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Overview

Freetrade is a London company founded in 2016 that offers commission free share dealing through a mobile app. It gives retail investors access to British, American and European equities alongside tax efficient accounts and pensions. The company was acquired by IG Group in 2025 while continuing to run its own platform.

News

News CNBC 1 year ago
UK Robinhood rival Freetrade snapped up by trading firm at 29% valuation discount
U.K. Robinhood rival Freetrade has been acquired by IG Group for £160 million - a 29% discount to its last valuation.
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News NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth 1 year ago
UK Robinhood rival Freetrade snapped up by trading firm at 29% valuation discount
U.K. Robinhood rival Freetrade has been acquired by IG Group for £160 million - a 29% discount to its last valuation.
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Press release iggroup.com 1 year ago
IG Acquires Freetrade for £160M Read more
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News CNBC 2 years ago
Freetrade, Britain's answer to Robinhood, says its CEO is stepping down
British stockbrokerage platform Freetrade told CNBC exclusively Monday that its long-time CEO Adam Dodds has stepped down.
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Technologies

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Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
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SwiftUI
UIKit
PostgreSQL
GCP
AWS
Azure
AI/ML
Python
GCP
PostgreSQL
CI/CD
CircleCI
Git
Shift-Left
AWS
Azure
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Terraform
Model Context Protocol
Mobile
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Swift
RxSwift
Swift Concurrency
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Dependency Injection
MVP
MVVM
SwiftUI
UIKit
VIPER
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GraphQL
GDPR
Shift-Left Security
Stack modernity Modern
68/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
JavaScript 5 jobs Required
$102k -37% vs market
TypeScript 5 jobs Required
$102k -44% vs market
Node JS 5 jobs Required
$102k -42% vs market
GCP 5 jobs Required
$102k -47% vs market
PostgreSQL 4 jobs Optional
$102k -30% vs market
CI/CD 3 jobs Required
$102k -37% vs market
Swift 2 jobs Required
$102k -49% vs market
GraphQL 2 jobs Required
$102k -44% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
24%
JavaScript
20%
CI/CD
20%
AWS
19%
TypeScript
16%
Kubernetes
16%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Model Context Protocol Aug 2026
VIPER Aug 2026
UIKit Aug 2026
SwiftUI Aug 2026
Swift Concurrency Aug 2026
Swift Aug 2026
RxSwift Aug 2026
MVVM Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$102k
Typical range
$102k – $156k
Open positions
7
6 Jobs
Middle 83.3%
Senior 16.7%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 5 $102k $102k
Senior 1 $156k $156k
Highest paying role Senior Backend Software Engineer $156k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
8
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
08/31/2026
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
38%
Mobile
25%
DevOps
13%
Executive
13%
Product
13%
Activity Timeline
Added VIPER to stack Aug 2026
Added UIKit to stack Aug 2026
Added SwiftUI to stack Aug 2026
Added Swift Concurrency to stack Aug 2026
Added Swift to stack Aug 2026
Added RxSwift to stack Aug 2026
Added MVVM to stack Aug 2026
Added MVP to stack Aug 2026
Added GraphQL to stack Aug 2026
Added Git to stack Aug 2026
Added Dependency Injection to stack Aug 2026
Added Combine to stack Aug 2026

Jobs

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Verified live · 7 hours ago 6 days ago
$102k – $156k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • London
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GCP
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Director of Security & Privacy

Verified live · 7 hours ago 11 days ago
$111k – $236k per year (Estimated) • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • London
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Shift-Left
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Shift-Left Security
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Platform Engineer

Verified live · 7 hours ago 26 days ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • London
JavaScript
Node JS
Python
TypeScript
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Terraform
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Backend Product Engineer (Mid-level)

Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 month ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • London
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GCP
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Backend Software Engineer (Mid-level)

Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 month ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • London
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GCP
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Software Engineer (Mid-level)

Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 month ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • London
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
PostgreSQL
DevOps
GCP
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Mobile Engineer / iOS

Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 month ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • London
Swift
RxSwift
Swift Concurrency
Frontend
GraphQL
Mobile
Combine
Dependency Injection
MVP
MVVM
SwiftUI
UIKit
VIPER
DevOps
CI/CD
CircleCI
Git
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iOS Engineer

Verified live · 7 hours ago 1 month ago
$70k – $102k per year • Remote/Hybrid • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • London
Swift
RxSwift
Swift Concurrency
Frontend
GraphQL
Mobile
Combine
Dependency Injection
MVP
MVVM
SwiftUI
UIKit
VIPER
DevOps
CI/CD
CircleCI
Git
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