Mid-Level Frontend Engineer, Raylo
+ Stock options
3 days a week in office
Lease-and-reuse of tech goods
Be an early applicant
Lease-and-reuse of tech goods
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Stock options
3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the move to a circular economy.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of frontend or full-stack engineering experience in a product-focused, agile, and fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES7+), with strong familiarity across the JavaScript ecosystem
- Hands-on experience with React and/or React Native for mobile app development
- Understanding of testing frontend code and ensuring quality through CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas and decisions with non-technical stakeholders
- Bonus points for experience with server-side rendering (Next.js), GraphQL, or end-to-end mobile development
- A collaborative, curious, and user-focused mindset, aligned with Raylo’s values of walking in the customer’s shoes and being gritty and deeply curious
- Enthusiasm for sustainability and a desire to contribute to a product that reduces waste and improves accessibility
What the job involves
- As part of Raylo’s Engineering team, you’ll play a central role in delivering a seamless customer experience across both our web and mobile platforms
- You’ll be joining a fast-moving, mission-driven company at the forefront of the circular economy
- Working in a cross-functional squad alongside product, design, and backend engineers, you’ll contribute to the development of new features, iterate on existing ones, and run A/B tests that directly impact user growth and business outcomes
- You’ll get stuck into exciting greenfield development as well as continual improvements to core parts of our web and mobile apps
- Over your first 12 months, you’ll go from shipping small but meaningful changes to having a significant contribution to frontend delivery on key initiatives that contribute to our growth goals
- Along the way, you’ll develop strong relationships across disciplines and grow your technical depth in modern frontend frameworks and tooling
- Design, develop and maintain high-quality, scalable frontend experiences across Raylo’s web and mobile applications using React and React Native
- Collaborate closely with backend engineers to define approaches to new features, solve technical challenges, and maintain system integrity
- Partner with product managers, designers, and marketing teams to iterate on growth initiatives, such as A/B tests and new feature launches that improve the user journey
- Work in an agile environment, taking ownership of your work from concept through to release and ongoing refinement
- Help maintain a high-quality codebase through testing, code reviews, refactoring, and documentation
- Support continuous improvement by contributing ideas for system and process enhancements, particularly in how we optimise for performance and scale
- Stay current with industry trends and bring fresh perspectives into the team, advocating for modern best practices and scalable solutions
Application process
- Once you submit your application, our Talent Team will contact you if you have been shortlisted for the role
- Stage 1: Talent Screening (30 minutes)
- Stage 2: Online Hiring Manager Interview (45 minutes)
- Stage 3: On-site Pair Programming Session (90 minutes)
- Stage 4: Values-based Interview (~60 minutes)
- Stage 5: Co-founder Final (~ 45 minutes)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
As a society, a disposable phone culture has developed which is both expensive and harmful to the environment, but Raylo is offering a more sustainable alternative. Through its platform, consumers can lease new and refurbished devices like phones and laptops, paying a monthly fee for the length of the contract.
Raylo sets itself apart through low monthly charges. This is significant as, despite consumers’ increasing reliance on electronic devices, research from Ofcom indicated many consumers struggle with the affordability of mobile phones. The circularity which Raylo's premise is built on is also essential, to reduce the overproduction of devices and the resulting waste as the world shifts towards more sustainable practices.
In 2022, Raylo cemented its status as an actor for good with its recognition as a B-Corporation. The company has also netted considerable funds, that will enable it to expand operations, with plans to grow its direct-to-consumer channel as well as checkout integration for merchants.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2023
$7.1m
EARLY VC
Jan 2023
$74.1m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $117.7m
Company benefits
- 33 days holiday per year (25 days, + an extra 8 days to choose the days that mean most to you)
- Stock options - get a real stake in Raylo’s growth
- Hybrid working environment (London Bridge office)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Perkbox membership - hundreds of perks and discounts to support physical, financial and mental wellbeing
- To do your best work, we’ll give you a laptop and a Raylo phone
- Learning budget - we care deeply about investing in your long-term career growth and potential
- Free sustainable breakfast and snacks, every day you’re in the office
- Fun (yet optional) Raylo quarterly socials, plus summer and Christmas parties
Company values
- Walk in your Customer’s Shoes - To build the best products, we deeply understand our customers' needs by walking a few miles in their shoes.
- Focus and Execute - We have a big vision, but we believe in nailing the most important problems first. We work hard, stay lean and deliver. We take smart risks, and when we stumble, we openly acknowledge our mistakes and learn from them.
- Be Deeply Curious - We thrive on innovation through diverse approaches, views and people. We’re always looking for answers even when others aren’t asking questions.
- Be Gritty - Only gritty teams succeed. Our individual ownership, passion and perseverance mean we’re a team through thick and thin. We foster a culture of respectful challenge, whilst acknowledging that great team players are willing to ‘disagree and commit’.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Jinden Badesha
(Co-Founder & CPO)Previously worked for 4 years at Funding Circle UK, holding various positions such as Product Manager, Head of Product and Investor Experience.
Karl Gilbert
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Portfolio Manager at Gelber Group LLC for 1 year and a VP of Capital Markets at Funding Circle UK for 1 year.
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