Software Engineer (mid-level)

ME+EM; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

ME+EM, a leading luxury fashion brand in the UK, is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to enhance customer experiences on their digital platforms. The role emphasizes building scalable web applications using modern tech stacks, including React and Node.js, alongside contributing to continual improvement in a team-oriented environment.

Benefits

33 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous Staff Discounts

Annual Volunteer Day

Cycle to Work Scheme

Social events and parties

Qualifications

• Experience in building scalable web applications using modern technologies.
• Expert in creating maintainable, secure systems.
• Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to end-to-end technical architecture of web applications.
• Manage development and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure systems have the appropriate level of automated tests.

Skills

Knowledge of React

Knowledge of Next.js

Knowledge of Node.js

Attention to Detail

Agile software delivery

Tools

Typescript

Jest

GraphQL

Job description

Job Role:Software Engineer (mid-level)

Reporting to: Lead Software Engineer

Location: Head Office, White City Place, West London

Contract type: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

About Us

ME+EM is one of the UK’s fastest-growing luxury fashion brands. As a direct-to- consumer business we operate in a truly omnichannel way, with an extremely successful online store, monthly mailings and stores in London, Edinburgh and concessions in Harrods and Selfridges. Our exciting growth continues in spring 2024 with the opening of our first US stores.

At ME+EM we are an entrepreneurial, creative, and passionate group of people. We work hard, are enthusiastic to learn and are not afraid to take risks. Everyone contributes to our success at all levels, and that precisely what makes being a member of the team so rewarding.

Our office and stores are always busy and fast paced, but we work just as hard to make sure it’s fun, with social activities and biannual parties. We pride ourselves on being approachable, supportive, and welcoming and ensure that everyone’s hard work is rewarded. It takes all these things to build a strong, successful business and our door is always open to new talent ready to contribute to our growth and evolution.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join ME+EM’s growing Digital Platforms team. With our digital transformation complete, we’re now focused on continuously improving our customer experience, scaling our platform, and delivering high-quality, high-impact features across our digital estate. This is a chance to contribute to a modern, well-structured tech stack and to collaborate within a mature engineering culture that values quality, velocity, and thoughtful problem-solving. The Digital Platforms team owns the customer-facing digital stack end-to-end and operates across two multidisciplinary squads. We work autonomously to design, build, and optimise best-in-class customer experiences across meandem.com. The successful candidate will bring hands-on experience in building scalable web applications using modern technologies, as well as strong collaboration skills for working closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and stakeholders across the business.

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Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the technical architecture of our web app, end to end, and understand the optimal way to achieve required outcomes.

• Break down complex technical requirements into smaller, manageable requirements.

• Be an advocate for crafting quality, performant, scalable solutions.

• Own our development and CI/CD pipelines, be able to evolve those pipelines to improve velocity while maintaining quality.

• Ensure all systems have the appropriate level of automated tests and monitoring.

• Paid On-Call rota

Skills:

• Knowledge of React/Next.js/Node.js.

• Expert in creating DRY, documented, maintainable, extendable, secure systems.

• Experience delivering web apps at scale.

• Experience building out and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience working with multidisciplinary squads.

• A solid understanding of agile software delivery and continuous improvement.

• A passion for delivering simple, scalable solutions (often to complex problems).

• Excellent attention to detail.

• An ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Useful Experience:

• NextJS (app router, static rendering, turbo, mono-repo, Vercel)

• Typescript

• Jest

• Storybook (and Storybook testing)

• Playwright

• Contentful

• Algolia

• Datadog (or similar monitoring tools)

• GitHub actions

• Akamai

• GraphQL

Employee Benefits:

• 33 days annual leave for full time employees (25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays)

• A day off to celebrate your birthday.

• Pension Scheme

• Group Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Length of Service Award

• Refer a Friend Scheme

• Staff uniform for retail employees

• Generous Staff and Friends and Family Discount

• Annual Volunteer Day

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Tech Scheme

• Eye Care Vouchers

• Real Living Wage Employer

• Employee led committees

• Social events and biannual parties

• Enhanced maternity and paternity package after 2 years of service.

ME+EM is an equal opportunities employer committed to fostering and preserving a culture ofdiversity, equality, and inclusion in our workforce. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we do notdiscriminate against applicants based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity orexpression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Webelieve that diversity enriches our workforce and strengthens our organisation. Therefore, weencourage minorities, LGBTQ+ candidates, and individuals with disabilities to apply for opportunities within our company.

Please note, due to the large number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those thatare successful to the next stage.