Senior Frontend Engineer (UK)

Zopa

Our Story   Hello there. We’re Zopa.   We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com!    We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.    If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife The team Our Web Engineering team sits at the heart of Zopa, building the web experiences that power customer acquisition, customer servicing and the internal tools our teams rely on. Working closely with Product, Design, Marketing and Backend teams, we deliver fast, scalable and accessible experiences that make a real impact.  As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you'll help shape the future of our web platform, building high-performance applications with our current frontend ecosystem. You'll influence architecture, drive engineering best practices and solve complex technical challenges while delivering exceptional customer experiences.  This is a hands-on role with broad technical ownership, spanning technical design, implementation, experimentation, performance optimisation and continuous improvement. You'll also play a key role in advancing our frontend architecture, technical SEO, Core Web Vitals and reusable platform capabilities. 

Pigment

Join Pigment: The AI Platform Redefining Business Planning   Pigment is the AI powered business planning and performance management platform built for agility and scale. We connect people, data, and processes in one intuitive, feature-rich solution, empowering every team—from Finance to HR—to build, adapt, and align strategic plans in real time.   Founded in 2019, Pigment is one of the fastest growing SaaS companies globally. Industry leaders like Unilever, Snowflake, Siemens, and DPD use Pigment daily to make more informed decisions and confidently navigate any scenario.   With a team of 500+ across Paris, London, New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, we've raised nearly $400M from top-tier investors and were named a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software.   At Pigment, we take smart risks, celebrate bold ideas, and challenge the status quo all while working as one team. If you're driven by innovation and ready to make an impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you.     Our Engineering team   Our Engineering team is responsible for developing our SaaS platform and building a comprehensive and user-friendly product.    Pigment engineers participate in the entire application development lifecycle, focusing on design, coding, and keeping the production platform up and running. They can be specialized, but there is no strict separation between the backend and the frontend.   We value user-centricity and pragmatism: we choose the most relevant tools for the problem we have to solve, understanding the strengths and constraints of each technology.   Our engineering culture also values curiosity, humility, trust, ownership and team spirit.   Our technical stack is C# on .NET Core Linux, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud Platform, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, RabbitMQ and Circle CI.   Explore Our Tech Blog: If you're curious about the kind of challenges our engineering team tackles, our culture and our organization, we invite you to explore our Tech Blog!   Who you are   More than knowledge of a specific language or framework, we are looking for great software engineering skills: ability to translate functional requirements into an elegant and simple design, and then deliver the code.   We are also looking for engineers who understand the product and the customer's needs in detail and can suggest innovative ideas: in the end, it's all about delivering value to end users.   In any case, you have: Experiences as a software engineer working on a product in production. Proven experience designing object oriented software with languages such as C#, Java, C++, Golang, Rust, Python or Ruby (this list is not exhaustive). Great team spirit with a problem-solving attitude. A good dose of humility and the willingness to grow (no matter your seniority!).   Folks from underrepresented minorities: science shows that you are less likely to apply if you feel that you don’t have all the necessary prerequisites. If this description matches where you are now or what you'd like to grow into in your next position, we encourage you to apply.     What you will get Competitive salary Equity Trust and flexible working hours Brand new offices in the heart of Paris, London, New York and, Toronto Remote-friendly environment   #LI-CK1 #LI-HYBRID

Too Good To Go

At Too Good To Go, we have an ambitious mission: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. More than 1/3 of all food produced in the world is wasted. And that has a huge impact on the health of our planet. 10% of greenhouse gas emissions come from food waste and loss. Through our marketplace app, we connect businesses that have unsold, surplus food, with consumers who can buy and enjoy it at ⅓ of retail value. We are a certified B Corporation with a mission to empower everyone to take action against food waste. Alongside our marketplace app, we create educational tools, explore new business solutions, and influence legislation to help reduce food waste. We’re growing fast: Our community of 120 million registered users and 180,000 active partners across 20 countries, have together already saved over 500 million meals from going to waste In 2023, Too Good To Go was recognised on Fortune's acclaimed 'Change the World' list, named as one of Deloitte's 'Best Managed Companies' and won a coveted 'Cultural Impact Award' at the annual Apple App Store Awards. Why This Role — and Why London We are establishing our first engineering and product hub in London, and we want to be clear about why. We are hiring our first Senior Engineering Lead to partner directly with our first London-based Staff Product Manager. Together, you will be the founding leadership team building this hub from the ground up. Two things make London the right place for this team: Direct Engineering Impact through Proximity The UK is home to some of our most strategically important Key Accounts—major grocery chains, national coffee shop operators, and fast-casual restaurant groups. As a Senior Engineering Lead, you won't just be executing a roadmap from afar; you will be close to the partners using our technology. Understanding their scale, technical constraints, and operational workflows from the inside is what will allow you to architect and deliver truly impactful, high-scale software. High-Velocity, Cross-Functional Collaboration London is the anchor for our most senior operational and commercial leadership. You will be co-located with P&L owners, Key Account managers, and commercial teams who live and breathe these partnerships every day. THE ROLE We are looking for a Senior Engineering Lead to build, lead, and establish our new engineering hub in London. You will be the founding Engineering Lead, where you will be responsible for building a high-performing engineering team from the ground up. You will report directly to our Director of Engineering in Copenhagen. You will recruit and lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, and in close collaboration with the business owners in our Operations department, you will define the technical roadmap and deliver the solutions that power our workflows. This role is a blend of people leadership, technical architecture, and product ownership. As the Senior Engineering Lead, you will ensure your team delivers high-quality, maintainable integrations and systems. You will manage the team, facilitate their productivity, and support their professional growth. THE TECH STACK You will be leading a multi-team organization working across our company's Tech Stacks: Our marketplace backend is a Spring Boot Application on Java 25 running on a Kubernetes cluster deployed in AWS. We have two frontend React.js projects written in TypeScript, as well as an Android App written primarily in Kotlin, and an iOS App written in Swift.  RESPONSIBILITIES * Build, lead and manage a multidisciplinary engineering team. * Own and maintain the team's technical roadmap, ensuring it is aligned with business priorities defined by the Operations team. * Work directly with business stakeholders to understand their needs, provide technical guidance, and translate requirements into actionable work. * Manage relationships and technical work with third-party service providers and consultants. * Guide the team in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust integrations between our various systems. * Support the personal and professional growth of your team members. * Take responsibility for the team's delivery, technical quality, and schedule. THE IDEAL CANDIDATE * You have proven experience as a solution architect or senior engineer, designing and building integrations between complex systems * You have previously managed an engineering team and know how to support and grow your reports. * You can work independently and are able to create a feeling of belonging in a team that works remotely from most of the rest of the Tech team. * You are comfortable working very closely with non-technical business stakeholders to define roadmaps and priorities. * You have hands-on experience with integration technologies and patterns. Experience with Java/Spring Boot or similar is a significant advantage for integrating with our existing services. * You are comfortable with a degree of product ownership, including managing a roadmap and making prioritization decisions within a given budget. * You have experience managing technical projects involving third-party vendors. * You have a proactive, ownership-driven mindset, and thrive in fast-paced start-up like teams OUR VALUES: * We Win Together * We Raise the Bar * We Keep It Simple * We Build A Legacy * We Care WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER  * A rare opportunity to work in a social impact company (and certified B Corporation!) where you can see real and tangible impact in your role. * Working alongside an international community of users, partners and 1,200+ colleagues across 20 countries that are on the same important mission. * Personal and professional development opportunities in a fast-paced scale-up environment. * An inclusive company culture where you can bring your authentic self to work * A strong, values-driven team culture where we celebrate successes and socialise with colleagues that care. BENEFITS WORK FLEXIBLY:  * Enjoy hybrid working from our great offices, at home or abroad. * Extra parental leave and days off beyond local legislation and the option to take an extra week of unpaid leave * Health insurance and pension plans (subject to country of employment). * Additional days off for significant life events CELEBRATE & SOCIALISE * Regular social events like summer and winter parties. * Coffee, snacks and fully-equipped kitchens. * Get to know our community with a monthly free Surprise Bag * Paid volunteer time through our Shareback volunteering programme * Women in the Workplace, P.R.I.D.E., People of Colour and Functionally Diverse Employee Resource Groups  HOW TO APPLY We take recruitment very seriously, so please carefully read everything we have written above. Please also check our website and international media in order to get a good overview of Too Good To Go. Submit your CV and Cover letter in English. Please note that we only accept applications coming through our platform. No CV or Cover Letter will be accepted by email or LinkedIn direct messaging.   A Movement for Everyone We want to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. With that mission, it’s only natural that we want to build a diverse and inclusive team of highly capable individuals who are passionate about doing things in a better way. We strongly believe we all excel and are more creative when we’re allowed to be ourselves, and we’re committed to a culture where all of us belong. We are an equal opportunity employer and all employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.