Job Description

About Lendable

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Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing:

faster, cheaper, and friendlier.

We're building one of the world's leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

One of the UK's newest unicorns with a team of just over 600 people Among the

fastest-growing tech

companies in the UK Profitable since

2017

Backed by top investors including

Balderton Capital

and

Goldman Sachs

Loved by customers

with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot)

So far, we've rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch:

loans, credit cards and car finance

. We get money into our customers' hands in minutes instead of days.


We're growing fast, and there's a lot more to do: we're going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks

with dated systems and painful processes.

Join us if you want to

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Take ownership

across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1

Work in small teams of exceptional people,

who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo

Build the best technology in-house

, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

About the role

We're looking for a Staff Frontend Software Engineer (React with NextJS & React Native) to join our Zable US Credit Card team, becoming a key part of a cross-functional team building and refining features for iOS, Android, and Web in one of the world's toughest and most dynamic credit markets - the United States.


Our US credit card product launched last year and our work now continues to build and refine our customer offering to complement our highly successful UK credit card business, which serves over 1 000 000 customers. Our roadmap includes features to introduce new user journeys and optimise conversion rates in our existing funnels, increasing functionality for our existing customers, refactoring & improving our codebase and tooling, and plenty more as we continue our growth in this market.


Alongside feature work we also put a big focus on improving performance, reducing tech debt, and improving scalability. Our ideal engineer is detail focused and resourceful, and keen to understand the bigger picture outside of their product team, contributing to wider engineering and business initiatives that help us scale Lendable as a global business as we continue to grow.

Our tech stack

Mobile Apps

Typescript, React Native, Expo, EAS, GraphQL, Relay, Zustand, Jest, React Testing Library, Maestro

Web

Typescript, React, NextJS, ?Redux Toolkit, SCSS, React Testing Library, Cypress

Backend / Infrastructure

PHP 8 (Symfony), Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes

Tooling

Github, Jira & Confluence, for our code & product management processes Bugsnag, Datadog & Sentry for debugging and reporting Figma & Storybook, for our design process

For more information about how we work you can also check out our blog and read more about our workplace culture.

What we're looking for

You have experience working with product owners to break down business requirements into deliverable tasks and estimate the complexity of their implementation. You can quickly identify the difficulties of implementing a feature from an initial design wireframe or outline spec and work together to propose alternative approaches where appropriate You are passionate about building high-performing teams. You organise work streams in conjunction with the product owner, and look for optimisations that will improve team performance and happiness, while driving individual accountability for delivery You have experience mentoring and supporting other engineers, alongside engineering managers, working to encourage their personal and professional growth, and enabling them to succeed. You have an expert understanding of modern Javascript with Typescript You have experience leading cross-platform mobile development using React Native You have a strong understanding of the different needs of mobile users across a variety of platforms and devices You're comfortable owning and managing the full spectrum of iOS & Android application requirements, such as provisioning, certificate management, automated deployment, and app store release processes You set the standard for automated testing in your team, and take a pragmatic approach to implementing and improving the various phases of the testing pyramid You can quickly identify and assess technical debt and are a vocal advocate for prioritising code improvements alongside feature work when the opportunity arises You understand the importance of catering to users with accessibility needs, and are familiar with the approaches and tooling required to ensure accessibility guidelines and best practices are adhered to.

What would make you stand out

You've lead teams which have built, or worked on, products that have scaled from zero users to tens or hundreds of thousands (or more), and can apply what you learnt in new contexts You've used GraphQL in a production environment You've had experience in scaling React Native to multiple teams You've built and launched new products and grown the audience You have in-depth experience of mobile performance best practices and debugging You've employed staged rollouts and multivariate testing approaches to release new features and test hypotheses You have experience of UI or UX design. You feel at ease discussing approaches with product designers, and are happy to get involved in making design decisions where required

Interview process

A

quick video call

with a member of our

talent team

to learn more about you A

30-minute video call

with the

hiring manager

to discuss your experience and answer any initial technical questions you have about the role A

short React Native coding exercise

to complete in your own time A technical session with your peers where you'll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience An interview with an Engineering Manager to explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team's success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.

Life at Lendable (also check out our

Glassdoor page

)

The opportunity to scale up one of the

world's most successful

fintech companies.

Best-in-class

compensation including equity. You can work from home

every Monday and Friday

if you wish - on the other days we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas.

Our in-house chef

prepares fresh, healthy lunch in the office every Tuesday-Thursday. We care for our Lendies' well-being both physically and mentally so we offer the highest coverage of

private health insurance

We organise an

annual trip

with the whole company, to celebrate our milestones and reflect on our achievements. We're an

equal opportunity employer

and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London

Life at Lendable

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The opportunity to scale up one of the world's

most successful fintech companies

.

Best-in-class compensation

, including equity. You can work from home every

Monday and Friday

if you wish - on the other days, those based in the UK come together IRL at our

Shoreditch office in London

to be together, build and exchange ideas. Enjoy a

fully stocked kitchen

with everything you need to whip up breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office every Tuesday-Thursday. We care for our

Lendies' well-being

both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance We're an

equal-opportunity

employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London

Check out our blog!