Full Stack Engineer

London (in office 3 days/ week)

Product and Engineering

Reporting to Senior Full Stack Engineer

We're not just closing the digital divide; we're reconnecting distributed organisations, enabling seamless communication, and re-engaging employees like never before. Blink, a mobile-first employee experience platform, puts everything employees need right in their hands. With teams in Boston, London, and Sydney, we're making waves worldwide, partnering with industry leaders like Domino's, JD Sports and McDonald's.

We are seeking a highly skilled full stack engineer with a strong background in full-stack development to join our 'rapid delivery' team. This team has a mixed remit ranging from 2nd line support, iterating on our self-serve offering to rapid (small) feature delivery. As a member of this 4-5 person strong team you will leverage your expertise in TypeScript, Express, Node.js, Next.js, SQL, and React to build and enhance our platform.

You should be comfortable assisting customers occasionally and enjoy tackling challenging problems with a focus on effective and timely solutions. The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, embraces challenges, and is ambitious with a startup mentality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack integrations and applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, and SQL.
• Build and manage internal tooling, working closely with our amazing support team to plan and build the tools that will allow them to deliver a world-class service for our customers.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve processes, practices, and tools, with a focus on efficiency and scalability.
• Provide cross-functional technical guidance and support both internally across the company and externally with customers, ensuring clear communication and timely follow-through.
• Assist customers on technical calls as needed, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills and a focus on customer success.

Requirements

About you

We’re looking for someone who is proactive, willing to push boundaries, and can work independently as well as collaboratively. In addition you will have:

• Ambition & Drive: A self-starter who is eager to learn, takes initiative, and possesses a growth mindset. Willingness to tackle tough challenges and contribute meaningfully to the success of the team and company.
• Full-stack Development & Integrations: Extensive experience with TypeScript (including React, Next.js, Express, and Node.js), SQL, and building seamless integrations with external systems. Proficiency in a statically-typed backend language such as Scala or Java.
• Identity & Access Management: Understanding of SCIM for user provisioning and identity management, as well as SAML 2.0 and Single Sign-On protocols. Must be capable of effectively implementing and troubleshooting SSO and SCIM integrations.
• High-Quality Code: Proven track record of writing clean, testable, and maintainable code that meets high standards of software quality. A developer who consistently levels-up the code base.
• Problem-Solving & Scalability: Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop scalable and durable features in high-availability environments.
• Adaptability & Communication: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with excellent communication skills to support both internal teams and external customers. Must be able to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences effectively.
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Grafana and other monitoring tools.
• Prior experience with Scala and Java is a plus.

Benefits

Why Blink?

You will have the opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, and meaningful. Most importantly, you’ll work for a company with a strong purpose, with an ambitious and supportive team embarking on a journey most start-ups can only dream of!

Benefits include:

• Employee stock options on starting and additional high performer grants annually, ensuring everyone shares in the value we’re creating.
• 25 days’ leave + public holidays.
• Additional time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Private healthcare with AXA.
• 3% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5%.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Social events (lunches, breakfasts, nights out).
• Enhanced parental leave.
  

At Blink, we're committed to creating an inclusive and diverse culture where our people feel they truly belong. We value and respect individual differences, so all applications will receive fair and equal consideration without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or age.