SOFTWARE ENGINEER

• £30,000 – £40,000
• Fully Remote (UK) – Midlands-based preferred for occasional meet-ups
• Friday-Monday working pattern, 11-7
• Node.js | TypeScript | React | MySQL
• daniel.massey@searchability.com

THE ROLE

Searchability is working with a well-established digital technology business to find a Software Engineer to join their development team. This is a fully remote position with a different working pattern: 11am to 7pm, Friday to Monday. That gives you a four-day week with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday off, so you get midweek time to yourself while everyone else is at work.

You'll be building and maintaining consumer-facing web platforms and services used by a large international audience.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is a long-standing, profitable technology business that delivers digital products and services to partners in the UK and overseas. They're a small, experienced team, so every developer has real ownership and their work makes a visible difference, backed by the stability of an established company.

THE BENEFITS

• £30,000 – £40,000 depending on experience
• Fully remote within the UK
• Four-day working pattern (Friday to Monday, 11am to 7pm), with three midweek days off
• Late start, so no early mornings
• Occasional in-person team meet-ups in the Midlands
• Work on live products with a large international user base
• Small, friendly team with real ownership of your work

THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER ROLE

• Developing and maintaining web applications and services using Node.js, TypeScript and React
• Designing and optimising MySQL databases and queries
• Building and customising platforms to meet partner requirements
• Integrating with third-party APIs and services
• Contributing to new product features and user experiences
• Troubleshooting, supporting and improving live services
• Working with a small, collaborative remote team

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• 2 to 5 years' commercial software development experience
• Strong Node.js and TypeScript skills
• Solid front-end experience with React
• Good working knowledge of MySQL or similar relational databases
• Experience working with REST APIs and third-party integrations
• Comfortable working remotely and independently
• Able to commit to the Friday to Monday, 11am to 7pm working pattern
• UK-based with the right to work in the UK (Midlands location advantageous)

If this sounds like the role for you, please apply or email daniel.massey@searchability.com for more details.