Senior Full Stack Engineer

November 20

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TrustedHousesitters

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Marketplace • Travel

TrustedHousesitters is a platform that connects pet owners with individuals willing to provide house and pet sitting services in exchange for free accommodation. This mutually beneficial arrangement allows travelers to explore new locations without lodging costs while ensuring pets are cared for in their own homes. The company emphasizes trust and safety with verified profiles and user reviews, providing peace of mind for both pet owners and sitters. TrustedHousesitters fosters a community of pet and travel lovers, enabling unique travel experiences and pet care solutions worldwide. The platform is committed to sustainability and has been B Corp certified.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2010

🏪 Marketplace

📋 Description

• Designing, building, and maintaining backend services in Python/Django and Django REST Framework. • Evolving our API layer and backend domain models to support new product features. • Improving scalability, performance, caching, and reliability across core systems. • Ensuring secure coding practices, proper authentication/authorisation flows, and data integrity. • Driving high engineering standards in testing, observability, architecture, and documentation. • Contributing to React front-end surfaces and supporting full-stack features where needed. • Implementing UI components that integrate with backend APIs you build. • Collaborating with design to ensure accessibility, usability, and performance. • Helping shape front-end architecture for reliability and consistency. • Working closely with Product and Design to refine problems into clear technical plans. • Leading spikes, technical discovery, and cross-team initiatives. • Supporting peers through pairing, code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing. • Advocating for engineering excellence, platform improvements, and sustainable delivery.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of full stack or backend engineering experience in a product-focused environment. • Deep expertise in Python, including production-grade systems, testing, and optimisation. • Solid experience with Django, Django REST Framework, or similar backend frameworks. • Significant experience designing and evolving REST APIs and integrating with external services. • Confident using AI-powered engineering tools (Copilot, code review assistants, documentation helpers) to improve delivery, share knowledge, and maintain a high bar of engineering excellence • Proficiency with React (or equivalent modern framework) for building maintainable UI components. • Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, caching, and performance optimisation. • Experience with testing, CI/CD, and observability tools (GitHub Actions, Datadog, Sentry). • Ability to break down ambiguous problems and lead technical decisions. • Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work • Generous equity options • Discretionary 10% annual bonus scheme • 25 days holiday annually plus bank holidays and Christmas to New Year closure • Pension scheme: 5% from you as an employee and 3% from TrustedHousesitters • Premium TrustedHousesitters pet owner and sitter membership. This includes benefits like airport lounge passes, sit cancellation insurance, and home and contents insurance for sits for you • X5 premium memberships for your friends and family each year • Our team have an unlimited housesitting allowance, can work remotely from their sits, and are eligible to £500 per year towards travel costs • £200 annually towards home office equipment • Access to Spaces (co-working) Locations across the globe • Monthly working from home stipend • Macbook • Find a rescue pet to join your family and we’ll cover the adoption fees, as well as paternity to help any pet settle into their new home. • We host a quarterly all-expenses paid meet-up and will fund team events (remote or in person) throughout the year • We can cover costs of personal development resources, and have a regular time set aside for personal development • Bupa Health Insurance and Dental Insurance plan • SimplyHealth Healthcare Cash plan • Trusted Giving scheme - employee volunteering via Onhand and employee giving via Tyve • Weekly virtual yoga sessions • Brighton Bikeshare • Recruitment Referral Bonus