Graduate Frontend Engineer

Acre Software; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Acre Software is seeking a graduate passionate about frontend development to join the engineering team. In this role, you'll work with modern frameworks like React and Typescript to build secure and efficient user interfaces, impacting how people buy homes. Enjoy benefits like equity options, private healthcare, and vibrant team events in a collaborative startup environment.

Benefits

Monthly team social events

One week of free accommodation for relocating

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Opportunity to earn equity

Private healthcare and cash plan

Pension contribution matched up to 4%

Cycle to work scheme

Breakfast, snacks and drinks provided

Qualifications

• Graduating with a 2:1 or higher in relevant field.
• Passionate about software engineering and quality.
• Experience with various programming languages and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the engineering team to build a reliable and secure platform.
• Develop user interfaces for home management leveraging modern frameworks.
• Write reusable, tested, and efficient code.

Skills

Software Engineering

Automated Testing

Web Security

Frontend Development

Education

Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent experience

Tools

React

Typescript

Apollo

RxJS

Handlebars

Job description

Acre is rebuilding the UK’s £1.4 trillion mortgage market from the ground up, with a completely new, end-to-end management system for mortgages.

Our platform cuts out the unnecessary admin, pain and friction from buying a home. We're covering the entire journey, from figuring out what you can borrow, to getting your keys. We're guided both by the voice of real home buyers and by our close relationships with brokers, lenders and insurers.

After a record-breaking 2023 with a 400% year-on-year increase in mortgage volume, we have continued our momentum by doubling our market share in 2024. As we go into 2025, we are continuing to onboard some huge names in the mortgage industry and are looking to expand our team.

Join our Engineering team to help us change the way people buy homes.

The Role:

We are looking for a graduate with a passion for frontend development who wants to be a part of a fast-growing startup that is transforming the way we buy homes.

Your role will be to work closely with the engineering team to help build out platform in a manner that is highly reliable, consistent and secure.

You will be highly motivated, be technology agnostic and be proud of the work you produce.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll be joining our Frontend team who are responsible for the design, implementation and testing of the user interfaces that empowers consumers, brokers and operational functions to efficiently manage the home buying process.

As part of your role, you'll get the chance to work with modern and reliable frameworks and languages. You will have the chance to deep dive into React to write our components, use Typescript to make sure we have strongly typed Javascript, and Apollo and Context for our state management. These will be your bread and butter, but sometimes you will also come across some RxJS and some Handlebars, but not to worry, the team are on hand to help you.

You will be expected to write reusable, tested and efficient code that is always production ready and to be responsible for the whole lifecycle of the components you build.

Who you will be:

• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product.
• Have an understanding of automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Have an understanding of security and reliability concerns.
• Experience of a range of languages, frameworks and patterns.
• Be on track to getting a 2:1 or higher degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or other scientific disciplines, or equivalent experience.

What we offer:

• A chance to make an impact within a high growth fintech start-up
• Monthly team social events, from trips to Brighton to Picnics in the park
• One week of free accommodation for those relocating
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to earn equity through our EMI option scheme
• Company laptop and supporting tech
• Private healthcare and a cash plan
• Pension contribution matched by Acre up to 4%
• Cycle to work scheme
• Breakfast, snacks and drinks provided in our vibrant Shoreditch office

We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is tackling a big problem space, then we’d love to hear from you.

We’re eager to receive applications from all backgrounds, including from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.