About UKClimbing Ltd: We're the team behind UKClimbing, UKHillwalking, Rockfax Digital and Rockfax guidebooks. We are an employee owned company since 2023 and our mission is to provide the best information to climbers worldwide.
Role Overview
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help shape the future of our climbing-focused digital applications. This role will appeal to anyone looking to work across our entire technology stack, including our iOS app, web tools, APIs, and cloud infrastructure. This fully remote role gives you the flexibility to work from anywhere in the UK while making a meaningful impact on the climbing community.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain our iOS app (Rockfax Digital)
- Build and enhance our user facing and internal full-stack web applications
- Collaborate across the company to deliver solutions
- Write clean, high-performance, and maintainable code
- Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions
- Mentor junior developers and contribute within the team
Technical Qualifications
- 3+ years of professional iOS development experience, with at least one app released on the App Store
- Strong proficiency in Swift and Objective-C
- Experience with full-stack web development
- Significant experience with any modern frontend framework: React, Vue, Svelte, or similar
- Strong understanding of API design and implementation
- Proficiency in version control systems (Git)
Soft Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Collaborative and proactive mindset
- Ability to self-manage in a remote work environment
- Enthusiasm for continuous learning and technology innovation
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with backend web technologies (PHP, Node.js)
- An understanding of climbing and the outdoors
What We Offer
- Salary between £53,000 to £60,000 (depending on experience)
- 100% remote working arrangement
- Flexible working hours
- Direct impact on the climbing community
- Collaborative culture
- Team climbing trips
Application Process
To apply, please send us:
- A detailed CV
- A brief cover letter
- Links to any significant projects (bonus points for climbing-related!)
Our interview process consists of an initial interview, a take home technical assessment and a final interview / meet the team.
Application closing date: June 15th 2025
Location
Remote – United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-time
How to Apply
Send your application to [email protected]
Salary: £53,000 - £60,000
Comments
Can anyone tell me why software work is always full time? I have only ever seen two part time workers and one of them lost his job when he wanted to be unavailable when the company arbitrarily wanted him to attend a pointless meeting.
obviously any climbing focused person would want more than flexitime. Who can really maximise their climbing potential on just shifting hours around? How about 35 weeks per year and 20 hours a week paid pro rata. I’d think about coming out of voluntary unemploynent if that were on offer.
Because maintaining a serious commercial application is a full time job.
Or two half time jobs . Or am I wrong that having two minds on a problem is better than one?
As much as I support (and also do) a less than full time job - the idea that you could just employ two half-time people forgets about all the overheads, admin, HR, etc. etc. So it's not as simple as half the hours, half the pay.
I do think the Rockfax and UKC guys do work too hard and should go out climbing with me on Thursday's more often :D (hint hint)
One full time job and someone else, maybe. You need one person's undivided attention to handle the full lifecycle of a commercial product. There needs to be a person that ultimately "owns" the codebase, even if other people work under them.
The idea that x number of programmers will take time t to do x * t amounts of work is akin to expecting 9 pregnancies to result in a baby in 1 month.