We all know that irrespective of income, we can be bad at managing our money.
More than 16m people in the UK have less than £100 in savings. 28% of
UK adults have nothing at all in the bank. Yes, it’s mind-boggling! But
what makes money management hard? The answer is friction, temptation
and mediocre existing solutions.
We're working on making personal finance smart, fun and simple
through a quirky bot that, right now, helps thousands of people saving
money without having to think about it. In fact, we've hit £1 million in
savings recently.
We've very recently closed an over-subscribed £700k crowdfunding
round in 5 days, led by 500 Startups and we're looking to grow our tech
team (3 people right now) with a Web Engineer to own our React frontend
and really take it to the next level.
Plum is available on Messenger and the web, and our dashboard is
embedded in Messenger using webviews. We use Redux for state management
but we're open in exploring other alternatives like MobX. We're also
looking into React Native for building iOS and Android apps.
Is this role for you?
You'll fit right in if you enjoy working without rigid processes in
place and accept that, at an early stage startup, "getting it done" is
more important that "getting it perfect".
We don't care about schools or degrees – we're looking for passion, a
good sense of design and an affection towards the customer. We'll need
you to hit the ground running so past experience in shipping React
applications used by lots of users is essential.
You will be joining a team very early on as it is embarking on a
journey to define its product. As a consequence, you will have
unparalleled influence in our future direction. You need to be
comfortable with this.
We like to work with people that think like entrepreneurs and really
want to build and own something. This company will be your company and
you will have to make the decisions needed to make it great.
Perks
- Company stock options
- 28 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays)
- A beautiful co-working space (Shack 15) in the heart of Shoreditch with a cafe, bar and ping-pong table
- Team breakfast