Full Stack Developer

Job Title

Full Stack Developer

Salary

£60k-£80k + Equity

Company Description

Tab is a YC-backed London startup building a high-scale payments and discovery platform for independent tourism businesses worldwide.

Job Description

Join a profitable, lean team of nine as one of Tab's first developers. You will build and scale a payments platform processing 100 currencies and a discovery engine listing 100,000+ businesses. Working across Svelte and Python (FastAPI/Django), you'll tackle challenges like 10x scaling, real-time transaction processing, and autonomous product development.

Location

London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

Join a YC-backed (W15) startup that has successfully achieved profitability and sustainability while navigating the global travel market's recovery.

Enjoy immense autonomy as one of the first engineers on a flat team, influencing both the technical architecture and product direction.

Work on a high-impact platform that processes thousands of real-time payments per hour across 100 currencies with near-zero downtime.

What You Will Do

Develop and scale backend services using Python, FastAPI, and Django to handle a 10x increase in payment volume and transaction complexity.

Build and iterate on modern, responsive user interfaces using Svelte and TypeScript for a discovery platform serving millions of global travellers.

Architect and maintain robust cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance for critical payments systems.

The ideal candidate

Has at least 4 years of full-stack experience building web applications with an object-oriented language and modern frontend frameworks like Svelte or React.

Demonstrates proficiency across the entire stack, including Python backend services, PostgreSQL databases, and cloud infrastructure on AWS.

Enjoys a fast-paced environment where they can move quickly, design with intent, mentor junior members, and apply the right tool to every job.