You will join a high-impact engineering team of eight, building a full-stack platform that automates UK immigration. Working across TypeScript, React, and AWS, you’ll ship code ten times daily to solve complex logic and data modeling challenges. This role is pivotal in scaling Borderless as it expands into new international markets and sectors.
Senior Software Engineer at Borderless
Join Borderless, a high-growth London startup backed by Backed VC and Entrepreneur First, as they revolutionize the broken global immigration system. Working in a small, elite engineering team, you'll build AI-powered automation tools using TypeScript and React to simplify UK visa sponsorship for thousands. With a fast-paced environment deploying 10+ times daily, this is a unique opportunity to own core product features, integrate cutting-edge LLMs, and help build a world where borders are no longer barriers to ambition.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Borderless
Role overview
Software Development11-50 employees
We believe in a world where borders are no longer barriers, where anyone can move anywhere seamlessly and safely. That’s why we’re building a global immigration platform, empowering ambitious businesses and individuals across the world.
Since launching in 2023, we’ve helped hundreds of businesses and thousands of workers simplify the complexity of immigration. Combining technology and human expertise, our platform streamlines the UK sponsorship process, demystifying complex legacy processes saving customers time, money and headache.
What you will do
- Develop and maintain the core Borderless platform using TypeScript, React (NextJS), and Node.js to serve candidates, businesses, and internal teams.
- Design and scale complex PostgreSQL data models to ensure high performance and extensibility as the product expands into new global jurisdictions.
- Integrate advanced LLM and AI capabilities to automate document classification and extraction, significantly reducing manual overhead for international visa applicants and employers.
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses 4–7+ years of professional engineering experience with a deep mastery of the full-stack: TypeScript, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
- Demonstrates a proven track record of shipping fast and owning features end-to-end within the fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment of an early-stage startup.
- Displays strong architectural thinking, especially regarding asynchronous workloads via AWS SQS and the tradeoffs between speed-to-market and long-term technical stability.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a mission-driven team backed by Backed VC and Entrepreneur First, solving one of the most significant friction points in the global economy.
- Work at the cutting edge of AI implementation, building LLM-driven document classifiers and security tools that redefine how immigration paperwork is handled.
- Benefit from a culture of high ownership and speed, deploying to production multiple times daily within a small, elite engineering squad of roughly eight people.
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