Engineering at Clove
Most people have never had real help with their money. It was priced for the wealthy and built for the past. We're a small, senior team starting over, building a product that makes people feel confident, in control, a little bit superhuman. If you think from first principles, sweat the last 10%, and take things from vague to shipped, come help us solve the hardest problems in personal finance.
Life at Clove
A small, world-class team built out of London. Short feedback loops, written-down decisions, and a bias for jumping on a call over writing a novel in Slack.
No standups, no PMs, no mutterings of the word "stakeholders". You'll talk to customers, demo what you shipped, and watch it land in people's hands the same week.
The stack
A deliberately small set of tools we know deeply. Native where it matters, boring where it doesn't, and nothing we'd be afraid to deploy on a Friday.
You won't find a microservice zoo or a half-migrated framework here. When we adopt something new, it's because it earns its place.
We're all-in on AI. We're able to iterate, experiment and ship like never before. If you're the kind of engineer who treats AI as a multiplier, not a gimmick, you'll fit right in.
How we build
First principles, healthy skepticism
We ask why, challenge assumptions, and look for simpler, better foundations. Then we prototype, measure, and iterate. We enjoy the loop.
From vague to shipped
You take ambiguous problems end to end: shape the approach, bring others along, and drive it through to impact. There are no PMs here.
Sweat the last 10%
Typography, spacing, motion: the details that make an app feel premium, and using it feel a little bit like having superpowers.
It's people's money
Speed everywhere except correctness. Financial code gets the careful review, the tests, and the paranoia it deserves.
Perks & benefits
Doing the best work of your career takes more than a laptop. We look after the rest so you can focus on building.
Meaningful ownership
Early-stage equity that actually means something. When Clove wins, you win.
Flexible by default
Life-friendly. We care about what you ship, not when you're online.
Top-spec kit
A maxed-out MacBook Pro and whatever else you need to do your best work.
A home in London
A proper office to build from together, with good coffee and at least one office dog.
Offsites & dinners
A team offsite once a year (Athens, most recently), with engineering dinners in between.
Open roles 2
Our process is simple: real conversations with the founding team, practical exercises if they're useful, and clarity about what we expect from each other. No hoops for the sake of it.
Bean status
Archie is growing beans. It's the only standup we have: a weekly all-hands to review bean progress. Attendance is mandatory.
