Checka-Who?
We’re full steam ahead on our dynamic digital journey, taking part in serious transformation, and world-class innovation. We are a truly agile two-sided marketplace; we get excited by innovation and invest heavily in the latest tech and our people who bring it to life. So, if you are a top-notch tech who can’t wait a second longer to succeed at a fast-paced dot com, we’d love to hear from you.
About us
We’re here to make home repairs and improvements easy for everyone. Our vision is to make Checkatrade the number one place homeowners go to get their jobs done by quality tradespeople. 25 years in business and growing, today we are modern online marketplace with a roadmap for success. In fact, we are looking to quadruple in size over the next few years. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. That could be you!
We’ve built the UK’s leading brand, expanded our membership base and are experiencing record numbers of homeowner demand. Behind this is a dynamic digital journey and an impressive inhouse team of over 150 across Product Engineering, DevOps, Transformation, Product, and Data & Insights.
We are owned by Brookfield who are committed to heavily investing in our people, products, systems, and technology. This means we are on a continuous mission to build a high-performing, delivery-focused organisation, a beacon for developers and other techies alike at all levels who value meaningful career growth. Sound good?
Talk Tech to me
You’ll work on a cutting-edge tech stack built on Google Cloud (GCP). Some of the cool things we work on include the latest versions of .NET, C#, React Native, Appium, React, Typescript, JavaScript, Node, Google Cloud (GCP), Salesforce, NoSQL, Test automation, Shift-Left methodology, Docker, TDD, BDD, Full CI/CD, event driven architecture, serverless technologies and much more!
Our tech stack provides a solid foundation for our growth. To make the wheels turn faster, we are also integrating AI Technology and removing remaining legacy technology.
As a team, we run sprints, hackathons, and stand-ups but we don’t run away from a challenge. We thrive under pressure, fail fast, own it, get excited about it, learn from it, and deliver on it.
Websites: https://www.checkatrade.com/
Careers Website: https://careers.checkatrade.com/
Business Sector: Consumer Services and IT
Office Locations: Portsmouth (HQ) and London – hybrid working applies
Number of People: Circa 600 (circa 50% Female)
Employees in Technology: 140 (circa 23% female)
Leadership Team
CEO: Jambu Palaniappan
Chief People Officer: John Frith
CPO: Kim Faura
Chief of Staff: David White
CTO: Mal Minhas
CMO: Georgina Whalley
MD of Enterprise: Alanna Barron
Chief Growth Officer: Andy Harper
MD of Trade-Up: Melanie Waters
Women in Tech
We have an existing community of female tech talent across our engineering, data, product and UX teams. We are committed to driving a long-term WIT programme that sets an upward trend for all levels of intake. Some of the roles carried out by our brilliant females are:
Engineering Manager
Technical Programme Manager
React Developer
Software Engineer
Software Test Engineer
Product Manager
UX/ UI Designer
Reporting and Insights Manager
Data Analyst
Business Analyst
It Support Team Leader
Salesforce Developer
Junior Information Security Analyst
Don’t see a role that is right for you just now?
Why not join our diverse talent pool? Reach out to Laura Sheehan.
People matter
People first. People before the process. And both personally and professionally, we know it’s our people who matter most.
Stronger together
We don’t go it alone. And neither do you. Our strength is in our numbers and we see success by working together.
Do the right thing
We break boundaries, challenge the norm, and try different things. But whatever we do, and however we do it, we always do it right.
Own it
Whether it’s an idea, initiative, campaign, or conversation, we have the integrity to make it our own.
Think big
Starting small is good but thinking big is better. We see the bigger picture and we know that our thinking is limitless.
We sit down with Jess Madhavan, Engineering Manager at Checkatrade to share her own experiences of working both in the male-dominated tradesmen sector and the male-dominated tech world.
From Membership Advisor to Technical Program Manager, we are proud to share the Checkatrade success story of Jess.
As a growing tech business with exciting growth plans ahead, we’re pleased to share that we have been announced as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech.
We caught up with Kirsty, Checkatrade's new UX Designer, to hear about some of the things she has been working on since joining the company.
Depending on the role you apply for we use varied assessment methods to find a Checkatrade match. Following your initial chat with your recruiter, we’ll pull on a rounded three step recruitment process that reduces unconscious bias and enables you to showcase your skills, aptitudes, and behaviours. As much we are looking for the right match, we are also assessing your capacity to grow with us!
Attendees created solutions designed to make a real impact in women’s lives. These include ideas such as apps and web hosting solutions for finding the safest route home and ways to alert emergency contacts if you don’t make it home at the intended time.
We met with Jessica Berry at our IWD Hackathon. She talks us through how she ended up as a Technical Program Manager.
We’re passionate about supporting charity, community and the environment. We’re focused on volunteering and fundraising for our company charity of the year Dementia UK, sustainability with our #TeamGreen project and supporting community with Trade-Up Apprenticeship Programmes.
If you’d like to help us with fundraising for Dementia UK, please Donate now.
React
React Native
Typescript
Google Cloud (GCP)
Node.js
Docker
ShiftLeft
Salesforce
NoSQL
.NET
Babylon 24/7 Healthcare
Gym Membership
Pension
Smart Tech
Life Assurance
Study Leave
Electrical Vehicle Scheme
Wellness Cash Plan
Payroll Giving
Cycle to Work Scheme
Referral Scheme
Charity Leave
Company Parties and Events
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