HybridHybrid role requiring in-person collaboration with the London team.
Software EngineeringFrontend Engineering
About the job
Requirements
Deep expertise in React and Next.js, with experience shipping production applications used by real users.
Experience with React Native for mobile development, or a strong desire to learn it.
Three to five or more years building frontend experiences.
Strong understanding of modern CSS, responsive design, and frontend performance.
Based in London for hybrid work and able to work in person with the team.
UK work authorization is required; visa sponsorship is not available.
Responsibilities
Build and ship frontend features across the Next.js merchant dashboard.
Develop React Native interfaces for terminal software running on payment devices.
Create pixel-perfect, responsive user interfaces for restaurant owners and staff.
Collaborate with design and backend engineers to ship cohesive features.
Optimize frontend performance and user experience across web and mobile.
Work directly with the co-founders on product work.
About the Role
We're looking for a Front-End Engineer who will own and elevate the user experience across our AI-powered payments and POS platform. You'll build beautiful, responsive interfaces for our Next.js merchant dashboard and React Native terminal and POS applications—creating the experiences that 400+ restaurant and retail businesses interact with every day. You'll work directly with our co-founders and small, agile technical team to make Zavo the most intuitive platform in the industry.
Compensation: £80,000–£120,000 base salary + equity
About Zavo
We’re a YC-backed (F25) startup based in London, building an intelligent, all-in-one platform to replace today’s fragmented restaurant tech stack.
Zavo powers card payments, POS, and AI for 400+ restaurants and retail businesses. We’re backed by leading global investors, growing revenue rapidly, and moving fast to define the next generation of restaurant technology.
About Zavo
We’re a YC-backed (F25) startup based in London, building an intelligent, all-in-one platform to replace today’s fragmented restaurant tech stack.
Zavo powers card payments, POS, and AI for 400+ restaurants and retail businesses. We’re backed by leading global investors, growing revenue rapidly, and moving fast to define the next generation of restaurant technology.
What You'll Do
Build and ship frontend features across our Next.js merchant dashboard
Develop React Native interfaces for our terminal software running on payment devices
Create pixel-perfect, responsive UIs that restaurant owners and staff love using
Collaborate closely with design and backend engineers to ship cohesive features
Optimize frontend performance and user experience across web and mobile
Work directly with co-founders—your ideas and code ship fast and make real impact
What We're Looking For
Deep expertise in React and Next.js—you've shipped production apps that real users depend on
Experience with React Native for mobile development (or strong desire to learn)
3-5+ years building frontend experiences with obsessive attention to detail
Strong understanding of modern CSS, responsive design, and frontend performance
Founder mentality—you treat this like your own company and do whatever it takes
Customer obsession—genuinely excited about building products for restaurant owners and merchants
High agency and comfortable with ambiguity—we're a small team moving fast
Based in London (hybrid)—we need in-person collaboration with the team
UK work authorization—we can't sponsor visas at this stage
Why Zavo
YC-backed with very strong revenue and momentum (400+ merchants and growing)
Work directly with founders on high-impact problems
Modern frontend stack—Next.js, React Native, TypeScript, Tailwind
Real product ownership—you'll ship features that merchants use every day
Early-stage equity with real upside potential
London-based team with a collaborative, all-in culture