So you want to work at a startup?

Everyone wants to work at or with the next hot startup. They’re cool, good fun and run by creative, passionate people with exciting ideas.

I’ve been fortunate enough to work with a couple startups in California, even offered full time positions at Pinterest & Groupon, but unfortunately could not move to America.

How would you have found instagram when Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger was looking for a developer in 2009? how do you find the next big startup? Other than wait for them to contact you through dribbble or equivalent? Simple you need to put yourself out there and make contact.

Although a recent study of 20,000 new hires by Leadership IQ found that 89% of new hires failed, it was for ‘attitudinal reasons’, not lack of skill. So make sure you’re a good fit for the startup before submitting your CV. If you do get the job, make sure to take and keep a good attitude.

Being based in the UK i’ve always been attracted to California and the bells and whistles attached, But then why move to California when theres already a huge amount of cool startups here in the UK?

Lucky for you I’ve compiled a long list of UK based startups in no particular order looking for Designers, Developers and a whole lot more.

The App Business

Designer & Developer roles

Stripe

Developer Roles

Factzz

Developer roles

yPlan

Designer & Developer roles

Yearbook Machine

Developer roles

Yammer

Designer & Developer roles

Wonga

Developer Roles

Twitter

Designer & Developer Roles

Vzaar

Developer roles

VisualDNA

Design & Developer Roles

VeInteractive

Designer & Developer Roles

Twilio

Developer Roles

Troupe

Developer Roles

Trial Reach

Developer Roles

The Trainline

Developer roles

Symplectic

Developer Roles

SwiftKey

Developer Roles

Squiz

Design & Developer Roles

Sport Pursuit

Developer Roles

Song Kick

Design & Developer Roles

Smarkets

Developer Roles

Skyscanner

Developer Roles

Simply Business

Developer Roles

Shutl

Developer Roles

Shazam

Developer Roles

SecretSales

Designer & Developer Roles

Red Badger

Designer & Developer Roles

Ravn

Designer & Developer Roles

Raising IT

Designer & Developer Roles

QuietRiots

Developer Role

Qubit

Designer & Developer Roles

Qinec

Designer & Developer Roles

Plumbee

Designer & Developer Roles

Pivotal Labs

Designer & Developer Roles

PhotoBox

Designer & Developer Roles

One Fine Stay

Designer & Developer Roles

Not On The High Street

Designer & Developer Roles

Nice

Designer & Developer Roles

Music Metric

Designer & Developer Roles

Moo

Designer & Developer Roles

Mixlr

Developer Roles

MindCandy

Designer & Developer Roles

Metail

Designer & Developer Roles

King

Designer & Developer Roles

HailO

Designer & Developer Roles

Graze

Designer & Developer Roles

Glow

Developer Roles

Geckoboard

Developer Roles

Forward Labs

Designer & Developer roles

Foodity

Designer & Developer Roles

Farmdrop

Designer & Developer Roles

Farfetch

Designer & Developer Roles

Duedil

Designer & Developer Roles

Betgenius

Developer Roles

Create

Designer & Developer Roles

ConverSocial

Designer & Developer Roles

Busuu

Designer & Developer Roles

CityMapper

Designer & Developer Roles

Bright North

Design & Developer Roles

Badoo

Designer & Developer Roles