Hybrid Software Engineer

at Trustpilot

• Job title: Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, DynamoDB, JavaScript, Node.js, Postgres, React, SQL, Terraform, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

About the role

• Software Engineer I at Trustpilot working on backend services for fraud detection systems. Integrating detection models and maintaining internal tools within a hybrid team.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend services that process high volumes of event-driven data for fraud and misuse detection (SNS, SQS, Lambda)
• Integrating detection models produced by our Data Science team into scalable enforcement pipelines
• Maintaining and improving internal React frontends used by our investigations team
• Contributing to infrastructure decisions using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Participating in incident response, performance debugging, and database query optimisation (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)

Requirements

• TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js backend development — not just familiarity, but services you've owned end-to-end
• Relational and non-relational databases (SQL concepts, query optimisation, understanding of when to use each)
• Asynchronous, event-driven systems — you've worked with message queues or async processing patterns, and understand why they matter at scale
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) — you've deployed and operated services, not just provisioned a free-tier bucket
• React — enough to be productive on an internal tooling frontend
• You don't need to have seen everything, but you should have genuine production experience behind the skills you list.

Benefits

• A range of flexible working options to dedicate time to what matters to you
• Competitive compensation package + bonus
• 25 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 days after 2 years of employment
• Two (paid) volunteering days a year to spend your time giving back to the causes that matter to you and your community
• Rich learning and development opportunities are supported through the Trustpilot Academy and Blinkist
• Pension and life insurance
• Health cash plan, online GP, 24/7 Employee Assistance Plan
• Full access to Headspace, a popular mindfulness app to promote positive mental health
• Paid parental leave
• Season ticket loan and a cycle-to-work scheme
• Central office location complete with all the snacks and refreshments you can ask for
• Regular opportunities to connect and get to know your fellow Trusties, including company-wide celebrations and events, ERG activities, and team socials
• Access to over 4,000 deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, fitness, cinema discounts, and more.