Graduate Backend Software Engineer

Better homebuying for everyone involved

Acre is rebuilding the UK’s £1.4 trillion mortgage market from the ground up, with a completely new end-to-end system for mortgage advisors.

Our platform cuts out the unnecessary admin, pain and friction from buying a home. We're covering the entire journey, from figuring out what you can borrow, to getting your keys. We're guided both by the voice of real home buyers and by our close relationships with brokers, lenders and insurers. We won’t stop until the process of buying, mortgaging, conveyancing, and insuring your home is affordable and completely seamless.

What you’ll be doing:

As a key role within the engineering team you will be responsible for the design, implementation and testing of the backend components that empowers consumers, brokers and operational functions to efficiently manage the mortgage research and application process.

You will be expected to write reusable, testable and efficient code that is performant, stable and secure.

During our software development life cycle, you will be expected to work with the business as a whole, converting business requirements into development tasks as well as mentoring other team members.

You should be ambitious but also pragmatic when needed.

Who you will be:

• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product.
• Have an understanding and experience with backend technologies such as Go or C++.
• Committed to using automated testing platforms and unit tests to deliver readable, maintainable code.
• Have an understanding of deployment technologies and concepts
• Have an understanding of issue management, code versioning, continuous integration and deployment tools.

What we offer:

• Chance to make an impact within a fully funded, early-stage Fintech start-up in a unique position to make a difference to the mortgage market.
• Private healthcare, a cash plan, pension contribution.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Vibrant office in Central London with monthly social events.
• See our https://www.acresoftware.com/careers for more of what we offer.

We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is tackling a big problem space, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Type: Full-time