Senior Software Engineer

About Freetrade

Freetrade’s mission is to become the default place to invest. Investing has been too complicated and expensive for too long, keeping millions from making the most of their savings.

We’re changing that.

We’re building our team and looking for people who are excited to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth. If you’re driven by solving complex problems and building innovative products, you’ll fit right in.

2025 is a big year for us. In January, we announced a game changing deal to become part of the IG Group. We’ll continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to the resources and support of an established leader in the space.

This year, we’re accelerating our roadmap and taking our products to the next level. We’re building new features like mutual funds, bonds, and family investment tools. We’re also exploring how we can leverage AI to deliver an even better experience for our customers.

We run a cloud-first environment and make use of many Google Cloud Platform tools such as Firestore, Google Kubernetes Engine, Pub Sub and Cloud SQL to build a reliable and performant platform with services implemented using Typescript. This is a high-visibility environment where you will make a direct positive impact on customer experience and the business. If you enjoy broadening your technical skills, building a new product, and working in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and innovation, then this is the job for you!

Why Join Our Engineering Team?

Be part of a team that’s shaping the future of investments. As an engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining a robust, scalable platform used by thousands daily. We tackle complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and build solutions that make a real impact. Here, your code doesn’t just run - it powers the decisions of investors across the UK.

Join us and turn ideas into reality.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in our engineering team. In this position, you ll lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, impactful features, showcasing a passion for independent problem-solving and a drive to scale our next-generation, user-focused product. Our team would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and enjoys building innovative solutions.

• Lead the end-to-end process for development projects and new features from design → development → post-production including having an aptitude for software validation.

• Collaborate frequently with an emphasis on sharing knowledge through team discussions & workshops whilst developing and mentoring more junior members of the team.

• Set the standards for code reviews across the business and general software engineering best practices.

• Follow and continually improve upon our coding documentation and company development standards.

• Thrive in an on-call environment and be the escalation point for high-priority issues with the ability to triage and escalate when necessary.

• Be an excellent judge of future talent for Freetrade helping us achieve our bold expansion objectives by taking part in (and sometimes leading) technical interviews ensuring a consistent bar is met.

• Constantly assess the development landscape looking for opportunities to increase efficiencies across the engineering team.

• Invites participation and devolves responsibility for software design, constructively working to level up the capability of other engineers in your squad.

• Set high standards for your squad in terms of software quality and delivery performance. You speak candidly when standards are not met and work with your team to continually raise the bar.

• Have the skills to competently work on complex and unknown problems under pressure.

• Deep understanding and obsession with the details.

• A love for the world of investments.

• Up to date with technology to influence good practices.

Freetrade is the place to accelerate your career. Our benefits package and ways of working are designed to attract and retain the most talented…