Senior Software Engineer, Checkatrade
2-4 days a week in office (Moorgate, London)
Online marketplace for home improvements and repairs
Job no longer available
Online marketplace for home improvements and repairs
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
2-4 days a week in office (Moorgate, London)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To be a modern online marketplace working towards becoming the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy.
Role
Who you are
- This role is perfect for a well-rounded, full-stack engineer who enjoys variety: a mix of roadmap-driven development, hands-on problem solving, and shaping how we use technology for smarter, more personalised experiences
- Strong experience as a full-stack engineer, ideally with Node.js and TypeScript
- A solid understanding of SQL and how data flows between systems
- Experience with, or curiosity about, CRM/CDP platforms (Braze, Segment, Salesforce, or similar)
- A track record of owning delivery — shaping requirements, planning work, and seeing it through
- Comfort working in a fast-moving team with both planned roadmap work and reactive support
- Genuine enthusiasm for learning — especially around AI, automation, and smarter data-driven systems
What the job involves
- Behind the scenes, that means powerful CRM and marketing platforms that help us communicate with homeowners and trades at exactly the right moment
- As a Senior Software Engineer in our CRM Engineering team, you’ll be right at the centre of that mission
- You’ll design and build the services that power our customer communications, marketing automation, and data-driven engagement — working closely with Marketing, Product, and Data to turn ideas into impact
- You'll be designing, building, and scaling services that underpin our CRM and marketing capabilities
- Turning loosely defined business problems into clear technical solutions — and owning them end to end
- Balancing quick wins with long-term improvements to keep our systems robust and future-ready
- Working closely with Marketing, Data, and Product to deliver meaningful outcomes, not just tickets
- Mentoring other engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and thoughtful technical discussion
- Helping shape the future of our CRM and data platform, including how we use automation and AI
- You’ll work in a hybrid model, spending two days a week in our Moorgate office, collaborating with a small, focused team that values autonomy and impact
- Core technologies
- Node.js & TypeScript (primary backend)
- React & Next.js (frontend)
- PostgreSQL & Firestore
- Google Cloud Platform
- BigQuery
- Pub/Sub (event-driven architecture)
- CRM & marketing
- Braze (customer engagement)
- Salesforce (CRM integration)
- Analytics Gateway (event tracking & data flow)
Application process
- Initial chat with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
- Interview with the CRM Engineering team
- Technical stage case study or Task
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Checkatrade created the online market for searching, engaging, and reviewing tradespeople back when the digital age was just beginning. Now a household name, it's on a huge growth journey to once again lead the market in every home improvement project seamlessly for both consumers and tradespeople, through its end-to-end digital marketplace. Put simply, Checkatrade connects people with highly skilled, quality tradespeople - and the trades with the tools they need to do their jobs.
Checkatrade has ambitious plans for expansion and innovation. It offers the agility of a start-up with the reassurance of an established organisation and has a team of more than 500 working flexibility from both Portsmouth and its R&D Hub in the heart of Kings Cross.
Recent initiatives such as launching a new quoting and invoicing tool, demonstrate its ongoing efforts to continuously improve user experience and streamline and automate operations for both consumers and trades. The company has made sure it stands out against its competitors with its commitment to trust and quality, raising standards and its dedication to customer satisfaction.
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Meet the team
Hamza Anjarwalla, Labs Launcher Intrapreneur
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"Checkatrade is changing how our business works, moving from a directory to a marketplace, and this comes with it a huge amount of opportunities to..."
Company benefits
- 💰 Annual company wide bonus plan - when company wins, we all win
- 💷 Wellness cashplan- Claim back money on opticians, dentists and hospital stays so you can keep your health in check.
- 👩⚕️ 24/7 Online GP Service - Health App
- 💪 Gym membership - Pure gym membership
- 🛍️ Discounts and cashback for 100s of retailers across the UK
- 🚗 Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- 💻 Smart Tech Scheme - get the gadgets you want whilst spreading the payments interest free for up to 24 months
- 😋 Free food & Drinks
- 🎉 Company events
- 🗎 Life assurance
- 🏥 Private Medical - depending on the role you may qualify for a PMI
- 👵🏽 Pension - 4%
- 👶🏿 26 Weeks full maternity pay
- 👶🏼 4 Weeks paternity pay
- 🏖️ Buy and sell holiday
- 🎗️ Charity leave - How does one week every year to support a cause close to you in addition to your annual leave sound?
- 👥 Recommend a friend scheme
- 🧒 Workplace Nursery scheme- committed to helping ease that financial pressure for our valued employees
Company values
- Customer-Obsessed: We listen deeply, solve meaningfully, and earn trust.
- AI Powered: We embrace smart tools to move faster, think bigger, and stay ahead.
- All In: We commit fully, collaborate boldly, take ownership and show resilience.
Company HQ
Moorgate, London, UK
Articles
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Checkatrade
Alex Inett (Head of Talent)
- We are all about positive action and promote Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. Whether it’s creating awareness of the benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce, to having the right policies, processes, and training in place, we are committed to making sure that at Checkatrade each individual feels valued and accepted. We have task forces to drive our D&I agenda, we have initiatives in play to support employee wellbeing and we run regular engagement surveys to track employee satisfaction too and take action on responses.
- We’re proud to say that women make up 24% of our total tech workforce and 35% of our senior leadership team. We have an established “Women In Tech” network, who are supported to explore their tech careers and grow their influence and networks. We’re for everyone and we build together for our customers.
- We partner with She Can Code to actively drive diversity hiring.
- We run an in-house mentoring scheme aimed to support your growth with us.
- We value diverse ideas, innovation, and are focussed on inclusivity. We take a tech-first approach to removing barriers to success for our people, our consumers, and our trade members.
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