Senior Full Stack Developer at MyPocketSkill

Location: London, Clerkenwell (Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week)

Employment type: Full‑time (open to part‑time initially)

Salary: £130,000+ (Base £70,000–£100,000 + Equity)

Help build the AI‑powered platform that gives young people real earning power.

MyPocketSkill is looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to become our second engineer, with very significant future potential, as we scale an AI‑driven Fintech/Edtech platform. The systems you build will help thousands of 13–25‑year‑olds earn money, save towards their goals and build lifelong financial confidence.

You’ll join at a pivotal moment as we deepen partnerships with leading banks and wealth managers and scale our tech to support rapid growth. This is a high‑impact, early‑stage role with meaningful equity and real influence over our architecture, stack and engineering culture.

About MyPocketSkill

MyPocketSkill empowers Gen Z to become more financially capable by:

• Matching 13–25‑year‑olds to paid work (tutoring, social media, photography, etc.)
• Helping them Earn, Save and Learn about money via integrated tools and education

We’re now investing into our next phase of platform development, including AI‑powered features and financial services integrations, and are growing our engineering function to deliver an ambitious roadmap.

Our Culture

• Care deeply about positive impact on our customers, colleagues, communities and the environment
• Value ownership, creativity and experimentation
• Encourage continuous learning and honest, open communication

Your Mission

Build scalable, robust and efficient systems that power our platform and deliver a great experience for young people, parents and partners.

What You’ll Do

• Write high‑quality code that improves user experience, embeds AI enhancements and reduces support and operational costs
• Take a leading role in technical decision‑making and system design
• Work directly with founders, our lead developer and (soon) UX/UI and data engineering hires

Our core stack includes Python/Django, JavaScript, Vue/React, PostgreSQL and AWS, with an increasing focus on AI (RAG, LLM APIs, etc.).

First 6–12 Months

• Deliver several key roadmap projects (e.g. AI‑powered matching/recommendation engine, financial education experiences and partner integrations)
• Improve performance and scalability of core services to handle spikes in concurrent users and heavy read/write loads
• Strengthen our CI/CD and deployment processes so we can ship faster with confidence
• Implement better observability: monitoring, logging and alerting to protect and improve user experience
• Help define engineering standards, reusable patterns and documentation for future hires

Responsibilities

• Backend & API development — Design and build scalable, cloud‑based services and APIs for web and mobile clients.
• Architecture & scalability — Contribute to system design, database schema and optimisation to support growth and unreliable networks.
• Code quality & testing — Write clean, well‑structured, well‑tested code; review others’ work; champion reusable patterns and components.
• Cloud & DevOps — Work within our AWS environment; contribute to infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and deployment best practices.
• Product collaboration — Work with founders, UX and data to scope features, refine requirements, estimate work and keep delivery on track.
• Monitoring & reliability — Help define and implement performance metrics, monitoring and alerting to maintain stability and quickly address issues.

About You

Must‑have Experience

• 5+ years of backend or full‑stack development, ideally in a startup/scale‑up
• Strong experience with Python/Django and relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar), including schema design and optimisation
• Proven track record building and scaling web applications and APIs in the cloud (AWS or similar)
• Comfortable contributing to system design and making technical trade‑offs
• Solid JavaScript skills and experience with at least one modern front‑end framework (Vue or React)
• Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices and QA/testingClear, proactive communicator who can work autonomously and keep stakeholders aligned

Nice‑to‑have Experience

• Implementing GenAI features (e.g., RAG, LLM APIs, agent‑style workflows)
• Working with product analytics, data capture and performance tracking
• Contributing to UX/design decisions and user‑centric product improvements
• Experience with mobile apps (native or cross‑platform) or highly responsive web apps at scale

Practical Details

• Location: Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week in our Clerkenwell, London office
• Hours: 40 hours per week (typical 9:00–18:00 GMT/BST, with some flexibility)
• Right to work: You must have the right to work in the UK

We’re looking for someone who wants a long‑term career with MyPocketSkill and to grow with us as we scale. We treat all applicants fairly regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, race, nationality, religion, age or disability.

We will request references from past employers and will ask for evidence of your qualifications and right to work in the UK before finalising any offer.

How to Apply

To apply, email your CV and a short cover email to email to Careers with the subject line: Senior Full Stack Developer – [Your Name]

Please Include

• Links to GitHub, portfolio or 1–2 shipped products you’re proud of
• A brief summary of a system you’ve helped scale and your role in it
• Your approximate salary expectations and notice period

We do not wish to receive any approaches from recruitment agencies at this time.