📝 Company Mission

Our mission is to give the world access to the best products by empowering great brands to reach their growth potential.

💼 About Wayflyer

Today's consumer brands need a capital provider that keeps pace with their growth ambitions. Traditional financing options are slow, cumbersome and often out of reach. That's why we built Wayflyer.

Our unique technology allows us to assess businesses in minutes, generate financing offers that reflect their growth potential and send funds in as little as 24 hours.

Since launching in April 2020, we've deployed over $5bn to thousands of brands worldwide, backed by Tier 1 banks like J.P. Morgan. We've become a trusted financing partner for some amazing brands, like True Classic, Little Words Project and Kekoa Foods.

Teams at Wayflyer are truly cross-functional. You'll be collaborating with ambitious colleagues from around the world - all striving to deliver on a huge opportunity. Check out this video to hear directly from them.

We are looking for a Frontend Engineer who can design and deliver complex solutions while providing technical leadership within their team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in TypeScript and React, with the ability to mentor others and drive technical decisions that impact our customer-facing applications.

💛 Culture & Values at Wayflyer

At Wayflyer, we value being sound people, excellent operators, and ambitious overachievers, working together with integrity, creativity, and bold optimism to deliver exceptional results. To learn more, please visit our website.

🚀 Your Role at a Glance: The key ways you'll bring value to the team

• Lead the design and implementation of complex frontend features using TypeScript and React, ensuring high-quality, reusable components that scale across our financial products

• Provide technical leadership in architectural decisions and establish best practices for frontend development

• Partner with product and design teams to define and implement intuitive interfaces that help ecommerce brands access and manage their funding

• Drive improvements in performance, accessibility, and user experience across our platform

• Mentor junior developers and conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high code quality standards

• Collaborate with backend teams to design and implement robust API integrations

• Lead technical discussions and contribute to the team's technical strategy

• Identify and proactively address technical debt and system scalability challenges

🔨 What Makes You a Great Fit

• Location: This role can be remote from anywhere we hire in Europe

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development, with deep expertise in frontend development

• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and extensive experience with React and modern frontend architectures

• Expert knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript fundamentals with a focus on performance optimisation

• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and managing complex state

• Solid understanding of Python and Django, with the ability to mentor others

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and maintaining high-quality testing practices

• Proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring junior developers

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex problems

• Excellent communication abilities and experience managing stakeholder relationships

What is important to point out is that you can do most or all of the above mentioned and can point to your real experience doing it. You've probably done it at companies of different shapes, sizes and industries. Given what we do, experience in financial services, fintech and business-to-business organisations is particularly interesting to us.

You should be comfortable making and defending technical decisions, while remaining open to feedback and alternative approaches. You'll need to balance technical excellence with business needs and help guide the team toward pragmatic solutions.

You excel at stakeholder management and can effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences. You're proactive in identifying and addressing potential issues before they become problems.

What you're like as a person and how you treat people is a big deal for us. People love working with you. You're helpful and generous with your time and knowledge. People love helping you back. People know where they stand with you.

You're always looking to learn and grow, on a personal and professional level. And you're always looking to help others learn and grow by sharing your own knowledge and experience.

You know why diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging matters, and speak up when we can do better.

🤝 What to Expect After You Apply

You can expect to hear from a member of our Talent Acquisition team soon. If we believe you're a good fit, the first step will be a conversation with a recruiter who will guide you through the next stages of the process. The full interview process, which includes meeting the Hiring Manager and completing a case study or interview loop, typically takes approximately four to six weeks.

🏖️The Perks of Being at Wayflyer

🌴 Time Off That Matters

Recharge with 25 days of paid annual leave, plus public holidays.

🧘 Your Wellbeing

Access support and resources to support your wellbeing, including our Wellbeing @ Wayflyer ERG.

🫀 Comprehensive Health & Protection

Stay covered with private healthcare, life insurance, and critical illness cover.

👵 Secure Your Future with Our Pension Plan

Our pension plan helps you build a strong foundation for tomorrow, starting today.

🍼 Family-First Policies

We offer generous parental and adoptive leave, including 6 months of paid leave for Primary Caregivers and 3 months of paid leave for Secondary Caregivers.

💰 Share in Our Success

With our equity scheme, you're not just an employee; you're a stakeholder in our journey.

🌴 Work From Abroad!

Enjoy the freedom to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 calendar days a year.

📍Global Offices and Working Policy

🇮🇪 Dublin, Our Buzzing HQ

Our headquarters operates a hybrid model. The number of in-office days depends on your team, but the majority of teams and our SLT are typically in 3-4 days per week, giving you valuable exposure to senior leadership.

🇬🇧 London, One Big Family

Home to around 30 employees, our brand-new London office also runs on a hybrid model. You’ll often find our CEO working alongside the team with regular visits.

🇦🇺 Sydney, Small but Mighty

Our close-knit Sydney office has around 20 employees and follows a flexible hybrid model, fostering strong collaboration.

🇺🇸 Charlotte, our new US hub
We’ve opened our doors in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, with a brand new space designed to foster in-person collaboration, while supporting hybrid flexibility.

🌍 Remote, Across the US & Europe

The majority of our Tech org works remotely across the UK and Europe, coming together throughout the year for off-sites, company kick off and technical kick off. We also have a growing number of remote team members across the US.

💡 How We Handle Your Personal Data

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Wayflyer Limited will process your personal data for the purpose of evaluating your suitability for the role. Such processing is based on the need to take steps prior to entering into a potential employment agreement. To learn more about how we handle your personal data, you can contact our privacy team at [email protected] or review our privacy notice at https://wayflyer.com/privacy-notice.