Senior Software Engineer, Board Intelligence
2-3 days a week in office
Board management software
Job no longer available
Board management software
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
2-3 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
Board Intelligence's mission is to help all boards and leadership teams to be a powerful driver of performance and a force for good.
Role
Who you are
- This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys end-to-end ownership, values strong engineering standards, and wants to build software that matters in a governance and board level context
- Strong experience in at least one high-level language (Ruby, Python, TypeScript, etc.)
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, etc.)
- Proven ability to deliver features independently across the full stack
- Strong experience with Ruby or React (nice to have)
- Familiarity with Docker / Kubernetes (nice to have)
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (nice to have)
- You are a thoughtful problem solver:
- We operate in a fast-moving environment where priorities evolve, and complex challenges are the norm. You bring sound judgement, strong technical foundations, and the ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence
- You are product minded:
- You care about building the right thing, not just building things right. You enjoy working closely with Product and Design, understanding customer needs, and delivering features that create meaningful value for senior decision makers
- You take ownership end to end:
- You are comfortable owning delivery from initial design through to production. You do not wait for perfect conditions, and you take responsibility for outcomes, balancing pace with quality and maintainability
- You enjoy working across the stack:
- This role suits someone who likes variety and impact, contributing across frontend and backend rather than staying in a single layer. You bring a modern engineering mindset and enjoy building scalable platforms
- You raise the bar for engineering excellence
- You write high quality, well tested code, provide thoughtful reviews, and help strengthen team standards. You care about sustainable delivery and leaving systems better than you found them
- You move with purpose and pragmatism
- We value momentum, but not at the expense of sound decision making. You can make smart trade offs, deliver iteratively, and help modernise a core platform while keeping customers front of mind
- You are a collaborative teammate
- We work closely across Engineering, Product, and Design. You share knowledge, support others, and contribute to a culture where high performance and mutual respect go hand in hand
- This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping a modern, scalable platform, supporting future initiatives including AI enabled capabilities, and helping Board Intelligence continue to lead in board transformation
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll help modernise and evolve our core product, owning the delivery of end-to-end features that have a direct impact on customers and the business
- You’ll work across the tech stack, contribute to technical direction, and help raise engineering standards while partnering closely with Product and Design
- This is a hands-on role focused on building a scalable, modern platform that can support future growth
- Owning the end-to-end delivery of complex features, from design to production
- Contributing to the modernisation of the core platform (e.g. internationalisation, e-signing)
- Making pragmatic technical decisions that balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability
- Working across frontend and backend rather than specialising in a single layer
- Supporting future initiatives such as AI-enabled features and portal modernisation
- Writing high-quality, well-tested code and reviewing others’ work
- Debugging and resolving production issues
- Working closely with engineers, product managers, and designers
- Sharing knowledge and supporting the growth of the team
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help modernise and evolve Board Intelligence’s core platform, delivering high impact features that directly improve the experience for our customers and support the long-term growth of the business
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Board Intelligence has been helping boards to make smarter, faster decisions for more than 2 decades and it has been turning that knowledge into software since 2008. With over 18,000 users engaged on its platform, BI works with FTSE 100s, large privately-owned companies, public sector and government departments, and has delivered ~50% YOY growth over the past five years.
The company's product is smart board report packs supported by its AI tool Lucia, which helps to evaluate the balance of board reports. Board Intelligence also offers a secure portal for board pack distributions and has its own advisory consultancy arm. BI's mission is definitely ambitious then, and it will need full support from the up-and-coming young generation of board members to favour the adoption of its smart board packs.
In 2024, it sold a majority stake in its company to K1 Investments off the back of a doubling of valuation over 3 years. With new international support behind it, its 3000-strong client base - which includes the likes of John Lewis and ITV - will no doubt gain even more value from Board Intelligence's offering.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Competitive salary, commission plan & pension scheme
- 26 days holiday each calendar year
- Bupa health & dental cover (including Babylon Virtual GP)
- Group life insurance (4x annual salary)
- Employee Assistance Program and Bereavement Counselling & Probate Helpline
- Daily breakfast, drinks, fruit and snacks
- Regular training & development, mini MBA series, lunch & learns
- AIG Smart Health (virtual GP app)
- Season Ticket Travel Card Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme
- Eye test vouchers and Flu Jabs
- Gym membership discounts
- Regular company socials. Friday drinks
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Jennifer Sundberg
(Advisory Board Member & Co-Founder)Master of Arts at University of Cambridge. Also member of the advisory board at FINCA International since January 2011
Pippa Begg
(CEO)Master of Arts at University of Cambridge. Senior Product Manager at Russell Investments from 2005 to 2008
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