You'll have 3 to 8 years commercial backend programming experience. You’re likely a Computer Science (or related) graduate. Equally, you may be the self taught equivalent. Either way, a proven track record is what counts.

Applications close on Friday, April 4, 2025 at 4:00PM UK time.

About NestEgg

NestEgg has become the leading decisioning platform for UK responsible lenders from a standing start in 2018. As of March 2025 we've decisioned £1.5 billion of personal loan applications, saving applicants £81 million in high cost credit.

We believe the consumer credit industry is secretive and stuck in the past. As a result, far too many are not getting a fair deal. We’re on a mission to open-up access to fair and affordable credit for all.

For consumers, the NestEgg platform matches those looking for affordable credit with loan products offered by responsible lenders. Applicants can see how to get accepted, and apply with confidence.

Responsible lenders use the platform on a software-as-a-service basis to make better lending decisions in a fair, flexible and transparent way.

Boot-strapped by our founders, Ben and Adrian, we’re still proudly self-funded. We’re not against external funding in principle, we just love the freedom to focus 100% on the needs of our customers, team members and partners.

Whilst we’ve achieved a lot already, we have big plans and there’s never been a more exciting time to join NestEgg.

About the job

You’ll join the backend team which is responsible for building and maintaining our industry-leading decision engine as well as the backend to our consumer-facing broker / loan application web app. You’ll be working with a modern tech stack based on a RESTful API built in Node.js and hosted on AWS.

Broadly, the backend team is responsible for:

• Architecting, programming, testing and deploying new features, improvements and bug fixes.
• Design, security, integrity and performance of our PostgreSQL database and AWS infrastructure.
• Identification and support of opportunities for leveraging data science and machine learning to optimise customer outcomes.
• Enhancing, maintaining and documenting our RESTful API as used internally and by our integration partners.
• Building upon and scaling-up our CI/CD practices and technologies.
• Collaborating with our product designers, frontend team, QA/testers and customer success team to ensure the best possible outcomes for customers and end-users.
• Participating in code reviews and making sure we do all we can to build reliable, maintainable, scalable, performant and secure code.

As a member of the backend team at NestEgg, you’ll ward off complexity and find a simpler path. You’ll fix bugs. You’ll go deep. You’ll learn from us and we’ll learn from you. You’ll have the freedom and autonomy to do your best work, and plenty of support along the way.

We work in an agile manner but in cycles rather than sprints. We each write brief daily asynchronous updates rather than daily standup meetings. Each development cycle is 6 weeks followed by 2 weeks to regroup, fix things that got missed, and ramp up for the next cycle.

About you

We’re looking for someone with battle-tested backend programming experience: 3 to 8 years building RESTful APIs with Node.js, PostgreSQL and a good working knowledge of AWS services. Some non-trivial expertise in frontend development would be a bonus. You won’t know how all the systems work on day one, and we don’t expect you to. Nobody hits the ground running. Solid fundamentals with software development, systems, troubleshooting, and teamwork pave the way.

Solid experience with SaaS application development, ideally in Fintech, would be a plus.

You will have excellent communication and collaboration skills: verbal and written, in English.

You might have a Computer Science degree. You might not. That’s not what we’re looking for. We care about what you can do and how you do it, not about how you got here. A strong track record of conscientious, thoughtful work speaks volumes.

We’re a 100% remote company. You’re free to work where you work best, anywhere in the world within 4 hours of the UK timezone: home office, co-working space, coffeeshops. We don’t have a central office, you should be comfortable working remotely—everyone here does!

Self-starters thrive at NestEgg. We’re committed generalists, eager learners, conscientious workers, and curators of what’s essential. We’re quick to trust. We see things through. We’re kind to each other, look up to each other, and support each other. We achieve together. We are colleagues, here to do our best work.

We value people who can take a stand yet commit even when they disagree. And understand the value in others being heard. We subject ideas to rigorous consideration and challenge each other, but all remember that we’re here for the same purpose: to do good work together. That comes with direct feedback, openness to each others’ experience, and willingness to show up for each other as well as for the technical work at hand. We’re in this for the long term.

Pay and benefits

NestEgg pays at the median UK rate. Same position, same pay, no matter where you live (with a potential adjustment for your home country). Depending on your skills and experience, we’re hiring either at the Mid level or the Senior level. We’ll determine where you fit during the interview process.

Benefits at NestEgg are all about helping you lead a healthy life outside of work. Quality time to focus on work starts with quality time to think, exercise, cook a meal, be with family and friends—time to yourself.

Enjoy 22 days a year paid vacation in addition to paid bank holidays plus an extra 2 days after two years. We provide a laptop for work, subsidised co-working, personal development and employee profit sharing. We match fund pension contributions up to 5% of gross salary. Fully-paid parental leave - statutory minimum in your home country.

How to apply

Please send an application that speaks directly to this position. Show us your role in NestEgg’s future and NestEgg’s role in yours. Address some of the work we do. Tell us about a newer (less than five years old) back-end technology you like and why. Link to examples of your work where relevant.

We’re accepting applications until Friday, April 4, 2025, at 4:00PM UK time. Keep your application (cover note) sharp, short, and get across what matters to you. We value great writers, so take your time with the application. We’re giving you our full attention.

We’ll schedule an initial ‘screening’ discussion soon after you apply and by April 4 at the latest. You’ll hear from us soon after that about whether you’ve advanced to the code assessment stage. If so, you’ll spend 3-5 hours on a programming exercise, over the course of a week. Then on to interview. Our interviews are one hour, all remote, with your future colleagues. We’ll talk through some of your code and some of ours. No gotchas, brainteasers, or whiteboard coding. We aim to make an offer by April 18 with a start date as soon after that as possible.

We look forward to hearing from you!