Overview

Software Engineer (Full Stack) at Thought Machine

London, United Kingdom — Engineering

Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. We design and run modern banking foundations, cloud-native core and payments technology. We are a fast-growing engineering-focused company with a culture that emphasizes excellent engineering, collaboration, and learning.

This is a full-time, permanent position based in our London office, requiring three days a week onsite, with the option to work four days per week and an additional financial allowance.

Duties

• Design and implement end-to-end features across the stack, including web applications and backend services.
• Ensure solutions are delivered with security, performance, scale, and user experience in mind.
• Write automated unit, integration, acceptance tests, etc.
• Interface with other engineering teams to ensure features are added in a structured and coherent way.
• Manage and debug features from testing environments to production.
• Translate customer requirements into a clear plan that can be delivered via tasks.
• Collaborate as part of a cross-functional team of backend, front-end, and full-stack engineers.

Requirements

Essential

• Experience with React and TypeScript.
• Proficiency in writing modern web applications.
• Experience writing REST APIs and services.
• A keen eye for detail and a passion for writing clean, readable, properly tested code.
• Experience in integrating automated tests into the development lifecycle.
• Interest in client-facing projects, including scoping requirements and defining deliverables.
• A proactive approach to learning and development.

Desirable

• Knowledge of banking/finance.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.
• Proficiency in Golang or Python.
• An understanding of both UX and UI principles.
• Experience using Figma and UI frameworks.
• Visual design skills.
• Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience using Kubernetes.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 5%)
• Life insurance - three times annual salary
• Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
• Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress
• Two charity days a year
• Weekly food pop-up

Thought Machine is committed to making a measurable positive impact on people's everyday lives. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.