Graduate Frontend Engineer

Acre is rebuilding the UK's £1.4 trillion mortgage market from the ground up, with a completely new, end-to-end management system for mortgages.

Our platform cuts out the unnecessary admin, pain and friction from buying a home. We're covering the entire journey, from figuring out what you can borrow, to getting your keys. We're guided both by the voice of real home buyers and by our close relationships with brokers, lenders and insurers.

Over the past year, mortgage submissions through our platform have grown by 200%, a clear sign that we're helping mortgage businesses scale faster and smarter. As we continue to grow, we're looking for ambitious people to join us in transforming the industry and shaping the future of home buying.

The start of 2026 has already been exciting, as Acre is now part of The ClearScore Group. This partnership strengthens our ability to innovate and deliver the best mortgage and protection platform.

The Role:

We are looking for a graduate with a passion for frontend development who wants to be a part of a fast-growing startup that is transforming the way we buy homes.

Your role will be to work closely with the engineering team to help build out platform in a manner that is highly reliable, consistent and secure. You will be highly motivated, be technology agnostic and be proud of the work you produce.

What you’ll be doing:

You’ll be joining our Frontend team who are responsible for the design, implementation and testing of the user interfaces that empowers consumers, brokers and operational functions to efficiently manage the home buying process.

As part of your role, you'll get the chance to work with modern and reliable frameworks and languages. You will have the chance to deep dive into React to write our components, use Typescript to make sure we have strongly typed Javascript, and Apollo and Context for our state management. These will be your bread and butter, but sometimes you will also come across some RxJS and some Handlebars, but not to worry, the team are on hand to help you.

You will be expected to write reusable, tested and efficient code that is always production ready and to be responsible for the whole lifecycle of the components you build.

Who you will be:

• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product.
• Have an understanding of automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Have an understanding of security and reliability concerns.
• Experience of a range of languages, frameworks and patterns.
• Have a 2:1 or higher degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or other scientific disciplines, or equivalent experience.

What we offer:

• A chance to make an impact within a high growth fintech start-up
• Monthly team social events, from trips to Brighton to Picnics in the park
• One week of free accommodation for those relocating
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to earn equity through our EMI option scheme
• Company laptop and supporting tech
• Private healthcare and a cash plan
• Pension contribution matched by Acre up to 4%
• Cycle to work scheme
• Breakfast, snacks and drinks provided in our vibrant Shoreditch office

We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team that are passionate about what they do. If you want to join a team that is tackling a big problem space, then we’d love to hear from you.

We’re eager to receive applications from all backgrounds, including from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

Our hiring process:

If you’re ambitious and want to make a difference to the mortgage market, join us. We’re a fully funded, early-stage Fintech start-up in a unique position to make an impact.

Step 1 - Get in touch:

Whether you’re in dev or design, marketing or management, if you see a job that makes you go “I’m perfect for that role”, we’d love to hear from you. Fire over your application and our team will get in touch if you’re a good fit.(We usually get back in a few days. Nobody likes an agonising wait.)

Step 2 - Let’s chat:

If we like what we see, we’ll set up a quick, very informal chat to talk about your work experience, skills, and really just get to know you a bit better. Feel free to come armed with loads of questions!

Step 3 - Put your skills on show:

After that, we'll usually ask you to complete a short task. Don’t sweat this part, we just want to see how you approach projects and solve problems.

Step 4 - Meet your future colleagues:

Once you’ve smashed your task, we'll set up one last interview with your future colleagues and senior leadership. There we’ll chat through your task or technical exercise and talk in a bit more detail about the role you’re applying for.

Step 5 - Pop that cork!

Boom! Sign those dotted lines, give everybody the highest of fives and update your LinkedIn profile because it’s time to start helping us rewrite the rules of the mortgage industry. We can’t wait for you to join us.

Our perks:

At Acre Platforms, we are committed to creating an enjoyable and fulfilling work environment for all of our team members. That's why we offer a variety of company perks to help make your time at Acre as enjoyable as possible. Some of the perks you can expect when joining our team include:

Share options:

At Acre, We believe in sharing the success of the company with our team members. That's why we offer employee share options through an EMI Option Scheme so everyone has a direct stake.

Remote work options:

Flexible working hours and remote work options for employees to balance work and personal life.

Pension:

Automatic enrolment to our Aviva pension scheme and we’ll match up to 4% contributions, but of course you can pay as much in as you’d like.

Learn on the job:

Get access to Pluralsight as soon as you join, plus regular lunch & learns on everything from tech to design to business. And, if you want, you can join us at events and meetups too.

Health insurance:

Relax knowing you have access to Bupa private medical insurance and a medical cash plan for added security.

Home office budget:

We offer a generous home office budget to help our employees create a comfortable and productive work environment.

Regular socials:

All work and no play isn't the way here. Our monthly socials could be anything from darts to shows to poker. You’ll also find we love a lunch and pub outing too!

Cycle to work scheme:

Save the planet, get some exercise and avoid the dreaded rush hour tube by spreading the cost of a new bike with our cycle to work scheme.