Build the system behind every licence.
ePass builds the digital infrastructure behind licensing, permitting and registration, helping public sector teams move from fragmented systems and manual workarounds to one connected platform. We're hiring across engineering, product and design for people who'd rather make one important thing work brilliantly than make ten shiny things nobody needs.
Public service is the product.
Councils across the UK trust ePass to run live licensing schemes today. Every decision, every renewal, every public-register entry passes through software the team has hands on. The work is unglamorous and consequential — exactly how we like it.
What it's like to create at ePass.
Values often get written down too late, stay on a wall, or never at all. These four are the ones we keep coming back to in PR reviews, retros, and the decisions that don't have a support ticket number.
Public service is the product.
Every feature gets weighed against the licensing officer on the other end and the resident behind them. If it doesn't serve them, we don't ship it.
Sleeves rolled up.
We're a meritocracy. Titles and seniority matter less than ideas and the willingness to get stuck into hard problems. Everyone here works close to the ground, and the best solution wins regardless of where it comes from.
Boring is a feature.
Local authorities and governing bodies run real services for real people. We optimise for predictability, reliability, and always with the user, not for them.
Show your work.
Demos beat decks. Pull requests beat status updates. We trust craft you can see, ship in small reviewable pieces, and we're here because technology, done right, genuinely makes the world better.
What we offer you.
People over pizza parties. We have plenty of both, but we'd rather get the fundamentals right than distract you with a ping pong table.
30 days holiday
Plus your birthday off, a day dedicated to you for cake and candles.
Hybrid working
Two days a week at our Leith office on Commercial Quay. Three wherever you do your best work.
Enhanced maternity / paternity leave
Paid leave for primary and secondary carers, because the people who matter at home matter here too.
Company pension
Employer contributions from day one.
Training and development
Conference budget, training budget, and an equipment allowance. Tell us what makes you better at your craft and we'll back it.
Company meet-ups
Strategy days, team socials, the occasional pub quiz. Less mandatory fun, more actual fun.
Impact-led work
The infrastructure you build here runs live public services. Not just a mission statement, it's just what Tuesday looks like.
Modern, well-maintained codebase
Laravel 12, React 19, TypeScript, PHPStan at high levels, Pest 4, Rector. We pay down debt and we embrace AI across the stack, but we hire for Authentic Intelligence — your judgment, your craft, AI as the accelerant.
Why choose ePass.
Selected as a core common component of the Scottish Government, ePass is live infrastructure serving the public sector and the businesses and citizens it looks after every day. The impact is visible, the problems are genuinely hard, and the product is already in the hands of people who depend on it. But you're still joining early. There's a seat at the table from day one, and if you bring the talent and the attitude, you'll be backed without question.
Ready to build?
If something below stops you mid-scroll, that's probably a sign. Send us your application and let's figure out if it's a fit. Look forward to meeting you.