Frontend Engineer, Lendable

• We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Software Engineer, with strong Typescript and React/NextJS experience, to work on one of our key web platforms
• Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives that help us further scale our products as we continue to grow
• You have a solid understanding of modern Javascript with Typescript
• You have commercial experience with the latest versions of React
• You clearly understand the benefits of automated testing in software development, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid
• You can quickly identify and assess technical debt and are a vocal advocate for prioritising code improvements alongside feature work whenever the opportunity arises
• You understand the importance of catering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to
• You are comfortable working with product owners to break down business requirements into deliverable tasks and estimate the complexity of their implementation
• You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and are not afraid to put forward alternative approaches where you feel it appropriate
• You have demonstrable experience with web performance best practices and debugging

Desirable

• Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1
• Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo
• Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting
• You’ll join a cross-functional team tasked with delivering new features and technical refinements on one of our core products, Unsecured Loans (UK)
• There’s much to do, from work to build out new user journeys and optimise conversion rates in our existing funnels, and answering questions with experiments and fast iteration, to maintaining, refactoring & improving our codebase and tooling

• An introductory phone call with one of the team to talk through the role and your experience, and answer any initial questions you have
• On-site or Video interview
• A technical session with your peers where you’ll talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience and knowledge
• A product and culture fit interview with an Engineering Manager to better understand your ways of working, assess how you could play a part in your team’s success, and get a good idea what we can do to help you thrive in your role