Full Stack Engineer

LendInvest; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

25 days holiday (increasing with years

Private healthcare

Matched pension contributions up to 4%

Cycle to work scheme

Monthly socials & annual offsite

Job summary

LendInvest, a UK FinTech, seeks a Full Stack Engineer to build, maintain and improve applications across frontend and backend. You will join a cross-functional team delivering features with a pragmatic approach, learning new technologies and collaborating across product, QA, data and platform specialists.

You will contribute to APIs, integrations and scalable services using PHP/Symfony, JavaScript/TypeScript and React, with a focus on code quality and production readiness within AWS/Kubernetes

Qualifications

• Commercial software development experience or equivalent demonstrable work.
• Experience with at least one backend language (PHP preferred; Python/JS/Node.js also relevant).
• Experience building modern web apps with JavaScript/TypeScript (commercial or demonstrable).
• Experience with a modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Angular).
• Understanding of REST APIs and frontend-backend interaction.
• Experience with relational databases and SQL.
• Understanding of Git and source control.
• Familiarity with automated testing and its importance.
• Fundamental software engineering concepts: maintainability, separation of concerns, reusable code.
• Methodical problem-solving approach.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain features across web applications and services.
• Work across backend and frontend to broaden skill set.
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations between systems.
• Contribute to applications using PHP/Symfony, JavaScript/TypeScript, React.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with Product to translate requirements into solutions.
• Investigate and resolve bugs and production issues.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices.
• Operate applications deployed in AWS and Kubernetes environments.
• Contribute to engineering standards, documentation and practices.
• Ensure quality from development to production with mentoring from seniors.
• Continue developing technical skills with team support.

Skills

Commercial software development

PHP

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

REST APIs

Git

SQL

CI/CD

AWS

Docker

Tools

PHP/Symfony

Node.js

React

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

LendInvest is the UK’s leading FinTech platform for property finance. Over the past 18 years, we have grown from just our two founders to a team of over 200 working to make property finance simple for everyone.

A workplace culture built around trying new things, getting things done, and having fun while we do it has helped us lend more than £10 billion of mortgages, put thousands of new or improved homes into the UK housing market, and successfully launch on the London Stock Exchange. We have big plans to continue growing the business, our products, our technology, and our people.

We operate a hybrid working policy across our business to ensure we offer flexibility that is balanced with in-person collaboration. Our teams spend three days per week in the office and two days working remotely.

About your work

We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer to join our Engineering team and help build, maintain and improve the applications and services that support our business and customers.

This is a great opportunity for an engineer who has already gained some commercial software development experience and wants to continue developing across both frontend and backend technologies.

You do not need to be an expert in every part of our technology stack. We are looking for someone with strong engineering fundamentals, a willingness to learn, and an interest in understanding how software works across the full application lifecycle.

You will work as part of a cross-functional engineering team alongside software engineers, product, QA, data and platform specialists. You will contribute to new functionality, improve existing systems and help us continually improve the way we design, build, test and operate software.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain features across our web applications and supporting services.
• Work across backend and frontend code, with opportunities to develop your skills in both areas.
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations between internal and external systems.
• Contribute to applications built using technologies such as PHP, Symfony, JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Participate in code reviews and learn from other engineers while providing constructive feedback to your peers.
• Work with Product and other team members to understand requirements and help turn business problems into practical technical solutions.
• Investigate and resolve bugs and production issues.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Work with applications deployed within AWS and Kubernetes-based environments, developing your knowledge of cloud infrastructure and production operations.
• Contribute to improving engineering standards, documentation and development practices.
• Take responsibility for the quality of the software you deliver, from development through to production.
• Continue developing your technical skills with support from more experienced members of the team.

About you

We are interested in engineers who enjoy solving problems and want to develop a broad understanding of software engineering.

You will ideally have:

• Commercial software development experience, or equivalent demonstrable experience building and maintaining software.
• Experience with at least one backend programming language. Experience with PHP would be particularly useful, although experience with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript using Node.js, or similar technologies is also relevant.
• Experience building modern web applications using JavaScript or TypeScript, gained commercially or through equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience with a modern frontend framework such as React, Vue or Angular; experience with React would be particularly useful.
• An understanding of REST APIs and how frontend and backend applications interact.
• Experience working with relational databases and SQL.
• An understanding of source control using Git.
• Familiarity with automated testing and an understanding of why testing is important.
• An understanding of fundamental software engineering concepts such as maintainability, separation of concerns and reusable code.
• The ability to investigate problems and work through them methodically.

Any of the following would be beneficial but are not essential:

• Experience with our core technologies, particularly PHP/Symfony
• Experience with Wordpress
• Cloud or container technologies such as AWS, Docker or Kubernetes.
• CI/CD and infrastructure tooling such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD or Terraform.
• Messaging or event-driven systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ or AWS messaging services.
• Caching technologies such as Redis.
• Working with third-party APIs and system integrations.
• Observability, monitoring and supporting applications in production.
• Agile, Kanban or other iterative software development practices.

We do not expect candidates to meet every requirement. If you have a good foundation in software engineering and are keen to learn the areas you have not yet worked with, we would still encourage you to apply.

Benefits & perks

• Competitive salary + company bonus scheme
• Hybrid working policy
• 25 days holiday (increasing with the length of service)
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced parental leave
• Matched pension contributions up to 4%
• Critical illness cover
• Employee Assistance Programme & Mental Health support
• Life assurance
• Regular performance reviews to promote a culture of growth and development
• Leadership training for managers
• Give as you earn scheme for charitable donations
• Support for attending conferences and professional learning & development
• Discounts via Perkbox
• Cycle to work scheme
• YellowNest Childcare
• Electric car loan scheme
• Monthly socials & annual offsite

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at LendInvest

At LI we believe in bringing your whole selves to work, we are committed to a culture of belonging where individuals can form a genuine community. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.

We are happy to discuss and implement reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process.