We’re the Moonpig Group – home to Moonpig, Greetz, Red Letter Days and Buyagift – and we’re on a mission to make people feel loved, celebrated and remembered. Whether it’s a card that gets them laughing out loud or a gift that makes their day, we help people stay close, no matter the miles.
We’re proud to be leading the online gifting revolution, with brilliant products, clever tech and a whole lot of heart. Our platform makes it easy to create moments that matter – packed with personal touches and delivered with care.
We’re not just about selling cards or gifts – we’re here to spread joy, spark smiles and make every celebration feel extra special. And with values that guide how we work and support one another, we’ve built a place where people (and ideas) can truly thrive.
If you’re looking to make an impact, bring your spark and be part of something meaningful – we’d love to have you on the team. 🌙🐷
Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) |📍Manchester/London | 💰Competitive Salary + Benefits
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Discover team at Moonpig. Discover helps millions of customers navigate and explore a huge catalogue of products, making it easy to create meaningful moments with the people they love.You’ll work on highly scalable, resilient systems using AWS serverless and modern React-based technologies, building customer-facing experiences that really matter. Working closely with multiple teams across Moonpig, this role offers the chance to learn quickly, shape ideas, and deliver high-quality features at scale.
Our expectations of our Senior Software Engineers:
Good engineering comes first - You’ll have a great technical knowledge base and the experience to know what works and what doesn’t. We expect you to apply these skills in making the right decisions and applying best practices wherever possible.Technical mentoring and leadership - You’ll be collaborative, inclusive and spreading knowledge wherever possible. People will be looking up to you for technical guidance and part of your role will be to help them on that journey. You will also be responsible for creating the right forums to drive engineering principles and practices across all of engineering. You have the autonomy to drive decisions, but it’s your responsibility to ensure everyone is involved. Community Mindset - Engage with the engineering community within Moonpig, sharing knowledge and contributing to the continuous improvement of our practices.Culture and Advocacy - You will play a key role in contributing to a supportive, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture. This includes encouraging knowledge sharing, creating opportunities for collaboration and learning, and helping to represent and advocate for our values both within the organisation and in the wider community. This is important to us because we believe in growing and succeeding together.
Key Responsibilities
Be part of a cross-functional team designing, implementing, and A/B testing new features to improve the customer experienceUse agile principles to scope, track, and deliver work effectivelyContribute to ideation and roadmap planning, sharing ideas to improve how we serve our customersOwn back-end integrations with our content engine, building and maintaining AWS-based infrastructureBuild and maintain customer-facing front-end features using React and GraphQLWrite clean, well-structured code using AWS, Terraform, Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, React, and GitHub for source control and CI/CDBuild appropriate tests to ensure code safety and quality across the codebaseApply and champion software engineering best practices within the teamWork closely with client teams to support their integration with our services, providing technical guidance and tailored solutionsActively coach and support colleagues, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharingEngage with the wider Moonpig engineering community, championing best practices across teams
About You
About YouYou thrive in highly collaborative environments and enjoy working closely with other engineersYou value pairing and mobbing as part of building high-performing teamsYou’re passionate about problem-solving and continuously improving processesYou care deeply about writing clean, maintainable code and applying best practices such as TDD and iterative developmentYou enjoy sharing knowledge and mentoring or coaching other engineersYou communicate clearly and confidently, adapting your style for technical and non-technical audiencesYou have strong experience with most of our tech stack, including AWS serverless, React, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, and Terraform
Our Tech Environment
Full-stack developmentAWS (serverless)ReactTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLTerraform
How We Get There
Collaborative, cross-functional teamsAgile delivery with a focus on experimentation and learningShared ownership of code quality, scalability, and resilienceContinuous improvement through feedback, coaching, and community
