Backend Software Engineer

Salary: £66,000 - 106,000 per year

Requirements:

• At least 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Openly collaborate, share knowledge with teammates, and take shared ownership of software design decisions.
• Maintain a high bar for code quality and be receptive to constructive feedback, as well as able to give it.
• Work through complex and unfamiliar problems with a clear head, knowing when to push through independently and when to involve the right people.
• Have a keen eye for detail and take pride in understanding your work thoroughly.
• Have a genuine interest in the world of investments.
• Stay current with technology trends and actively apply good engineering practices in day-to-day work.

Responsibilities:

• Develop high-quality software within agreed timelines.
• Address complex problems by proposing various solutions and considering trade-offs to help the team make effective technical decisions.
• Deliver scalable and maintainable solutions efficiently while balancing trade-offs.
• Understand the core features and KPIs of the product.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to drive the products development.
• Be comfortable in an on-call environment, responding to high-priority issues and knowing when to escalate them.

Technologies:

• AI
• Cloud
• Support
• NodeJS
• PostgreSQL
• Product Manager
• TypeScript
• Backend
• GCP
• JavaScript
• Security

More:

We are Freetrade, and our mission is to become the default place to invest by making investing simpler and more affordable. We are building our team to reshape how our customers invest and grow their wealth, and we are accelerating our roadmap with new features such as mutual funds, bonds, family investment tools, and AI-powered improvements. Following our deal to become part of IG Group, we will continue to operate as an independent business while gaining access to additional resources and support. We offer a hybrid working culture with 3 days in-office and 2 days from home, with offices in central London and Budapest. Our values are Honesty, Focus, and Grit, and we provide a competitive benefits package including salary, bonus scheme, holidays, pension, life insurance, private health insurance, income protection, enhanced parental leave, learning and development support, cycle to work scheme, and paid sick leave. Our engineering team works on a robust, scalable platform used by thousands daily, and our main tech stack includes NodeJS/TypeScript, Google Cloud Platform, and PostgreSQL.

last updated 36 week of 2026