapid growth culminating in its 2011 acquisition by Photobox for £120M.
Since then, Moonpig has seen continued success. Through expansion into new products such as flowers (Moonpig is now a top-3 online flower seller) and the development of its own app, Moonpig has established its place within the market for personalised gifts.
And it doesn't plan on slowing down anytime soon, as it looks to expand even further. Recent innovations have included the introduction of giant cards, and the company has also secured the ability to create exclusively branded ranges alongside Disney and Warner Bros. This commitment to innovation positions Moonpig to capture even more market share and strengthen its leadership in the industry.
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Company benefits
- Annual reviews
- Attractive annual bonus scheme - with increased earning potential based on business and individual performance
- Pension scheme where we match up to 5%
- Referral scheme with cash bonus available
- Interest-free travel loan
- Sharesave Plan - Save as you earn
- Generous staff Moonpig, Red Letter Days and Buyagift products
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental plan
- Life assurance paying 4x your salary
- Eye care vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free access to 24h mental health and wellbeing resource as well as one to one therapy sessions via Spill
- Dog-friendly offices
- Access to a broad range of training workshops and courses
- Technical and professional qualifications policy, allowing individuals to apply for a more formal professional qualification, using allocated individual allowance
- Career Conversations with your manager to create your Career Development Plan
- 25 days’ holiday plus 1 day per year of service (up to 30 days)
- Growing Your Family - 8 weeks paid supporting caregiver leave and 24 weeks full pay primary caregiver leave (based on qualifying criteria)
- Flexible working opportunities based on our Ways of Working - inclusive of Hybrid and Remote
- Summer Hours - We finish at 4pm on Friday's during the months of June, July and August
- Volunteering - 1 day - the equivalent of 8 hrs of time to give back - through a chosen charity or our MP Group Foundation
- Matched Funding Scheme - This scheme provides colleagues with a fundraising allowance to support causes close to their hearts
Company HQ
Farringdon, London, UK
Leadership
Catherine Faiers
(CEO)Previously Non-Exec Director at Allegro and COO of Auto Trader and Addison Lee. Was also Corporate Development Director at Trainline and a Director at DC Advisory.
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