Our purpose is to make great financial decision making a breeze for everyone, and that purpose drives us every day.

It’s why we’re on a mission to create an automated quoting engine, with the simplest of experiences, wrapped in a brand everyone loves!

We change lives by making it simple to switch and save money. So, when it comes to getting a better deal, it’s never been more blindingly obvious why you would choose Compare the Market.

We’d love you to be part of our journey.

Are you ready to engineer the future of comparison? We're on the lookout for a brilliant Software Engineer to join our dynamic team at Compare the Market. Here's your chance to craft cutting-edge technical solutions while igniting a culture of innovation, enthusiasm, and passion.

This is a hybrid role based out of our London office.

Your Mission:

Crafting Excellence: Develop and deliver top-tier technical solutions while nurturing a culture of innovation and excellence. Work hand-in-hand with our teams, embracing our engineering practices to ensure consistency and foster collaboration.

Ownership Mentality: Dive into our 'Build, Run, Own' ethos, where quality engineering, operational resilience, and customer-centricity reign supreme. You'll champion the end customer at every turn, ensuring our solutions exceed expectations.

Everyone is welcome. Be you.

We have a culture of creativity. We approach our work passionately, improve constantly and celebrate our wins at every turn. We are an inclusive workplace, and our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic, whole selves to work.

This means we’re excited to hear from people with a range of skills, experiences, and ideas. We don’t expect you to tick all the boxes but would love you to hear what makes you great for this role.

Some of the great things you’ll be doing:

Optimisation Expert: Identify and address performance bottlenecks and technical debt, leading the charge to simplify and modernise our applications for peak performance.

Quality Advocate: Embrace test-driven development and automation, bringing security, testing, and quality practices to the forefront of our development process.

Collaborative Genius: Facilitate team discussions and decision-making processes, driving continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within our engineering community.

Mentorship Maven: Share your expertise and mentor junior peers, nurturing their talents and fostering their growth within our team.

What we’d like to see from you:

Customer-Centric Mindset: Naturally prioritise performance, availability, security, and frequent deployments with our customers in mind.

Scale Savvy: Experience writing high-quality production code at scale, guiding software from conception to production and support.

Regulatory Guru: Familiarity with working in financial or regulated environments is a plus, along with experience in high-traffic environments and with Microservices.

Our people bring our purpose to life.

We foster a culture of innovation and collaboration. With a team of over 300 tech experts, we thrive on using the latest tools and technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, .Net Core, Node.js, and MongoDB, to create a dynamic and inclusive work environment.

There’s something for everyone.

We’re a place of opportunity. You’ll have the tools and autonomy to drive your own career, supported by a team of amazingly talented people.

And then there’s our benefits. For us, it’s not just about a competitive salary and hybrid working, we care about what matters to you. From a generous holiday allowance and private healthcare to an electric car scheme and paid CSR days, we’ve pretty much got you covered!

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