Job Specifications
The Touch team is developing a next generation investment platform. We want to use technology to improve the way consumers access financial advice and manage their investments.
Are you passionate about development?
We're seeking developers at all career stages. Whether you have just over a year of experience or are a seasoned engineer, we have opportunities for you. Plus, we offer Go training for experienced engineers new to the language.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level, apply now!
The majority of existing platforms are still reliant on software and processes that aren’t capable of supporting today’s technology, so we started from scratch, developing a modern platform that is as efficient as possible.
We're building a mobile first investment app that lets advisers manage their clients' investments entirely through their Smartphone.
What you'll do:
Engage in the full software development lifecycle: requirements gathering with stakeholders, working as a team to build and test features, managing deployment and supporting the service in production.
Work as part of a distributed team made up of self-motivated and collaborative individuals. Much of our communication is remote and async so good communication skills are key.
Iteratively make improvements to a new product while aligning to our mutually agreed design and architectural principles.
Always looking for ways we can improve our product, processes and practices. We don’t like friction and waste.
Automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment. We are huge proponents of automation.
Working outside of your specialism when needed. While all our team members have a specialism, we don’t let that restrain us. Our engineers jump in to help get things done even in technologies out of their core competency.
What you'll have:
Excellent programming and problem solving skills. Required knowledge and skills include Git, Bash, Typescript or other typed languages, Vue or other front end JavaScript frameworks, as well as solid HTML, CSS (Sass) and JavaScript knowledge
Understanding of relevant software design patterns and paradigms, such as OOP, DDD, MVC, microservices, containers/orchestration or event-driven architecture
You create straightforward and well tested code.
You take ownership of tasks and problems, asking for help when needed to keep things moving.
Experience working with Investment or Pensions platforms would be an advantage
Our tools and technologies:
The below are all things that we are either currently using or have found to be a useful foundation when joining our team. Prior knowledge of them is not essential but would be beneficial to the role:
Vue (and related tools like Pinia, Vite and Vitest)
TypeScript
gRPC/proto
Other technologies we use include:
Go
Dart and Flutter
PostgreSQL
Docker & Kubernetes
Playwright
About AJ Bell
AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 644,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £103.3 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.
Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.
Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For’ for six consecutive years and in 2025 named a Great Place to Work®.
At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.
What We Offer
Competitive starting salary
Starting holiday entitlement of 25, increasing up to 31 days with length of service and a holiday buy and sell scheme
A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions
Discretionary bonus scheme
Annual free share awards scheme
Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
Health Cash Plan – provided by Simply Health
Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
Free gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme
Bike loan scheme
Sick pay+ pledge
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
Loans for travel season tickets
Death in service scheme
Paid time off for volunteer work
Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
Casual dress code
Access to a range of benefits from our sponsors
About the Company
AJ Bell was formed in 1995 and is now one of the leading online investment platforms in the UK. We provide customers and advisers with wide investment choice, low-cost delivery, market leading online functionality and first class service to help them manage investment portfolios within SIPPs, ISAs and Dealing accounts. We are a fast growing and profitable company, with over 593,000 customers and PS90.4 billion of assets under administration. We are part of the FTSE 250 on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
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