Full-stack Software Engineer, Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)
£50-70k
Meaningful equity ownership
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
Matching candidates to relevant jobs at exciting companies. Formerly Otta.
Job no longer available
Matching candidates to relevant jobs at exciting companies. Formerly Otta.
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
£50-70k
Meaningful equity ownership
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help candidates and companies find their people.
Role
Who you are
- We’re open-minded to background (no degree required). So long as the core skills for the role can be demonstrated, we care about what you can do, not what you have done. We have a broad range of different backgrounds already in our team and believe a diverse team is the best team. So whether you're a Bootcamper, self taught programmer, or CompSci graduate, we'd love to hear from you.
- You have 1-4 years of experience programming in a production environment.
- You’re comfortable using multiple programming languages and learning new things on the fly. We don't expect any Elixir experience. We'd love if you had a mixture of front and back end experience but your willingness to learn is much more important to us!
What the job involves
- You'll join a growing engineering team of 10+ full-stack engineers and work closely with our CTO (Xav), engineering manager (Billy), and technical lead (Joe). You'll collaborate with product managers and product designers, to translate ideas into impact as fast as possible
- Build features from start to finish, and deploy on a daily basis. We use GitHub and continuously deploy to a Kubernetes cluster hosted on Google Cloud Platform
- Own code across our stack, from backend services in Elixir (with GraphQL + Postgres) to front-end single-page apps in React/TypeScript
- Develop step-change experiences from scratch which immediately impact 300,000+ candidates and 5000+ companies
- Get stuck in and bring your ideas to life to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives and careers
- Hybrid working - We have a hybrid approach to working that we believe helps us deliver the best quality products to our candidates. We ask that you come to our central London office around 1-2 days a week, but we're flexible around you working away for a month if you need to as well. If you're more comfortable in the office than at home, many of our team also do 5 days a week!
Application process
- 1. Initial chat to learn more about Otta, and more about what you're looking for next (30 mins)
- 2. Take-home technical task (1 hour) - Here we look to evaluate key skills for the role. We ask you to only spend 1 hour, it isn't timed and you can complete in your own time and in any language you choose.
- 3. Technical discussion (30 mins) - This is with our CTO (Xav), where we'll dive into a hypothetical problem and how you'd go about solving it.
- 4. Pair programming (1 hour) - This is with our Engineering Manager (Billy), and Tech Lead (Joe), where we'll work through a real world ticket here at Otta and look to see how you go about problem solving.
- 5. Final interview with Theo or Sam (Co-founders), where they’ll ask you questions around what you might bring to the role, and how you might embody our values at Otta (45 minutes)
- We expect the process to take 2-3 weeks from start to finish, but we can move faster if you need us to
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Looking for a job is a frustrating experience. It’s incredibly hard to find a good match. Job adverts lack useful information like salary and diversity data. Companies sometimes never respond. Welcome to the Jungle aims to make finding a job in tech less soul crushing.
In January 2024, Otta merged with Welcome to the Jungle. Our ambition is to become a global leader in the world of work, and help candidates and companies find each other through our job matching, recruiter solutions including employer brand, and media.
Welcome to the Jungle believes in a future of work based on the power of matching and is obsessed with helping people find exciting and meaningful work.
Caroline Fischer
UK Country Manager
Meet the team
6 people
Wendy Danso, Senior Operations Analyst
Our mission
Provide an exceptional experience for customers and candidates, across Customer Care, Jobs, Companies and ContentInsights
Company
Employee endorsements
Meaningful work
"Everyone is driven towards the same mission and feels a sense of purpose and alignment towards our goals. It's really fulfilling to work together to..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2023
$54m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$22.3m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $86.8m
Company benefits
- 24 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- In addition, we have a winter break where the office closes from 25 December to 1 January, so everyone can recharge
- 4 day weeks after your first month, with Fridays off
- Universal parental leave - 13 weeks' full pay, 13 weeks' half pay, 13 weeks' statutory pay (if you have been with us for at least 6 months), 13 weeks' unpaid (optional)
- Health insurance with Vitality, including dental and optician cover
- Breakfast, snacks and drinks at the office every day
- Lunch at the office every second Wednesday
- Cycle-to-work scheme with GCI (no £1,000 limit)
Company values
- You're Welcome - Individually we are our true selves. As a team we are united by purpose. It means we prioritise team success over personal achievements while staying authentic. We create a welcoming, inclusive environment where we're ready to help others and demonstrate humility, building a culture of mutual trust and support.
- Place Your Bets - We believe in taking chances. We’ll always choose a bold decision with great potential rewards over playing it safe. This value is about decision making and the fight against inertia.
- What would it take to learn faster? - Speed of iteration typically beats quality of iteration. We move fast when it helps us learn faster - we feel safe taking risks, finding smart shortcuts, or shipping experiments
- What could exceptional look like? Our standards are high, and there are moments where it's worth pushing them further. We're comfortable asking hard questions to explore how to make something exceptional
Company HQ
Old St, London, UK
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Leadership
Jeremy Cledat
(CEO)Previously worked in venture capital firms, then created Welcome to the Jungle in 2015.
People progressing
Lauren joined in 2022 as a CSM. She demonstrated skill and passion, and set the standard for excellence. Over time she coached her peers. Today, she is Head of CS leading the team and strategy.
Josie joined as an Ops Analyst and was promoted for her diligent work. She wanted to broaden her scope and joined our Marketing team. She did so well, she has since been promoted to Marketing Manager!
People breakdown
11%
16%
9%
64%
Asian
Black or African American
Multiracial / Multiethnic
White
Last updated on 08 October 2024
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Welcome to the Jungle (formerly Otta)
Claudia Gallon (People Partner)
- Though we’re quite early in our journey, our employees are starting to roll out initiatives that help us to better understand and empathise with each other and the world around us. We collect meaningful data in our onboarding survey, conduct privilege awareness workshops as part of employee onboarding, and anonymise tasks during interview processes to eliminate bias. Diverse employees make for an inclusive product.
- We’re committed to a feedback-driven and transparent culture, as we work to make a workplace where everyone feels welcome and all voices are heard. An environment where conversations between socially different people are seen as opportunities to learn, anticipate alternative viewpoints, and generally grow our business.
- We’re continually iterating our product to do better. We collect meaningful diversity data from companies to inform candidates about gender split and we create transparency through sharing salary ranges. We’re thankful for the opportunity to listen to and learn from our candidates.
- Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are integral to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Our Women’s Group, LGBTQIA+ Group, Disability Group, and Black Employee Network provide vital support and advocacy, creating spaces for connection, growth, and empowerment. Through these ERGs, we celebrate diversity and ensure every employee can bring their whole self to work.
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