GoCardless is a payments platform that enables businesses to collect recurring and one-off bank payments. The company employs about 420 people and has recently added 77 new team members while experiencing 66 departures. Overall headcount growth has been steady, indicating a balanced approach to scaling its workforce alongside product and market expansion.
Sales and Support is the largest function with 122 employees, making up roughly 29% of the organisation. Engineering follows at 86 employees, underscoring GoCardless’s focus on maintaining and evolving its technology stack. Marketing and Product collectively account for 75 employees, while Finance and Administration and Business Management each have 36. Smaller yet essential teams include Operations (23), Human Resources (15), Legal (9), Risk, Safety & Compliance (9), and an assorted group labelled Other (9). The distribution shows a commercial-leaning structure supported by a robust technical core.
London is the primary hub with 223 employees, representing just over half of the total workforce. Additional UK talent is spread across regional locations, with 74 people based outside the capital and small teams in Gloucester and Oxford. Paris hosts 27 employees, making it the largest continental European office, while Riga supports 24. North America and Asia-Pacific are represented by Austin (5), New York (3), and Melbourne (6). A further 54 employees work remotely or in unspecified locations, highlighting the company’s flexibility in where it sources talent.