Location: [Hybrid – Chesterfield, Derbyshire | Remote]
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: £80k - £90k depending on experience
We are By Formal Invitation, a 12 month old startup, lead by two Co-founding brothers, on a mission to revolutionise the wedding industry! The wedding industry is our speciality, it’s the industry we know and love. We are highly driven entrepreneurs, both in our early-mid thirties, who have previously built and own our own award winning wedding venue, Stretton Manor Barn in Chesterfield. Stretton Manor Barn has been a huge success with an established team of 20 employees, as a venue we have just been awarded Best Barn Venue in the UK for the second year running at The Wedding Industry Awards 2025.
By Formal Invitation is our full time passion, a new tech SAAS product for wedding venues and suppliers, separate to our existing business. Our innovative platform connects wedding couples with potential venues and suppliers and offers planning tools, inspiration tools and management features never seen before in the industry. We have the resources to self fund development and our vision is to rapidly expand our product in the UK and USA later this year before rolling out features worldwide. The role will be predominantly working remotely, providing we aim to also have a day in our Chesterfield based office once or twice a week. If you thrive in an agile, startup environment and love solving complex technical challenges, this role is for you.
Lead Development: Take ownership of the technical stack, coding standards, and quality while leading the development of new features.
- Code Quality: Write clean, scalable, and efficient code while establishing and maintaining coding standards.
- Tackle technical challenges unique to the wedding industry, from real-time booking systems to AI-powered recommendations.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Expertise in NextJS & React on the frontend, and PHP & Laravel on the backend.
- Knowledge of SEO optimization and web performance.
- Experience with AI/ML for recommendation systems.
- Familiarity with mobile app development (iOS/Android).
- Knowledge of AI integration/capabilities.
- Competitive salary & equity options.
- Flexible working hours & remote options.
- Creative freedom and the ability to make a direct impact.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Job Type: Full-time
Work from home
Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chesterfield