22 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own complex projects end to end, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, and production support.
- Lead projects spanning multiple systems and stakeholders, including CRM, telephony, contact management, and task management.
- Build shared backend services and act as a trusted reviewer for contributions from other engineering teams.
- Scope and prototype technical solutions before they reach the roadmap.
- Design and solve complex coding and architecture problems in distributed systems.
- Translate product requirements and operational needs into technical documents, architecture, and actionable developer tickets.
- Collaborate with Operations Strategy, Credit Analysts, Account Managers, and Collections teams.
- Help migrate business logic from the Django monolith into smaller independently deployable services.
- Build AI-enabled operational tools and an in-house inbox messaging solution.
- Mentor junior developers and share technologies and best practices across the company.
Requirements
- Experience developing and owning shared backend services that other engineering teams depend on.
- Experience building and shaping distributed systems in complex business domains.
- Ability to translate complex operational needs into technical architecture.
- Familiarity with React, TypeScript, and browser debugging.
- Strong capability using AI tools to automate routine tasks and research.
- Daily experience using AI tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar.
- Commercial experience with Python frameworks such as Django is a bonus.
- Experience with complex data architectures, including event-sourced data models, is a bonus.
Benefits
- Hybrid London working arrangement with one to two office days per week and flexible working hours.
- Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership.
- Private GP service for employees, partners, and dependents, plus a choice of dental plan or health cash plan.
- 25 days’ holiday, an additional birthday day off, the option to buy or sell five additional days, and unlimited unpaid leave.
- One-month fully paid sabbatical after four years.
- External counselling and therapy sessions.
- 3% pension contributions on total earnings.
- Employee equity incentive scheme.
- Parental leave, nursery tax benefit scheme, electric car scheme, and cycle-to-work scheme.
- Two company retreats per year, offices with refreshments, and company events and community groups.
- Learning and development budget, company-wide talks, and access to Treehouse.
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