Description

We are the UK’s fastest-growing used car marketplace — our online-only platform connects private car sellers with thousands of verified dealers nationwide, ensuring everyone gets the best deal.

Founded in 2017, our award-winning, technology-led approach has redefined the experience of selling a car, generating thousands of monthly car sales and helping us to grow to a team of over 400 across 3 locations.

This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing scale-up at a crucial phase of growth and help change an industry for the better.

About the role

Our Engineering department is going through a phase of growth, where we have more features to build than people to build them! Most of the work is greenfield projects developing brand new features, solving some very interesting problems in transforming an industry.

You'll join our team and be responsible for building new and innovative products. Most of the work is greenfield projects developing brand new features, solving fascinating problems in transforming an industry.

Tech stack: JavaScript using a modular Node.JS stackful architecture, utilising the latest JS features. We use PostgreSQL with Sequelize ORM and Redis. We’re currently using AWS for our deployment using a microservices architecture.

What you'll do

Architect and develop new JavaScript code, with a mix of new features and performance optimisation.
Work to improve performance and caching as our platform continues to scale.
Focus on building highly maintainable, reusable, scalable and reliable code.
Develop back-end technology, launching new features with a focus on optimising performance.
Work with our infrastructure (currently AWS) to scale as we grow, providing the highest possible performance, monitoring and alerting.
Work hand in hand with design and product to collaboratively build work that has excellent UX and quality values - each squad has a dedicated product owner and design lead.
Be part of our flat-structured development team and being involved in the technical and product strategy of the business.
Champion and implement software development best practices to ensure our code is high quality, well-tested, scalable and secure.
We regularly do hackdays! We believe in a culture of innovation in our day-to-day life. Experiment with new techniques, tools and frameworks to keep Motorway at the leading edge of modern JavaScript Development.
Work across our collection of microservices (node.js with Express and Sequelize) that power our user-facing applications through RESTful APIs.

Requirements

We encourage you to apply, even if you might not meet all the requirements.

Significant commercial experience with JavaScript. In particular, experience with ES6/7 features, and technologies and frameworks such as node.js, Vue, Express or Sequelize.
Experience configuring, deploying and monitoring app and websites on AWS.
Experience working with relational databases and NoSQL databases, including complex queries and performance optimisation.
Understanding of web design patterns, including SOLID principles of design.
Previous experience working in a company scaling up is useful, but not essential.
Experience working in a collaborative, agile team environment.
Experience working with automated testing and continuous integration and delivery.

Benefits

At Motorway, we believe in rewarding you with more than just a pay cheque. That's why we've created a benefits package to help you do your best work and support your development.

A competitive salary
Stock options - we succeed and fail together as a team, so we want you to be included in our success
Annual learning budget - you can choose how you like to learn and find the best learning experiences to support your progression.
BUPA health insurance
Discounted dental through BUPA
Discounted gym membership through BUPA
On-Hand volunteering membership + 1 volunteering day per year
Hybrid working from home (approximately 1-2 days in the office a week)
Pension scheme
Motorway car leasing scheme - lease a zero-emissions electric vehicle at a significant discount
Cycle to work scheme
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
Regular social events

Equal opportunities statement

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all employees. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where people can maximise their full potential. We believe our workforce should reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives and experiences. Our strong commitment to a culture of inclusion is evident through our constant focus on recruiting, developing and advancing individuals based on their skills and talents.

We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Senior Backend Engineer