Software Engineer, flatfair
+10% Bonus & Stock Options
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Rental solutions & protection for landlords and tenants
Job no longer available
Rental solutions & protection for landlords and tenants
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+10% Bonus & Stock Options
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To transform the UK lettings system, inspired by successful deposit alternatives in Germany and Switzerland.
Role
Who you are
- Strong full-stack experience working on web application (you've probably had 2+ relevant roles)
- Expert knowledge of unit and functional testing
- Experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
- Creative problem solver who can understand the commercial impact when proposing a technical solution
- A highly collaborative individual who enjoys communicating with technical team members, marketing, commercial, customer success - whatever is needed to find the best solution
- Constantly curious with a strong desire to learn, you are always looking to understand how we can do better - with a dash of pragmatism on how we get there
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Software Engineer to play a leading role in our product engineering team
- Reporting to our Head of Product Engineering, Dwayne, you’ll be working across our tech stack and our core platform used by tenants, landlords and agents to manage their tenancies
- Our team is small but mighty where you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with people across all functions and levels of the business. You’ll work across our stack to develop new features, contribute product ideas, explore infrastructure upgrades, deliver key projects with meaningful business impact - and more!
- Collaborate with the wider team on understanding our broad user base, contributing new ideas and product improvements that provide real benefits
- Assess the way we work, iterate on the process and tools, challenge ourselves to take advantage of best practices and technology to simplify and reduce friction
- Be data-driven in your development, identifying success metrics and optimising products based on feedback and analytics
- Take full ownership of your projects by designing, shaping, building, maintaining and iterating to achieve the associated business outcome
- Be a supportive team member - create a positive environment where questions and different positions are welcome as opportunities to learn
- We host our infrastructure on AWS, core application is written in python/Django. It is supported by a event-driven microservices written in typescript/node. We use vue.js on frontend and built an internal design system. CI/CD pipelines run on CircleCI, we're using Terraform to define infrastructure
- We use snowflake, airbyte and dbt for the data warehouse, holistics as BI tool. We do not require candidates to have experience in these specific technologies, as long as you are willing to adapt to the tech stack we use
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The average rental deposit in the UK is over £1000, an amount that many tenants struggle to pay when moving home. Flatfair's answer to this is offering a non-refundable membership-fee equal to one-quarter the cost of a rental deposit, meaning renters don't have to take on credit card debt or borrow from family and friends to fund a deposit.
Other companies such as Goodlord and Movebubble have also tried to disrupt rentals, but it remains a hard space to crack. That said, Flatfair's approach, in which it becomes pivotal to both landlords and tenants, puts the company in a smart position to streamline processes and improve the experience, and certainly makes it an intriguing prospect in the space.
The company recently rolled out a tenant guarantor product across 1,000 Build-to-Rent homes in partnership with Heimstaden, combining it with its existing no-deposit solution to simplify tenant onboarding. As the UK rental market evolves and new regulations such as the Renters' Right Act approach, platforms that reduce friction for both renters and landlords could become increasingly important.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2025
$1.4m
SERIES A
Aug 2019
$11m
SERIES A
Total funding: $14.8m
Company benefits
- Top-notch tech - Whatever gear you need to best do your thing (Macs / PCs, iphones / Android etc)
- Holidays - 25 days holiday a year (plus UK public holidays), and we encourage you to use them all up!
- Personal development - Following a motivating career path, we value growth from within the business and encourage people to step up
- Share options - Our staff are helping us build something amazing, so we want to share flatfair's success with our team
- Learning and training - We'll contribute towards training courses and conferences that help you learn and grow professionally and personally
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Franz Doerr
(Co-Founder)Previously an Associate at Deutsche Bank.
Gary Wright
(CEO)Joined the company in 2021 as CRO, becoming CEO in 2023. Former COO for Zero Deposit, Claims and Product Replacement Director at Domestic & General, and Operations Director at Warranty Direct.
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