Role Type: Full Time Remote (right to work in UK required) Office Hours: Flexible, generally aligned with standard UK office hours ±1 hour

Annual Salary: £35k - £45k

Socket is a next-generation software platform powering the client engagement operations of accounting and bookkeeping firms across the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

What's the opportunity? We’re a fast-growing SaaS company helping accounting and bookkeeping firms strengthen client relationships through smart engagement tools. Our mission is to make every client interaction effortless and meaningful - we do that through clean design, automation, and thoughtful engineering.

We’re looking for a Full-Stack Software Engineer to join our small but mighty team. You’ll work across the tech stack, from database design to polished front-end features, and play a key role in building the next generation of our platform.

This is a hands-on role for a pragmatic, self-managing engineer who enjoys problem-solving, experimenting, and delivering well-crafted, tested solutions with minimal oversight.

We run a lean, high-impact team where every engineer has ownership and the freedom to innovate. If you thrive in environments with autonomy and accountability, you’ll fit right in.

What will I be doing? Design, build, and maintain features across our stack (Postgres, Laravel PHP, React + TypeScript). Take full ownership of features from concept to deployment, including writing tests and conducting your own smoke testing. Collaborate with a distributed team via async communication (we use Loom extensively). Work closely with our founders and product team to iterate on ideas and deliver value quickly. Contribute to improving our engineering culture, documentation, and processes.

What skills do I need? There’s really no such thing as the perfect candidate or previous experience - the main thing is that you are bringing enthusiasm, energy and a desire to learn. So please don’t hesitate to apply, even if you don’t tick every box on this page!

3+ years of professional full-stack experience. Strong understanding of modern PHP (Laravel framework preferred). Solid experience with React and TypeScript. Proficiency in SQL, particularly PostgreSQL. Comfortable working with source control, e.g. Git and GitHub Excellent communication and documentation habits, especially in async environments. Comfortable working with minimal supervision and managing your own workload. A pragmatic mindset: you test your work, think about maintainability, and don’t need a PM looking over your shoulder.

Bonus skills & attributes Exposure to the accounting and bookkeeping industry. Experience with automated testing and CI/CD pipelines. An interest and enthusiasm for exploring how AI can help both our customers and our internal workflows.

Benefits Work in a small, high-trust team where your work has a visible impact. Flexible, fully remote setup. Autonomy to experiment, make decisions, and ship meaningful work. Be part of a growing SaaS company shaping how accountants engage their clients.