Software Engineer at Penfold

About Penfold
 

Penfold is the challenger pension. We’re re-building the pension stack from scratch to drag a multi-trillion pound industry out of the dark ages. Our platform finally delivers a user-centric customer experience that helps everyone save for retirement, no matter their working circumstances.

We have over £8 million in funding raised from some of the world’s most successful FinTech investors. We started by launching a flexible and straightforward pension for the self-employed and now have thousands of active customers and are growing at a phenomenal rate.

About The Role

We’re looking for a software engineer to join our team. Here are some of the things you’ll help us with:

• Building features on our website and mobile apps that engage customers and bring to life an asset that has a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
• Improving the maturity of our technical stack and infrastructure with engineering best practices
• Collaborating with members of the product team to continually refine and improve our product in an agile process.
• Being part of the code review process and pairing with other engineers to solve challenging technical problems

We use the following toolset:

• React (next.js)
• Javascript/Typescript
• Graphql 
• Cypress + Jest
• AWS

We would like to hear from you if:

• You have at least two years of commercial experience working as a full-stack engineer.
• You relish the idea of working in a small but very talented team who are quick to help out and support each other.
• You enjoy working in an agile, collaborative process alongside people from other teams in the business.

Benefits
 

We’re working hard to create a working environment where people feel empowered to do their very best work, make a significant impact, and enjoy what they do. 

We’re a team of 25 and growing extremely fast. As an early employee, you’ll have a huge say in defining our culture and what it’s like to work here. You’ll also have uncapped opportunities for progression, learning and exposure to different areas of the business. 
 

At Penfold, you’ll get: 

• A competitive salary. Reviewed regularly to make sure you’re always getting what you deserve. 
• Meaningful pre-Series A share options (you’ll own a part of Penfold and share in our success). 
• 33 days holiday per year (including 8 bank holidays) and the option to take more. 
• All the equipment you need to do your job 
• Lots of great little benefits to make working at home or at the office a delight. 
• Annual company retreat somewhere great & regular (optional) company socials.
   

Location
 

Our engineering team operates as a remote-first team, with most team members opting to work from home. Our processes and tools are designed to include remote employees equally. We’ll make sure that you’re set up with the right equipment so you can work from home comfortably.

We have a private office in London at Uncommon Borough, a large co-working space with all the perks and more plants than a garden centre. It’s a great space if you want to come into the office and meet other team members.  
 

We are happy to hear from candidates outside the UK based in either GMT or CET timezones.

Logistics 
 

We are 100% committed to building a diverse and representative team. Whatever your race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability - we want to hear from you.