Job Description

Code the future of home-moving--join Homemove's founding Engineering team (Laravel / )

Buying a house shouldn't feel like dial-up internet in a 5G world. Homemove is replacing paperwork, guesswork and glacial sales chains with a single, beautiful platform. We already handle mortgages, surveys and completions for thousands of users; now we're scaling fast and need engineers who move at the same speed.

Whether you live in the backend, craft pixel-perfect frontends or command the full stack, you'll ship product weekly, prove big ideas quickly and help us hit market-changing targets. This is an "in-on-the-ground-floor" gig--great upside, but

not

a comfortable 9-to-5.

Why this role is different

Green-field impact.

You'll influence architecture, tooling and culture while user numbers are still in six figures--not millions.

Release velocity.

CI/CD on Laravel + Vue gives us idea-to-production in hours, not sprints.

Product-first crew.

Work shoulder-to-shoulder with brokers, surveyors and designers; watch today's commit unblock a client tomorrow.

Career rocket.

Growth targets demand future tech leads and managers--progression isn't hypothetical.

Flexible entry points.

Junior, mid or senior--prove you can learn fast and own problems, and we'll tailor title and package to you.
What you'll be doing

Build & ship

core features in Laravel 10, Vue 3 + Vite, Tailwind and MySQL/Postgres.

Design clean APIs

for everything from lender integrations to survey-booking flows.

Tackle performance

--profile queries, cache smartly, keep TTFB sub-150 ms even at peak sales rush.

Own quality

--write tests (PHPUnit/Pest, Cypress), push to QA, monitor Sentry/Grafana.

Pair & mentor

--review PRs, run mob-coding spikes, share "today I learned" wins.

Invent & iterate

--spot friction, pitch fixes, build POCs--no permission slips needed.

You'll thrive here if you...

Have

1-8+ years

shipping production code (any modern language). We care how you think, not exactly where you've been. Can show us

side-projects, OSS or past work

that prove curiosity, grit and smart trade-offs. Enjoy

moving fast

--feature flags, A/B tests and "done?>?perfect (revisit quickly)" are your norm and iterate quickly using AI tools.

YES - WE ALLOW CURSOR OR WINDSURF OR SIMILAR to build quickly!

Don't know what they are? Don't believe in the power of AI to code? SIMPLY DO NOT APPLY. Communicate clearly with non-tech teammates; you explain latency spikes like you'd explain a recipe. Treat problems as puzzles, not blockers, and pull the team with you when the heat is on.
Package & benefits

Salary guidance

- we benchmark against UK medians (42 k mid-level; 55 k senior) and London uplifts, but we're flexible:

30k - 90k

depending on depth and scope.

Equity options

- share in the upside you're building.

Office-first

- Derby HQ 5 days a week (UK-based) - Hybrid and remote is a non-starter in the culture and team we've already built. Do not apply if you want a day or two at home.

Kit of your choice

(M-series Mac or high-spec PC), 27? monitor, licence budget. 25 days holiday + your birthday + "move day" when you buy/sell a home. L&D budget, conference tickets, paid time for OSS or learning spikes.
Ready to build the next big PropTech platform?
Show us something you're proud of--GitHub repo, demo link, architecture story--and tell us the fastest meaningful thing you ever shipped. Let's chat.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 30,000.00-90,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Bonus scheme Performance bonus Yearly bonus
Benefits:

Company pension
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Application question(s):

You are happy to work in office 5 days a week
Work Location: In person