Full-Stack Senior Software Engineer in London

Join Civic Marketplace as Our Foundational Engineering Leader! Are you passionate about technology's power to drive meaningful impact in communities? At Civic Marketplace, we're reimagining how local governments procure and deliver essential services, building the most intuitive and efficient procurement platform of the future.

We're a mission-driven startup on a journey to transform the way local governments operate—breaking down barriers, optimizing processes, and ultimately improving outcomes for residents. If you thrive on startup hustle and want to be part of a purpose-led team making real change, this opportunity is for you.

Who We're Looking For:

We're seeking our first engineering hire—a dynamic technical leader who is ready to own our technology from end to end. You'll drive our technical roadmap, manage and elevate our codebase, and build a high-performing team to meet our ambitious goals. You'll be a cornerstone of our growing organization, with the freedom to shape our tech stack and strategy.

About the role:

• You drive great execution and are full-stack, comfortable in both leading and 'owning' code end to end.
• You work with teams to enable execution including implementing appropriate processes, setting appropriate expectations, managing risks, managing resource allocation, and removing blockers.
• You develop a quality playbook for your teams and area(s) of ownership, including standards for pull requests, code reviews, testing, and monitoring.
• You are a direct contributor and don't shirk away from coding, and happy also to delegate and hire where appropriate.
• You ensure the team owns the operation of data, systems, and apps in production.
• You drive resolution of critical issues, root cause analysis-driven actions.
• You drive hiring, motivation, growth with everyone in your team.
• You create a self-managing team.
• You ensure the team continuously improves.
• You cultivate a great culture where team members can do their best work.
• You build relationships and are open to working with contractors and hiring where needed.
• You ensure the team has clear goals, roadmaps, and priorities that are well informed by and socialized with partners and peers across the organization.

About You:

• You act with and teach appropriate urgency when the situation calls for it.
• You look for problems and inefficiencies and find elegant solutions before they become major issues.
• You are high I/O, emotionally mature, and humble.
• You are an open-minded learner.
• You are a systems thinker.
• You understand and drive techniques for leading projects and improving productivity.
• You are experienced with a variety of growth and leadership strategies, tactics, and scenarios.
• You are empathetic, happy when helping others succeed.
• You invest; you make wise, informed decisions about where you invest your time.
• You mentor employees, encouraging and guiding them in levelling up.

Experience at least 5 or more years as a minimum. You're joining a small team of fewer than 3 very committed and excited engineers who will be excited to learn from you at this super critical time you'll be involved in growing and leading the team.

What's in for you?

• Influence, trust and impact inside a well funded startup that's scaling.
• Work alongside other talented and friendly folk who are keen to learn and improve.
• Competitive salary and meaningful stock options.
• High impact role where you'll have the autonomy to develop our platform quickly and make a meaningful contribution.

A small bit about process: we’ll start with a 30 minute chat, then have a couple of conversations (one technical, one non-technical) followed by a final chat with one of our founders.

Closing date - March 31st, 2025.

Please Note: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.