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title: 'Senior Engineer at Checkatrade'
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# Senior Engineer at Checkatrade

- **Company:** Checkatrade
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/checkatrade/f568cd53-fdb1-4e05-9c54-0ab33c6ec4a8

## Job description

As our next Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in helping us build the UK's go-to home improvement marketplace. You'll join the Media team that owns Checkatrade's advertising business: the ad platform behind campaign management, auctions, attribution, billing and our external ad tech integrations, plus the Matching APIs that decide which trades a homeowner actually sees when they search. One drives revenue, the other drives engagement, and you'll work across both. Our repos carry agent context files, custom agents, skills and commands that the team builds and maintains. If that's the bet you want to be part of, read on.

Forget long lists, here's what you'll actually spend your time on:

- Ship production services with a direct line to revenue: you write it, you ship it, you watch it run.
- Own the commercial surface, building systems where observability, correctness and latency translate straight into revenue.
- Own the matching logic that decides which trades homeowners see, where relevance translates directly into trust.
- Use coding agents aggressively day to day, and push the tooling further: better repo context, better agents, better skills, so the whole company moves faster, not just you.
- Raise the bar on craft: review PRs, share your technical knowledge, and kill bad patterns before they spread.
- Sit close to Product and Commercial, turning a revenue goal into a technical plan, and don't be afraid to push back when the plan doesn't hold up.

It's not about ticking every box. It's about turning up curious, ready to crack on. You'll do well here if you bring:

- Several years shipping backend services you owned end-to-end, ideally in TypeScript/Node, with real architectural trade-offs made, lived with, and learned from.
- Sharp data and API instincts (schemas that survive change, migrations run without drama, contracts treated as promises) plus comfort with asynchronous systems: queues, events, scheduled jobs, and a healthy respect for what goes wrong with them.
- Care about correctness where it counts: you've built something where a bug meant money moved incorrectly, and you build differently because of it. Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD hold no fear, and logs, traces and metrics go in as you build, not after the first incident.
- An AI-native workflow: Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot or similar as part of how you build day to day (or the hunger to get there fast), and a bias for action: you'd rather ship something useful this week than wait for next quarter, and you're someone people want to work with.

We believe great work deserves great rewards. Here's just a taste:

- Competitive salary + annual bonus or commission (role dependent)
- Health, well-being and learning support
- Monthly meal vouchers
- Home office allowance
- Medical + Pension scheme

How we'll get to know each other:

- Recruiter screen with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners
- 1st stage interview with the Hiring Manager
- 2nd stage interview with two Senior Engineers from the team
- 3rd stage interview with Leadership

If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we'd love to hear from you, even if you don't tick every box.

Want to join our Talent Community and be one of the first to know about our vacancies? Register your interest on our Registration Form: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/checkatrade/form/register-interest

## About us

We’re Checkatrade – the UK’s leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.

We’re growing fast, with big plans to become the go-to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you’ll fit right in.

## About Checkatrade

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Checkatrade is the UK’s leading online marketplace connecting homeowners with thoroughly vetted tradespeople for home repairs and improvements.
- **Entity Type**: Private – backed by private equity firm Brookfield with ambitious growth plans.
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom (with a major office in Portsmouth).
- **Founded**: 1998
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Internet Marketplace Platforms / Home Services
- **Target customers**: Two-sided marketplace – B2C (homeowners) and B2B (tradespeople, from sole traders to larger firms).
- **Mission statement**: “To be the trusted foundation of every home by connecting people with trades and tools to make home improvements easy – because we believe safe and happy homes improve lives, support livelihoods, and build communities.”

## Products & Services
- **[Checkatrade Platform]**: A web and mobile marketplace where homeowners can find, compare, and book tradespeople. All tradespeople pass a 12‑point vetting process and are continually rechecked. Every job is backed by a £1,000 guarantee. The platform hosts over 6 million verified reviews and supports fixed‑price booking for simpler jobs. The company is investing in AI‑first tools to improve user journeys and matching.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (privately held, backed by Brookfield).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of £29.7 M (LinkedIn data, +2.4% YoY headcount growth to 409 employees).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Brookfield (private equity partner providing growth capital); also partners with brands like TradePoint (10% discount for trades).
- **Growth Signals**: Increasing job postings (+37.5% MoM, +100% QoQ); active in 12 countries; expanding product and engineering teams; heavy investment in AI and digital capabilities.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Trust & Reputation**: Over 25 years of brand equity – a household name in the UK. The 12‑point vetting process and £1,000 guarantee create a strong trust moat difficult for new entrants to replicate.
- **Scale of Reviews**: 6+ million verified reviews provide rich data for quality matching and consumer confidence.
- **Dual‑Sided Network Effects**: The more homeowners use the platform, the more tradespeople join, and vice versa – a classic marketplace flywheel.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI‑Powered Transformation**: Embracing AI to build smarter matching, improve customer experience, and drive operational efficiency.
- **Scaling the Marketplace**: Backed by Brookfield, the company is investing in product, engineering, and data teams to accelerate growth and expand beyond the core UK market.
- **Deepening Customer Obsession**: Aligning all teams (R&D, Commercial, Business Services) around the “Customer‑Obsessed” value to improve retention and lifetime value.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: “All‑In”, “Customer‑Obsessed”, and “AI‑Powered” guide decision‑making. Teams are described as gritty, collaborative, and ambitious.
- **Work‑Life Balance**: Generous annual leave, flexible holiday trading, enhanced parental leave, birthday and volunteer days off.
- **Health & Wellbeing**: Private medical cover, 24/7 GP access, cash plan, mental health support, gym perks.
- **Financial & Lifestyle**: Enhanced pension, life cover, salary sacrifice schemes (EV, nursery, cycle to work), and discounts.
- **Office Environment**: High‑spec offices in London (City Point near Moorgate/Liverpool Street) and Portsmouth (lakeside campus). Modern, collaborative spaces with free breakfasts, weekly lunches, and regular social events.
- **Growth Potential**: Rapidly scaling company with clear roadmap; opportunities for internal mobility and professional development.

## Sources
1. [checkatrade.com](https://www.checkatrade.com/) – Official site with product and trust information.
2. [careers.checkatrade.com](https://careers.checkatrade.com/) – Careers page with culture, values, benefits, and team descriptions.
3. [uk.linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/checkatrade) – LinkedIn company page with employee count, revenue, funding background, and recent job trends.
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/checkatrade) – Active job listings and team structure.

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