[Hiring] Software Engineer @Carwow

Role Description

As a team, our mission is to create a technology-driven company where we are empowered to use our skills to solve difficult problems and scale the product. We are looking to hire software developers that are passionate about developing simple solutions for complex problems. Successful candidates will work with our team in a full-stack position.

• Work on cross-functional product teams of Product Managers, Engineers, Designers, and Data Analysts.
• Collaborate closely with a Product Manager and a Tech Lead on deciding what features to build for customers.
• Break down and build features with the team, review code, mentor engineers, ensure operational excellence, and share knowledge broadly across the engineering organization.
• Release code into production multiple times daily.
• Be part of a growing team building a platform that will help define the future of car buying.
• Work hard to ensure our people have the right level of autonomy, support, and sense of purpose to flourish in their careers.

Qualifications

• Experience as a software engineer with Ruby on Rails.
• Exposure to Hotwire/Turbo and Sass on the front end is a plus.
• Comfortable working with frontend as well as backend technologies.
• Self-driven and take responsibility for product outcomes.
• Able to work on loosely defined tasks and communicate with stakeholders.
• Experience with TDD, Kafka, Git, JS, Heroku, HotWire.
• Experience working in distributed teams and cross-functionally.
• Write maintainable code with good documentation, tests, and structure.
• Keen to learn continuously and share knowledge.

Requirements

• Time spent in software engineering roles is important, but we prioritize attitude, aptitude, and impact over years of experience.

Benefits

• Fully remote working role, with offices in London, Munich, Madrid, and Porto.
• 4-5 trips to the London office per year for social and team bonding events.
• Competitive salary.
• Matched pension contributions.
• Share options.
• Vitality Private Healthcare, plus eyecare vouchers.
• Life Assurance.
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner.
• Enhanced holiday package, plus Bank Holidays.
• 28 days annual leave.
• 1 day for your wedding.
• 1 day off when you move house.
• 30 days of annual leave for your third year anniversary.
• 35 days of annual leave for your tenth year anniversary.
• Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year.
• Work from abroad for a month.
• Inclusive parental, partner, and shared parental leave, fertility treatment, and pregnancy loss policies.
• Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees.
• The latest tech (Macbook or Surface).
• Up to £500/€550 home office allowance.
• Generous learning and development budget.
• Regular social events.
• Refer a friend, get paid.