About Bark
Bark is revolutionising the way people find professionals in over 1,000 unique categories. As the UK's largest and fastest-growing services marketplace, we're on a mission to make finding the right professional quick and easy. With a presence in eleven countries and plans for further expansion, joining us at this genuinely exciting time will be a journey like no other.
Our cutting-edge technology ensures that you can always find the best professional for any job. With a talented team of over 250 dedicated individuals, we're committed to providing exceptional service and ensuring that our customers are satisfied every step of the way. This is an exciting time to join our scaling business, we recently placed in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024.
As a profitable scale-up, Bark is in a unique position to offer the best of both worlds; the excitement and agility of a start up combined with the financial security and backing of a renowned private equity firm, EMK Capital. You'll have ownership, agility, responsibility and stimulation without any of the worry.
*Please note you must be based in Spain to be considered for this fully remote role
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Frontend-leaning 80%) to join our growing monetisation squad. You’ll play a pivotal role in evolving our customer-facing product, crafting high-quality, performant, and accessible user interfaces while still contributing across our backend systems when needed.
Our small, highly agile team values experimentation, rapid iteration, and data-driven decision-making, whether it’s running A/B tests, building prototypes, or refining polished features. You’ll collaborate closely with designers and product managers to bring ideas to life, ensuring our frontend experiences are not just functional, but delightful and impactful.
While this role requires you to work across the stack, your primary focus will be on the frontend, translating design concepts into production-ready code, enhancing our UI architecture, and ensuring our web applications are scalable and performant.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain elegant, responsive, and high-performing frontend experiences using React and TypeScript
Translate UX/UI designs into production-quality interfaces that work seamlessly across devices and browsers
Collaborate with product managers and designers to create and refine prototypes for usability testing, A/B experiments, and MVP launches
Contribute to backend services and APIs where needed, particularly when integrating new frontend features
Optimise web performance and accessibility, ensuring our products are fast, inclusive, and meet best practices
Develop well-structured, maintainable code, and proactively suggest improvements to our codebase and architecture
Work with databases and APIs to deliver dynamic, data-rich experiences
Mentor and support other engineers, sharing knowledge and encouraging best practices across the team
Help shape technology decisions as we modernise our stack, influencing frontend architecture and tooling choices
Required Skills and Experience
5+ years of professional development experience, with 4+ years in React
Strong proficiency with TypeScript and modern frontend development practices (component-driven development, state management, testing frameworks)
Experience designing and building scalable, user-facing web applications
Comfort working across the stack with Python for backend development
Experience with API integration and creation (REST or GraphQL)
Strong understanding of web performance optimisation and accessibility standards
Production experience with relational databases (MySQL or similar) and strong SQL skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Desired skills and experience
Experience with Python frameworks, ideally FastAPI
Familiarity with AWS and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/Fargate)
Knowledge of queues and messaging systems (SQS, RabbitMQ, Kafka)
Experience with other data stores like Elasticsearch or MongoDB
A keen eye for design details and user experience principles
Perks and Benefits
- Fully remote working
- Personal annual L&D Budgets with 600€ to spend on your development
- Being at the forefront of an industry with new and exciting problems to solve
Interview Process
- Screening Call with Talent Partner (30 mins)
- 1st Stage - Hiring Manager Stage (30 mins)
- 2nd Stage - Technical Task (60 mins)
- 3rd Stage - Values interview (30/45 mins)
Diversity Statement
At Bark, we are a platform for people, revolutionising the way professionals and individuals connect since 2014. Our culture is defined by excitement, ambition, and a commitment to raising the bar. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) and are dedicated to embedding these principles into everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, and our focus is on hiring, retaining and developing a globally diverse workforce that is passionate about excelling our platform and supporting our customers succeed. Be part of our dynamic team, where bold ideas thrive, and create a future worth shouting about.
