Acre is rebuilding the UK’s £1.4 trillion mortgage market from the ground up, with a completely new, end-to-end management system for mortgages.
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.
Following a hugely successful 2023, where we proudly facilitated over £10 billion in mortgages for over 100,000 homebuyers, we are continuing to onboard some huge names in the mortgage industry and are looking to expand our team.
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.
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to earn grants from our EMI option scheme.
- One week of free accommodation for those relocating.
- Matched pension contribution up to 4%.
- Suite of healthcare benefits.
- Vibrant office in Shoreditch with monthly social events.
- See our careers page 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.
We’re eager to receive applications from all backgrounds, including from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.