Full Stack Software Engineer

We're My Money Matters - on a mission to help public sector workers get more from their money. 

Most people feel out of their depth with money. We solve this through innovative financial products, education and our digital money coach - helping people save for a first home, boost their pension, or plan for retirement. We're already a trusted partner to major employers like the NHS, and we're scaling fast.

The role 

We're now looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our dynamic team of Engineers who are responsible for growing and maintaining our pensions & financial wellbeing platform, mobile apps, financial advice products and services.

Collaborating with a wider cross functional agile team you will support defining and delivering our roadmap of initiatives and enhancements. You will be responsible for the development of new features, improving performance, building architecture that drives revenue from our products & services.  

Our systems are built using Web technologies React, Node and SQL & No-SQL databases. Our mobile app is built for publishing to Android and iOS mobile apps using the React-Native framework. Our technology stack is deployed in scalable cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud, Firebase), we use GCP Vertex for agentic AI, and Power BI for our reporting needs. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• We are running a modern, lean, tech team where you will own high impact changes through the complete software development lifecycle, from conception to design development; testing through to deployment into the hands of our users.  

• Collaborate across functions to understand user problems and co-author the product vision that you’ll also play a key role in delivering.  

• Understand design principles, database schemas and software architecture.  

• Propose and present technical solutions in an architectural format employing modern software engineering techniques and patterns. 

• Contribute to and follow the team’s documented best practices, standards, tools and ways of working to deliver high-quality, well-engineered solutions.  

• Participate in code reviews of pull requests by peers, giving thoughtful, constructive feedback whilst being open to peer review feedback of your own code.  

• Collaborating with and supporting team members to overcome technical challenges evangelising best practice. 

• Participate in all aspects of agile software development including design, implementation and deployment.  

• Be an active, engaged member of the cross-functional agile team and in agile ceremonies. Not afraid to take on responsibilities, voice your opinion and challenge others in the right way during standups, refinement sessions, sprint planning and retros.  

What we are looking for:

This role is for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer who enjoys building and delivering high-quality software.

• Proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer with a similar role.  

• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages, libraries and frameworks, and not afraid to adapt to new ones (i.e. HTML/CSS, JavaScript, React, React-Native, etc)  

• Knowledge of backend technologies such as Node.js, Express.js Next.js, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, microservices, etc.  

• Familiarity with databases (e.g. Spanner, Postgres, SQL Server, SQL and NoSQL DBs), cloud platforms (GCP, Azure and AWS), API and UI design.  

• Comfortable implementing different modes of UI (web, mobile) and agentic AI, or keen to learn.  

• Engineering expertise in software development, including backend, frontend, and connecting the two.  

• Experience in modern software architecture, frameworks and design patterns.  

• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and processes.  

• Ability to collaborate well in a team, self-driven and eager to learn new skills and technologies.  

• Creative thinking, analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.  

Benefits 

• Fully remote working, with the flexibility to work from where you perform best 

• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing with tenure, plus the option to purchase up to 5 additional days 

• Your birthday off, because it’s worth celebrating 

• A collaborative team bonus for non-commission roles 

• A pension that reflects what we believe in — salary sacrifice contributions, the option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs), and pension contributions on bonus earnings 

• Access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes through our partner Vivup, including car leasing, gym and electrical purchases, to name a few 

• Medical cashback scheme to help with everyday healthcare costs 

• Enhanced parental leave to support you and your family