Senior Full Stack Developer

At Rated People, we're proud to be the UK's leading online marketplace connecting homeowners with skilled local tradespeople. With more than 10,000 tradespeople across the country covering 200+ trades, we make it easy for homeowners to find trusted professionals-and for tradespeople to grow their reputation and business. We've been doing this for over 20 years, and 95% of work booked through our platform is rated 4 stars or higher. We're all about building trust, streamlining the process, and helping both sides get the job done right.

• Energy - We bring passion, drive and positivity.
• Engagement - We take ownership, we trust one another.
• Execution - We make it happen.
• Edge - We have courage and are decisive.

Our multiple backend microservices hold all the necessary business logic for our business to function. We give a big emphasis on providing stable, consistent, and highly available services which provide a reliable experience to both our homeowners and trades businesses alike. This is achieved with Java Spring/Spring Boot microservices and Node based APIs for the front end. We build out customer interfaces using React and React Native. Looking forward, we plan to simplify these layers and extend the use of Typescript across front and backends. We have a number of legacy systems in play which we are rebuilding, so this there can often be hidden complexities.

As a Full Stack Developer you will be responsible for refining and investigating development work assigned to you, building knowledge of our user interfaces, systems and the business processes. You will be responsible for their adherence to standards, development management processes and reporting, and support as required. We work with AI tooling in the SFDC to assist development, and also build AI based tools for customers using AI vendor APIs and multi agent libraries.

You will be a part of a dynamic Agile team working closely with others. Here you will showcase your collaborative skills, contributing to standard SCRUM ceremonies while producing quality deliverables in a continuous integration and continuous delivery environment.

• Create user facing solutions by developing, implementing, and maintaining React based components and interfaces.
• Develop the next phase of the systems, migrating to target new features and remove legacy systems.
• Be a hands on leader, making our product the best it can be, collaborating with people across the business and the product team, acting as an SME on the systems and processes.
• Work with the CTO, Head of Engineering, Lead Developers, and assist with the solution design and architectural discussions.
• Create new functionality and troubleshoot development and production problems using application monitoring tools.
• Assist with out of hours change or emergency work if required.
• Advocate appropriate unit and BDD functional testing through a test driven development approach.
• Understand operational characteristics of code and systems in production, designing sympathetic improvements, measuring and iterating with minimal disruption. Use log management, alerting systems, and develop Service Reliability Engineering processes to drive improvements to the full stack and infrastructure.

We're looking for someone who will always push for best practices, apt solution design, modern technologies and performance improvements. You will be eager to keep up with new technologies and continually update your technical knowledge and skills. We love agile and would really like you to have similar experience of software development. We are a team of passionate, intelligent people who live and breathe our "E" values (Energy, Engagement, Execution and Edge) where everybody is a culture driver and has the autonomy to shape our working environment to make Rated People a psychologically safe, fun and inclusive space for everyone.

We're proud to offer an environment perfect for creativity, fun and sharing ideas. We offer a competitive salary and a generous range of benefits:

• Hybrid working (2 days per week in our Shoreditch office) or remote contracts.
• 25 days' holiday (plus one day for every year of service, max 30 days).
• Strong and inclusive company culture we all shape and take ownership of, including company wide events, surprises and delights, round tables and culture clubs.
• Private medical insurance (including mental health and virtual GP).
• Enhanced parental leave policy.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Travel loans.