Posted:
8/1/2024, 3:53:39 AM
Location(s):
London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ England, United Kingdom
Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Software Engineering
Workplace Type:
Hybrid
We’re looking for Engineers to help us build the products needed to transform millions of lives. We are making high quality financial coaching, affordable and accessible to employees everywhere. This is an ideal opportunity for a passionate technologist who wants to further their career and make a positive impact.
About Octopus Money
At Octopus Money, we’re on a mission to make money advice accessible to all – because the right advice can turn your life dreams into reality.
The facts are alarming: half of Brits reach retirement age without enough money to live the life they want, financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health and only 8% of us have access to 1-to-1 advice.
There’s plenty of information out there, but most of us just wish that someone we trust would tell us what to do with our money!
With Octopus, you get a personalised plan and a friendly expert to help you make it happen. We combine advisers, coaches and technology to understand your situation and recommend the right steps for your savings, investments, pensions and more. Then, we make it easy to invest in a custom portfolio, managed by experts.
We believe everyone deserves personal, 1-to-1 advice with their money.
The role and opportunity
Our development teams are split into two pillars, focusing on customer facing apps and back-office tooling. Each pillar contains two product squads. We are looking for engineers to join either squad.
Our front-end stack is built on React with Typescript, using MUI as a base for our design system. The back-end team provides our API endpoints, written in Go.
We are looking for pragmatists who can work with the existing platform and front end teams, collaborating closely with tech leads, design, back-end engineers and product managers.
As the company scales over the next year, there will be opportunity to be involved in the technical architecture and strategy for our products and tech stack. The role has the potential to evolve into a Senior Engineer for the right candidate as the team grows.
Day to day you will be:
About You
A genuine desire to help people
We are a mission-driven business, so it’s important that you can demonstrate a strong desire to help people and improve their lives.
Collaborative and a great team player
We are building a great team of top performers, and you’ll need to work with others from across the business to understand problems, and deliver great solutions.
Problem solver at heart with an analytical mindset
You should be someone who gets excited by complex problems and can find creative ways to solve them no matter what your level of knowledge and experience with the subject matter.
Excellent technical knowledge
As an Engineer you should be an expert in at least one aspect of software development and skilled in other areas. You have learned that delivering great software takes a team and has plenty of pitfalls to avoid.
Knowledge required
Nice to have (but not essential)
In return we offer a base salary of £50,000 to £70,000 DOE + benefits
Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions. These will only take place upon a successful job offer.
About Octopus Group
Octopus is a group of companies which invests in the people, ideas and industries that will help to change the world. We collectively believe that the companies serving two of our most important needs – our financial wellbeing and our planet’s future – are failing. And we want that to change. We want everything we do, whether that’s in financial services or energy supply, to have a positive impact on the people it touches. The energy supply business - Octopus Energy is the #1 rated UK energy supply business, and the only one to be recommended by Which? three years in a row.
Perks & Benefits
Make a difference
We're on a mission to help millions of people improve their finances. Seeing the impact we can make on our client's lives is deeply rewarding, and motivates the whole team to keep doing more to improve our service. Our client feedback is extremely positive, with a rating of 4.8 out of 5 on Vouchedfor.
Flexible working
We currently operate a hybrid model which is a mix of office and remote. You'll have the option of working from home 2 days per week (Monday and Friday) with the remainder from our central London office in Holborn.
Work from anywhere
We give an 18 day work from anywhere allowance to swap out the on site days or take some time working from another country. We give an 18 day work from anywhere allowance to swap out the on site days or take some time working from another country. Due to regulations this does not apply to individuals that give regulated financial advice.
Join a great team
We're a diverse team with decades of experience in financial services and a proven track record. We don't like office politics, and believe in treating everyone with transparency and respect.
Rapidly grow your career
We believe in hiring people who are better than us, and giving them opportunities to achieve great things. As we continue to scale up, there will be opportunities for ambitious new joiners to demonstrate their skills and take on bigger roles.
Share incentive plan and team bonus
Being part of Octopus we benefit from the group share incentive plan. In addition, for those who are not commission based we offer a team bonus provided we meet our team goals.
Pension, enhanced parental leave, private medical insurance & other benefits
As an Octopus Money employee you'll get access to a company pension, enhanced parental leave, PMI and other benefits to make sure you're healthy and happy, now and in the future!
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We believe in equal financial education for everybody, no matter their background. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated.
We do not and never will discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.
Website: https://octopusmoney.com/
Headquarter Location: Holborn, Camden, United Kingdom
Employee Count: 51-100
Year Founded: 2016
IPO Status: Private
Industries: Financial Services