Engineering | Grip

Summary

As a Front-End Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building and shipping across a wide range of platforms and languages at Grip. All with the aim of delighting our customers with a highly functional platform and a great user experience for millions of event organisers and participants all over the world.
The role will involve working closely with colleagues in our Product and Engineering teams to build software features used in a wide variety of professional events both in-person and online.

Who are we?

At Grip, we''re on a mission to connect people, ideas and opportunities. Our leading AI-powered Event Success Platform for Interaction Lead trade shows, conferences enables our clients to create Virtual, Hybrid, and Live experiences in a single platform.

Grip works with 12 out of 20 of the largest Event Organisers globally and is known for its revolutionary matchmaking engine, used to establish millions of valuable connections at thousands of events. We combine this with smooth UX and a seamless UI to create a familiar and branded experience at every event our product is used.

We completed our $13M Series A in 2021 led by Kennet Partners, a well-known London-based VC Fund. Other investors at Grip include leading entrepreneurs Brent Hoberman (CEO and Founder at Lastminute.com, Made.com, Founders Factory), Arnaud Massenet (Co-Founder at Net-a-Porter), and Jeremy Roche (FinancialForce, Unit4)

Core Responsibilities:

Work closely with our Product and Engineering team to design, build and ship new features from scratch across a wide range of platforms and languages.
Take independent ownership of tasks and see them through from start to finish.
Ensure our apps are stable, secure and performant.
Support the business by identifying and resolving deficiencies in the platform.

Grip Benefits

Work from Home / Hybrid working possibilities
Private Health Cash Plan
Company Training Sponsorship Programme
Enhanced and Inclusive Paid Parental Leave
25 holiday days per annum
Sabbatical and Volunteer Leave days
Kind, fun and ambitious company culture

Experience and Skills:

Technical degree or equivalent practical experience in software development
Strong verbal and written communications skills with the unique ability to communicate complicated topics clearly to technical and non-technical team members
Ability to understand issues quickly, think logically and break down requirements into testable units
3+ Years of relevant work experience, as a software engineer working with a number of frontend systems such as:
- Programming Languages: Typescript, Javascript
- Frameworks: Angular, React, Vue or similar.
Bonus points:
- Experience with Angular and/or RxJS