Senior Software Engineer Full Stack (Remote)

Our story:

Every year millions of people are either filing their taxes in fear or giving up on their tax refund altogether. We’re working on fixing that. Our intuitive app enables anyone, regardless of education or background, to file their taxes with newfound confidence.

Spread across Germany, Spain and the UK, the team at Taxfix Group with its brands Taxfix, Steuerbot and TaxScouts, is a compassionate group of solution-finders. We speak our minds openly, and with over 400 professionals, including tax experts, developers, and IT security experts, we’re rich in ideas and voices. The group has facilitated more than 3.5 billion euros in tax refunds for its customers since its founding in 2016

Your challenge:

As our Senior Software Engineer within the Returning User Experience team, you’ll have the flexibility to work remotely or from our modern office. You’ll play a pivotal role in developing key features for our flagship product, ensuring high performance, scalability, and adherence to best practices. Collaborating with product management, design, and other engineering teams, you’ll help shape the technical direction of the product, mentor junior team members, and contribute to maintaining a healthy codebase by resolving technical debt.

Your responsibilities and decisions:

• Develop and deliver key features for our flagship product, ensuring performance and scalability.

• Redesign or optimize existing architecture to improve efficiency and responsiveness.

• Actively mentor less senior engineers, providing feedback during code reviews.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring features align with business and customer requirements.

• Lead initiatives to uphold high-quality code standards, including code reviews and testing practices.

• Identify and resolve technical debt to maintain a sustainable and clean codebase.

Your profile:

• Strong experience with JavaScript and TypeScript, with the ability to build scalable web applications.

• Proficient in backend development using Node.js.

• Expertise in frontend development with React and React Native.

• Solid knowledge of SQL for designing and maintaining efficient databases.

• Balanced expertise between frontend and backend, with a slight preference for backend development.

• You are a diversity champion.

• Nice to have: experience with Google Cloud Platform, familiarity with Golang, and knowledge of MongoDB.

Why Taxfix?

• A chance to do meaningful, people-centric work with an international team of passionate professionals.

• Holistic well-being with free mental health coaching sessions and yoga.

• A monthly allowance to spend on an extensive range of services that you can use and roll over as flexibly as you like.

• Employee stock options for all employees—because everyone deserves to benefit from the success they help to create.

• Dedicated relocation and visa support for those that need it.

• 30 annual vacation days and flexible working hours.

• Work from abroad for up to six weeks every year. Just align with your team, and then enjoy your trip.

• Plenty of opportunities to socialise as a team. In addition to internal tech meetups, our international team hosts regular get-togethers—virtually and in person when possible.

• Free tax declaration filing, of course, through the Taxfix app—and internal support for all personal tax-related questions.

• Have a four-legged friend in your life? We’re happy to have dogs join us in the office.

Excited? So are we. Learn more about Team Taxfix on our blog and get a glimpse of our culture.

At Taxfix, we believe that incredible things happen when you have a wealth of perspectives and experiences. We’re proudly committed to equal employment and development opportunities no matter your gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, colour, disability, or place of origin. To help mitigate any potential unconscious biases, we ask that you refrain from including your picture, age, or marital status on your CV. Let your experiences speak for themselves.

Not sure if you meet all the requirements for this role? Please apply anyway. You might bring something special to the team that we hadn’t considered previously.