Senior Frontend Engineer, Bits

Salary not provided

+ Equity

React

TypeScript

React Native

Expert level

London

More information about location

4-5 days a week in office

Store card for building credit

Be an early applicant

Store card for building credit

21-100 employees

FintechB2CCredit ScoringMarketplacePersonal financeLending

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Equity

React

TypeScript

React Native

Expert level

London

More information about location

4-5 days a week in office

21-100 employees

FintechB2CCredit ScoringMarketplacePersonal financeLending

Company mission

To promote financial inclusion by providing a path to credit for those neglected by mainstream lenders.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Have 10+ years of experience in software development
A passion for building new products and ideally some side projects of your own
Obsessed with user experience
Aspire to run your own business one day
Hard working, and willing to work 60 hours a week
Expert in React Native typescript or a fast learner willing to learn
Exceptional verbal communication skills and team player
Design focused and passionate about UX

What the job involves

You will be joining a small engineering team (10 ppl) that are all about ownership and commitment
You'll be working on Bits AI, our new AI personal finance app

Application process

A quick introductory call
A short take home technical challenge
A final round to discuss your code, introduce you to our CEO and founder, plus other members of the team and business, and answer any questions you might have

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Oftentimes, the advice to those with low credit is to build it up with the careful use of high-interest credit cards. However, this comes with the obvious downside of being high risk as well as high reward. Bits, instead, helps people with low credit to improve their scores with a subscription store card that lets them access in-store savings while quickly raising their credit score.

Millions of people in the UK have difficulty accessing financial services due to their credit scores, so it is no surprise that a number of other startups like Pockit and Portify have emerged offering alternative products for this underserved group. Bits, however, stands out for its unique approach that doesn’t put people into any debt at all - with the company making no money on interest.

As Bits has grown, it has expanded its product and now reports to Equifax and TransUnion on top of Experian. Boasting 300,000 users and a strong rating on Trustpilot, it is clear the company has already made an impact and it will be interesting to see what it does in the future.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Trustpilot (4.7)

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2020

$0.2m

SEED

Oct 2018

$0.2m

SEED

Total funding: $0.3m

Company benefits

A competitive market salary
28 days holidays/ year incl. UK/ England public & bank holidays
Private Healthcare plan (if you want one)
Work with the Founder directly. Travel with him occasionally. Participation in the options plan once it goes live

Company HQ

London, UK

Leadership

Faisal Khalid

(Founder & CEO)

A Harvard graduate in Economics, Faisal has over a decade of experience in major payment companies such as American Express. More recently, they founded Paysnapp, an online payment service for low income migrant workers which was acquired by VFD bank.

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