Software Engineer

Our Ways of Working Principles:

We believe that most of us do our best work when we work together, but we know that everyone works in different ways, and quite frankly, has other commitments and responsibilities outside of work.

As we further adjust to hybrid working, we want to take what we've learnt from working remotely and keep the flexibility that's enabled us to thrive and keep driving our business forward.

We have some core principles which support us in this:

Do what’s right

Trust & give permission

Delivery matters

We understand ways of working can look different based on your role, team and you as an individual so we are here to support and discuss this with you during the interview process.

Work with us

At Moonpig Group our mission is to help people connect and create moments that matter. We’re an international group made up of three brilliant brands – Moonpig in the UK, Ireland, US and Australia, and Greetz in the Netherlands – with our newest addition Buyagift joining us in 2022.

We were founded with a goal to disrupt the traditional greetings industry. Two decades on, we’re an established leader within the online gifting market, offering a wide range of products to customers across the world.

Moonpig is an iconic brand and innovator, with clear values (read more about our values here!). These values set our teams and our business up for success in an environment that’s fun, supportive and challenging. They’re the glue that binds us together and we think of them as a platform to help us deliver our best work. You have every chance to drive impact here at Moonpig, and most importantly, we genuinely want you!

Our architecture is built for scale and flexibility which will allow us to quickly innovate and launch new propositions - coupling that with the wealth of data we have on our customers, the sky's the limit in the world of experimenting with cutting edge ideas.

About the Role

We are currently looking for a Software Engineer to join our Loyalty team, working on our Plus subscription offering and Reminders service.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be part of a cross-functional team working to expand and improve our subscriptions and reminders services.
• Work in an event-driven system, utilising GraphQL, AWS lambdas, DynamoDB, SQS, and SNS.
• Help develop and drive our adoption of XP practices within the team, such as Test Driven Development and pair programming.
• You will be encouraged to learn new skills and techniques, and to identify where new approaches (such as generative AI) can be used to solve problems.
• Opportunity to work in a fun and social environment!

Our expectations of our Software Engineers:

• Good engineering comes first: First and foremost, we are always striving for good engineering and this is so much more than just writing good, clean code. It’s a way of thinking about your code, domain, peers, supporting processes and the entire ecosystem in which you operate. You should be learning how this all fits together and focusing on your contribution towards it.
• Focus on delivery: Delivery is fundamental to great engineering, it’s why we write software after all. You will build up a solid understanding of what good delivery looks like, how to work in high performing teams, what makes good team dynamics and how the collective process contributes towards fast, incremental delivery.
• Learn and grow: You will be continuously growing your engineering skills and ensuring you are surrounding yourself with people that can help you do this. Understand the core differences between coding, craft and architecture and how they are applied at scale. You are evolving to a world in which you are responsible for part of the technical estate, so make sure you are growing to take on this challenge with confidence.

You’ll be a good fit for the role if you:

• You thrive in an environment with high collaboration, working well with other engineers
• You are passionate about finding solutions to solve problems and improving our processes
• You have experience with most of our tech environment
• You are keen to learn new processes, techniques and technologies
• Understanding event-based architecture is a plus
• Knowledge of Extreme Programming best practices (such as TDD and pairing) would be a plus

Our Tech Environment

• Full-stack, cross-functional teams, working closely with people of different specialisms within your team and across the business

• Services mostly written in NodeJS and frontend in React, with some additional systems written in C#

• AWS (SQS, SNS, Lambda, DynamoDB), Serverless, Terraform, GraphQL, Docker, Grafana

• Robust and performant cloud/serverless applications, with a focus on user experience and business growth

We don’t expect you to have experience with all of the technologies above, so if your experience doesn't cover some areas but you have cloud/serverless experience, please apply.

How we get there

• Kanban
• Jira / Confluence
• Grafana and AWS Cloudwatch
• Google Analytics
• Clean Architecture
• TDD
• Pair Programming
• Focus on experimentation to validate our hypothesis

Want to hear more?

Find out more about Moonpig Group and what it has to offer here!

Moonpig’s Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity

At Moonpig Group, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and caring culture with brilliant people who feel a real sense of belonging. We welcome and celebrate all diverse backgrounds to Moonpig Group, from working parents who need flexibility with their hours to individuals who are neurodiverse and prefer to work a certain way.

We’re proud to have several employee-led committees within our organisation, including the LGBTQ+, Gender Balance, Neurodiversity and our EMBRACE (Educating Myself for Better Racial Awareness and Cultural Enrichment) Committees.

We’ll continue to push for diversity and that sense of belonging so that all Moonpig Group employees feel safe and comfortable to be their true authentic self at work.