Full Stack Software Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 85,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong full stack web engineering skills, with proven experience owning features across front-end and back-end in a production environment
• Solid experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript, with the ability to own features end-to-end in this stack
• A track record of communicating technical decisions clearly, including writing ADRs, RFCs, or equivalent, and explaining complex trade-offs to Product and Design
• A product-oriented mindset, with attention to performance, stability, and conversion as well as feature completion
• Comfort in a startup or scale-up environment, with a self-sufficient and adaptable approach
• Experience running experiments and iterating quickly, with good judgement about when to move fast and when to slow down
• A genuine curiosity about AI-assisted development, with experience using tools like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude

Responsibilities:

• Own the full stack development of various Yoto products, from performant and accessible front-end experiences to robust back-end integrations, including payment infrastructure with Stripe
• Work closely with Product, Design, and the Core app team to ship features that drive stability, conversion, and subscriber growth
• Propose and document technical improvements to the stack using ADRs and RFCs, and communicate change clearly to engineering and non-engineering audiences
• Run experiments quickly by designing, building, and iterating with a bias toward learning and shipping
• Bring a product mindset to every piece of work, thinking in user outcomes, conversion funnels, and web performance
• Help shape how the team works in a startup environment by proactively spotting gaps, suggesting solutions, and going beyond the brief when it matters

Technologies:

• AI
• Copilot
• Cursor
• Marvel
• React
• TypeScript
• Web
• Support
• Fullstack

More:

We are Yoto, a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids, making carefully connected audio players that children control with no microphones, cameras or ads. We offer a catalogue of 1,000+ audio titles from top creators, publishers and labels, including Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music, as well as our own Yoto Originals. Our Technology team builds the products and platforms that connect families to Yoto, from the Core app to web experiences that bring new subscribers through the door. We work in a fast-moving, high-impact environment where ownership, craft and clear thinking matter, and we collaborate closely with Product and Design. This role is based in our central London office with hybrid working, at least 1 day a week on average in the office, plus a work-from-anywhere policy for up to 6 weeks each year and Summer Hours in June to August. We offer a salary of 60,000 to 70,000 based on experience, along with benefits including income protection, life assurance, pension contributions, private medical insurance or wellbeing allowance, holiday allowance, family-friendly leave, a workplace nursery scheme, volunteer days, a book allowance, and a Yoto player and starter pack of cards. We are committed to flexibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, and building a workplace where everyone can thrive.

last updated 36 week of 2026