Software Engineer

Dealstack is on a mission to power private equity. Today, there is no purpose-built tech in place to power the world of private equity. Dealmaking is manual, chaotic and backward. Dealstack is a SaaS platform that puts an end to these outdated practices, setting a new collaboration standard in the industry. Dealstack is built by PE, for PE. Founded by experienced professionals from within the industry, our products sit at the intersection of SaaS, fintech and legaltech.Dealstack has an ambitious, multi-product roadmap. The first product went live in 2023. It allows private equity professionals to easily onboard and maintain investment programmes. Following strong commercial traction from leading industry players, we are looking for an ambitious individual, with proven software engineering skills and experience working for a high growth software company. The role presents an exciting opportunity to build and deliver innovation to a fast-moving industry.2+ years of commercial experience as a software engineer working on both FE & BEWilling to work remotely (UK business hours) with our team on a regular basis.Interested in working with fresh tech stack and being part of the independent teamInterested in working with actual engineering problems rather than facing malfunctioning corporate proceduresInterested in fintech and SaaS, ideally private equityWorks cleanly with a value of writing collaborative code firstOpinionated and passionate. We like people who have strong opinions about their workYou will be joining the development team with experienced people helping to choose the best business-tech solution providing unique experience to ship new features both on FE and BEYou will be shipping new features while maintaining high standards in code qualityYou will work in a small team where we focus on quality over quantity and excellence over speedYou will have a voice to work with other senior developers on technical choices. We run a meritocracy where all can be heard and the best ideas win outYou will explore areas including graph theory and visualization, document parsing with machine learning and instrument calculationsWorking with "Agile" methodology but not SCRUM. We believe that tools are to help us rather than blindly follow themHaving time to plan and think before actual implementation. We believe to deliver proper software it is not only coding but also thinking how to do soBuilding modern UI based of components using attractive tools and libraries in React and working on BE using Node.js and Nest.js Architecting FE with modern and variety BE communication including classic API, tRPC, GraphQL, WebSocketWorking with team where there is a healthy balance between speed & perfect quality. Stability is our primary goal but also in terms of maintainabilityYou possess solid knowledge of Node.js, React.js – these are our main and only FE& BE frameworksTypeScript - we are using TypeScript at sophisticated levelAbility to use Figma from developer perspectiveUnderstanding what state management is (available solutions for React.js)Past experience with PostgreSQL, Jest and Playwright preferredDevops experience valuedExperience or at least understanding of work at the product-based companyHaving engineer mindset, ability to understand problems without going too deep in terms of low levelComfortable with working in a team environment. e.g Pair programmingVery strong communication, influencing and presentation skills, with a deep sense of personal excellence and accountabilityInternational experience and knowledge; cultural sensitivity and ability to work across multiple markets / culturesPositive, mature approach to problem solvingHigh EQ and interpersonal skills, with an ability to read and respond to complex and challenging situationsTeam player with a desire and ability to function in a fun, flexible, changing environmentSpeak very good English (on daily basis)