The Hut Group

The Hut Group Story

The Hut Group is one of the fastest growing online retailers on the planet. We are building a world-class business with global ambitions, a proprietary technology platform and disruptive business model. Our culture is fast-paced and risk-taking – we like to move twice as fast as any normal person thinks is reasonable. That’s how the company operates and it is part of the DNA that has led to our incredible growth.

How We Interview & Hire Engineers

We know that job searches can be laborious and time-consuming, so our philosophy is to interview as quickly as possible while still giving you a chance to learn about us and work on our actual code base.

We start with an initial 30 minute long call with one of our team to answer your questions about The Hut Group, followed by a 1-hour initial coding exercise done remotely through coderpad.io .

If that goes well, we’ll sometimes we'll send you with a take home assignment or sometimes go directly to a full day session at our office.

You’ll meet the entire team - both engineering and non-engineering - and have lunch with us. You’ll do a project and then pair with one of our engineers on a real feature!

We hope by the end of the day, you’ve had a chance to learn all about us and we typically can make a formal offer quickly.

Growth & Culture at The Hut Group

The Hut Group is the very definition of a hyper-growth company. We one of the planets fastest growing online retailers; we attract more than 340 million shoppers a year and have dispatched more than 20 million items to 199 countries in 2014. More than 50% of our sales & visits come from outside the UK - we really are scaling globally fast; and all from our HQ here in Cheshire! Profits have grown 217% over the past 3 years, resulting in The Hut Group topping the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 in both 2014 & 2015 – becoming the only company ever to do so.

We've got a low-key but high-performance culture, with strong accountability paired with total transparency about our business performance. Everybody acts like an owner in the business and isn't afraid to engage in constructive conflict to discover the right answers to a question. We use data to make decisions, take intelligent risks, and focus on company success above personal ambition. We set ambitious goals and work hard to achieve them, and are focused on results (not activities).

Heroes!