Full Stack Developer at Tab
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Compensation
- £60k-£80k + Equity
Tab is revolutionising the travel industry with a high-scale payments and discovery platform already supporting over 100,000 independent tourism businesses across 100 currencies. Having achieved profitability as a YC-backed startup, they are now scaling their lean, London-based engineering team to handle 10x transaction growth using a modern Svelte and Python stack.
As one of the first developers, you’ll enjoy a high level of autonomy, £60k-£80k salary plus equity, and a culture that values technical excellence, pair programming, and agile collaboration in a flat-structured environment.
What's the next step?
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Role overview
Join a profitable, lean team of nine as one of Tab’s first developers. You will build and scale a payments platform processing 100 currencies and a discovery engine listing 100,000+ businesses. Working across Svelte and Python (FastAPI/Django), you’ll tackle challenges like 10x scaling, real-time transaction processing, and autonomous product development.
About Tab
Fintech · 10-20 employees
Tab (tab.travel) powers bookings and payments for tourism businesses across 50+ countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia — from boutique hotels to activity operators, helping them accept card payments from guests online, in advance, or in person, in any currency. We focus on emerging destinations where getting paid is genuinely hard. Backed by Y Combinator and trusted by thousands of businesses, we’ve already helped millions of travellers pay easily in over 100 currencies.
What you will do
- Develop and scale backend services using Python, FastAPI, and Django to handle a 10x increase in payment volume and transaction complexity.
- Build and iterate on modern, responsive user interfaces using Svelte and TypeScript for a discovery platform serving millions of global travellers.
- Architect and maintain robust cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability, security, and performance for critical payments systems.
Who this is a fit for
- Has at least 4 years of full-stack experience building web applications with an object-oriented language and modern frontend frameworks like Svelte or React.
- Demonstrates proficiency across the entire stack, including Python backend services, PostgreSQL databases, and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
- Enjoys a fast-paced environment where they can move quickly, design with intent, mentor junior members, and apply the right tool to every job.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a YC-backed (W15) startup that has successfully achieved profitability and sustainability while navigating the global travel market’s recovery.
- Enjoy immense autonomy as one of the first engineers on a flat team, influencing both the technical architecture and product direction.
- Work on a high-impact platform that processes thousands of real-time payments per hour across 100 currencies with near-zero downtime.
How Jack & Jill work together
What happens next?
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If your profile’s a match and Tab wants to meet, Jill will make the intro. In the meantime, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.