At bubble, we are striving to solve one of society’s biggest problems, with the potential to make life better for millions of people. 

We are a venture-backed tech startup, changing the lives of parents for the better and growing fast. Our on-demand app lets parents discover and book amazing childcare quickly and securely. We have over 200,000 users and more than two million hours of childcare have been requested on our platform. Our investors include the founders of Betfair, Boohoo.com and Photobox.

Since day one we have taken a tech-driven and disruptive approach to solving an enormous problem that’s been crying out for innovation. Our app is underpinned by our own social graph, using big data and 200m+ relationship nodes between our users to connect parents with carers from within their own trusted social circles.

We are in the business of digitising trust and are deeply passionate  about building great product to get it done.

We’ve  got a diverse, stellar and growing engineering team that we’re looking to add to. That’s where you come in.

We are looking for a motivated Front-End Engineer based in London who enjoys creating engaging UIs for consumer products. You will be joining our development for a full-time position with excellent opportunities for personal development.

You will have the opportunity to work with a variety of projects (from mobile apps to web dashboards) and technologies to implement UIs designed by our team.

You must have an eye for design and a drive to construct well engineered front end applications.

A successful candidate should

• Have 4+ years experience in engineering front-end systems
• Have 2+ years experience with React Native Be passionate about the code they write
• Have a keen eye on design
• Always strive to improve themselves and their work
• Love to tackle challenging problems
• Be able to communicate well with the rest of the team team

Core technologies

• Javascript
• ReactJS
• React Native
• CSS – Flex

Useful technologies

• Expo
• Recoil
• Native languages (Java, ObjC)
• Jest
• Detox

A successful candidate should

• Have 1/2 years experience in engineering front-end systems
• Have 2 years experience with React.js and be passionate about the code you write
• Have a keen eye on design
• Always strive to improve themselves and their work
• Love to tackle challenging problems
• Be able to communicate well with the rest of the team team

You are great at what you do and you have options, why choose Bubble?

• Access to awesome tech with a feel good factor – part of our interview process is to give you a look at what we have created and are working on, we think it’s pretty impressive. But we are also building something truly meaningful that transforms our customers’ lives and we are really proud of it
• Small but mighty – we’re small, tight-knit with lots of passion for the difference we make
• We’re going places – you’ll have a real opportunity to learn, grow and contribute to something big
• Support – our wider team will be on hand to make sure you are happy and supported as you settle your new role.
• We give back: During Covid, we have helped match volunteer childminders with NHS key workers to help them juggle the amazing work they do for the public with their personal commitments. Over 10,000 hours of volunteer childcare has been posted on Bubble by those in the NHS.

Company benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• Remote working if preferred
• Free childcare
• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off!
• A shiny MacBook

Personal development

• Learn many exciting technologies to solve a variety of problems
• Pitch and work on internal projects
• Work with a range of applications, from mobile apps to aggregation apis and e2e automated tests
• Solve problems for products in many different verticals, from finance to the music industry
• Take ownership of projects from start to finish
• Great opportunities to grow, personally and professionally

Interview process

• Asyncronous interview to be done in your own time
• Video call with Tech Lead
• A technical test / showcase and follow up interview with Tech Lead
• Final stage with leadership team

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.