Frontend Engineer, Marshmallow
Offers Equity
1-2 days a week in office
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
Open for applications
Accessible, tech-enabled insurance for those who step outside the norm
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
Offers Equity
1-2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To back those who find themselves on a different path, either by choice or by circumstance, helping the exceptions to the rules that others aren’t interested in serving.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience working as a Frontend Developer
- Commercial experience with React
- Familiarity with Redux or any modern state management library
- Familiarity with Typescript (Desired - Javascript knowledge acceptable)
- Basic knowledge of Jest or Cypress to design and write unit tests and end-to-end tests
- An understanding of how to track bugs
- A bonus if you have worked in a start-up and understand the need to move fast and understand your customers needs
- You are a self-starter who likes to take ownership
- You understand and champion for clear communication channels
- You have a can do attitude and take initiative
- You enjoy simplifying complex problems and solutions
- You enjoy working as part of a team and owning the work you do
- You are able to prioritise key tasks for speed and successful delivery
- You understand and are an advocate the business impact of your work whether that is directly or indirectly
- You have an eye for detail but also are a generalist who loves creating strategies
- You enjoy working in a high growth/ scaling environment
- You enjoy mentoring and supporting more junior members of the team
- You’ve got an eye for design and strong attention to detail. You can spot UX issues that would trip up a customer a mile away
What the job involves
- You’ll be helping us grow our fledgling component library, S’mores, and ensure consistency and reusability across our Products
- You’ll build upon our current suite of unit tests to improve the reliability of our frontend
- You will be tracking bugs in Sentry and triaging which need fixing right away
- You’ll be diving deep into setting up funnel analytics with Segment, GTM and working with Product Managers to learn more about our customers
- You’ll be joining a Frontend Guild of 6 fantastic engineers and helping shape the frontend at Marshmallow
Application process
- Initial call with someone from our Tech Talent Acquisition Team (45 mins)
- A take-home assessment (several days at your discretion) and follow up technical interview with one of our Tech Leads + one other Engineer (1 hour)
- A culture interview to check that your work style fits our processes and values (1 hour)
- We’ll let you know if you’re invited to an interview or not. But, as a small team with a lot of applications to consider, we can’t give individual feedback on each application
Salary benchmarks
Our take
For many ordinary people, insurance can be inaccessibly expensive. Marshmallow solves this problem by using data and technology to offer fairer coverage for car and van owners.
Car insurers generally quotes drivers according to population data, and many drivers are overcharged due to age and demographic. By leveraging data and proprietary technology, Marshmallow can offer more accurate and personalised quotes delivered in minutes, meaning lower fees for drivers. Naturally, this approach has proven popular, with Marshmallow garnering impressive reviews and accolades since it first launched.
The insurtech space is becoming increasingly competitive, and more and more tech companies are moving into the car insurance space, so the company is currently looking to expand into other insurance areas. Marshmallow’s unicorn status is a clear indicator of the company’s ongoing success and scalability, and will help to facilitate this diversification.
For now, the company is focused on helping those outside the norm, such as those who have uprooted their lives and moved to the UK. But in the future, it hopes to expand to any group of people who are unfairly marginalised and whose problems Marshmallow is uniquely positioned to solve.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Employee endorsements
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Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$83m
SERIES B
Nov 2020
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $118.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible working - Manage your own time and choose where to work from (in the office, at home, or a little bit of both). Just make sure your team is happy too.
- Ben benefits - Get your hands on your flexible benefits budget with the Ben Mastercard and spend it wherever you want.
- Competitive bonus scheme - designed to reward and recognise high performance 🌟
- Private healthcare - We want to support everyone’s wellbeing at Marshmallow, which is why we offer private healthcare insurance with Vitality.

- Cycle to work scheme - We’re registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme, so you can buy a new bike tax-free. Lycra shorts optional.
- Mental wellbeing - We have partnered with Oliva to offer mental health support and make therapy sessions more accessible.
- Learning and training - Personal budgets for books and training courses to help you grow in your role. Weekly book clubs and learning sessions. Plus 2 days a year - on us! - to further your skillset.
- Company socials - We give all of our teams monthly budgets to get to know each other better outside of work. Plus we have company-wide socials every two weeks, themed parties, and more.
Company values
- We have a bias for action - We carry urgency into our every day, knowing that only by making daily progress can we drive long-term growth
- We are challenging and honest - We optimise for truth and progress, which requires us to never shy away from difficult conversations with each other
- We take ownership - We take on challenges, and put our hands up when things go wrong
- We are selfless - We work hard, together and without ego
- We are bold - To serve our customers best, we experiment relentlessly, make tough decisions and go where others won’t
- We simplify for success- We don’t overcomplicate or try to be too clever. Less is more
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Oliver Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Growth & Partnerships at Yoti and Leveraged Finance at Investec. Previously founded Reel Money.
David Goaté
(Chief Architect)Previously Software Architect at Yoti, also worked as a software engineer at Homeseller, Cognitran and IG.
Alexander Kent-Braham
(Co-CEO)Previously worked in Product at Yoti. Also co-founded Reel Money and was an Analyst at hedge fund QCM.
People progressing
Joined as Software Engineer, being promoted to Technical Team Lead after 10 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Marshmallow
- To solve big problems, we need exceptional people from all walks of life. We're creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their unique perspectives and boldest ideas to the table. Belonging - As a community, we foster an environment where everyone feels supported and safe to bring their authentic self to work. Recognition - We recognise and celebrate the differences in our experiences, understanding that our unique contributions help us collectively deliver our best work. Influence - We’re empowered to share our voice and have influence. We value diversity of thought, knowing we are better through our collective perspectives and experiences.
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