Fullstack Software Engineer

Posted: 25 March 2023

Our ref: WTJ-3038

Description

At Good With, we’re looking for an ambitious senior, full-stack software leader to join us. Founder & CEO, Gabriela Isas and Co-Founder & CSO (Chief Scientific Officer) Dr. Ellie Kallis have created a unique risk profile that citizens understand & control and banks recognise. We’re seeking a tech leader who will bring this prototype to market.

The focus is on creating a solid product, scalable architecture and delightful user experience. Our tech team is set to grow rapidly in the coming months and the ideal candidate is required to define the team structure, refine the tech stack, and take ownership of ensuring we stand up to technical due diligence and regulatory scrutiny.

We are looking for a hands-on, forward-thinking leader, who will take responsibility for the technical team, and support c-level decision-makers in taking our product to market. If this is you, apply today!

Job Specification

Good With is recruiting for a Full Stack Engineering Leader who will work at the heart of a dynamic, multidisciplinary and agile team, who wants to. As one of the early members, you’ll develop the platform and infrastructure connecting a text-enabled intelligent mobile app, financial OpenBanking data sources, behavioural data, state-of-the-art intelligent analytics and a real-time recommendation engine.

Python and open-source technologies are the overarching strategic choice for server-side applications and components such as proxies and databases.

The role fulfils two key responsibilities: 

1. Development of server (backend) applications and databases:

• The applications will support a mobile app, providing secure user authentication, profile information, and user financial data including summary overviews, analytics and recommendations.
• Core applications will synchronise data from banking and finance sources through the OpenBanking API.
• Development of secure databases of user and financial data, supporting real-time conversational interactions with mobile app users, and architected to scale with user growth.

2. Development of scalable cloud-hosted infrastructure:

• Secure cloud-hosted environments for the applications.
• Support for hosted firewalls, proxies, databases, backups, and API interfaces.
• Monitoring for health, performance, and security.
• Automated continuous build, test, integration and deployment of applications and data.

We are looking for an individual who has demonstrable experience developing server applications that have been successfully adopted by users, maintained security and performance with growth in users.

Your experience will include working in an agile team, doing iterative development, and monitoring both infrastructure as well as user experience. Knowledge or experience of CI/CD will be helpful.

You will have experience working with a security function to design and develop secure applications and infrastructure, assess and mitigate risks, and support formal security assurance processes, ideally in the financial services sector.

We’re a remote working team who meets quarterly in the South West, where HQ is based.

Please don’t be put off applying because you aren’t a perfect match for our job description. If you are excited about the opportunity, think you can achieve the outcomes we are looking for, but aren’t sure if you tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you.

Technological skills:

• Demonstrable Python experience – can be evidenced through personal projects.
• Server application development using frameworks such as Django and Flask.
• API development, with gateways deployed using, for example, nginx
• SQL and no-SQL database design, build, maintenance and optimisation.
• Experience of at least two additional leading languages
• Continuous build and integration tools such as Git, Jenkins.
• Infrastructure tools such as Docker and Kubernetes, or Amazon/Google equivalents.
• Experience with Chatbots / ML / NLP, AI led development

Team skills:

• Self-motivated
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Team player
• Happy working in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications:

• A degree in a mathematical, scientific or computing subject is very desirable.
• AWS and Google Cloud Certifications are very desirable.
• Developers with alternative relevant qualifications and applicable technology certifications are encouraged to apply.

The Good Stuff:

As part of the core team, you will be able to earn equity in an innovative business that’s supported by Innovate UK, Creative Destruction Lab, Oxford and the SETsquared Accelerator, as well as support from our advisors; Cambridge & Turing Institute/FinHealthTech Neuroscientist, Paypal/Venmo & Robinhood Brand exec, and internationally renowned user experience CEO and credit scoring domain expert.

A fast-growing company that can accelerate your career and scale internationally

• Share options in the company
• Flexible working policy and remote working
• 30 days holiday
• Your birthday off
• Additional training and personal development
• A people-focused, inclusive culture

If you’re looking for your next challenge and opportunity to move up in your career, we’d love to hear from you.

How to apply

To apply for this job email your details to serrie@wthub.org.