Come and build the thing you wish existed .
We are a small team of accountants and engineers, building an AI Accountant for UK practices. The team is small enough that your work matters, and the users tell us quickly when we get it wrong.
Hello people.
We will keep this simple, because you have read enough careers pages.
Papercare is a small company. There is no ping pong table. What there is, is a product that real accountants use on real deadlines. What you build this week is in somebody's hands next week.
We want the business to grow, and we want the people in it to grow. We have never found those two things to be in conflict. You will be asked what you think, and we will listen.
Let us grow together. Personally and professionally.
Six things we actually mean.
Every careers page lists these. Here is what each one means on a Wednesday afternoon.
Career advancement
The team is small, so there is nobody above you sitting on the interesting work. If you can do it, you get to do it.
A team that cares
People here mind about getting it right. That is the whole culture, and it is the only thing we are strict about.
Celebration culture
We mark the small wins, not just the big ones. A fix that shipped and helped somebody counts.
Continuous learning
The engineers learn accountancy. The accountants learn how the product is built. Both make everyone better.
Diversity and inclusion
We hire for how you think, not where you studied. Different backgrounds spot different problems.
Work-life harmony
Deadlines are real, and so are evenings. We do not expect you to answer messages at eleven at night.
What actually gets you hired here.
Not years of experience, and not a covering letter full of buzzwords. Four things, and we look for them in this order.
none of this fits on a CV. tell us anyway.
A number that is slightly off should bother you. That instinct is the most useful thing anybody brings here.
If you cannot describe what you built in one clear sentence, you may not fully understand it yet.
Our product suggests, and the accountant decides. The people who build it work the same way.
If bad software has ever frustrated you, you already understand why we are building this.
How hiring works here.
Four steps, and we will tell you where you stand at every one. Nobody gets ghosted.
click through it. this is the whole process.
We would rather meet you than fill a slot.
Being straight with you: we do not always have a formal vacancy open, and we will not pretend otherwise. But we have never regretted meeting somebody good. If the four things above sound like you, write to us anyway. The worst that happens is a good conversation.
Let's talk.
Fill this in, attach your CV, and press submit. It goes straight to a person, not into a database.
A person reads every application, usually within a few days.
Not ready to apply? Have a look at what we made.
The best way to know if you want to work on this is to spend ten minutes using it. Open the demo, and tell us what you would change.