Senior Software Engineer - Software

Hybrid - Minimum 2 days on site in London, Tower Bridge HQ

Do the best work of your life!

Houseful is home to trusted brands Zoopla, Alto, Hometrack, Calcasa and Prime location. Together we're creating the connections that power better property decisions, by unlocking the combined strength of software, data and insight.

We're seeking a Software Engineer to join our Software Business Unit working on our market leading SaaS estate agency product Alto. This is a fast growing and exciting business going through change, where we have relationships with over 25,000 estate agents and developer customers across the UK.

Who You Are

• Want to be involved in building a product where you know what is important to the customer
• Keen to experiment with ways of working and have an interest in trying something different (we are currently experimenting with Shape Up across our teams)
• Interested in serverless technologies for rapid development
• Keen working with NoSQL databases
• More than ready to address hurdles that may not always have a well-defined explanation or resolution
• Content to share your work at an early stage, be it a draft of a proposal or the minimum viable product of a feature intended for customers.

There's always room to grow and learn with our roles so please don't be put off if you don't have all of these skills and experiences. It's more important that you're passionate about our mission to improve the home moving and owning experience for everyone.

What We Are Looking For

• Someone who wants to work on interesting challenges and who's able to actively make trade offs to make sure they're focussing on the most important thing. We often work in six week cycles with fixed time frames but variable scope.
• Stays updated with the latest industry trends to drive innovation for the organisation.
• Can own their delivery independently or as part of a team.

We want to make Houseful more welcoming, fair and representative every day. We'll consider everyone who applies for this role in the same way, regardless of your ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, neurodiversity status, family or parental status, or how long you've spent unemployed.

In terms of a skill set, we are looking for the following

Required Skills:

• TypeScript: Proficient in developing applications using TypeScript, demonstrating a strong understanding of its features and benefits over vanilla JavaScript.
• MongoDB: Experience in working with MongoDB for database management, including data modelling, querying, and optimization.
• Apollo GraphQL: Familiar with implementing and managing GraphQL APIs using Apollo, including schema design and resolvers, and some understanding of federated GraphQL.
• Distributed Systems: Practical experience in designing, developing, and maintaining microservices architectures or other distributed system paradigms.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Experience: Familiarity with Amazon Web Services, particularly with Simple Queue Service (SQS) for message queuing and decoupling system components.
• Terraform: Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Apollo Federation: Knowledge of implementing and working with Apollo Federation for building a unified graph across multiple services.
• React: We use React to build our micro frontends.

Benefits:

• Everyday Flex - greater flexibility over where and when you work.
• 25 days annual leave + extra days for years of service.
• Day off for volunteering & Digital detox day.
• Festive Closure - business closed for period between Christmas and New Year.
• Cycle to work and electric car schemes.
• Free Calm App membership.
• Enhanced Parental leave.
• Fertility Treatment Financial Support.
• Group Income Protection and private medical insurance.
• Gym on-site in London.
• 7.5% pension contribution by the company.
• Discretionary annual bonus up to 10% of base salary.
• Talent referral bonus up to £5K.