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Senior/staff engineer (contract)

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Risk Ledger
Engineer
Posted: 11 May
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OverviewOrganisations rely on us to establish trust, through sharing their security maturity and visualising the risks posed by their supply chain ecosystem. And we’re already trusted by customers like ASOS, British Airways, BAE Systems and the NHS.We are putting together an amazing and talented team from a diverse set of backgrounds and skillsets to drive us towards our vision. Risk Ledger is built on the respect we have for one another and our users, united by our shared values and mission.Every one of us is still learning: it’s how we grow as individuals. We’re curious. We’re ambitious. And we’re humble and honest. At Risk Ledger, we aim high to find the best solutions we can and always put our users first.The teamYou’ll join a cross-functional department of Software Engineers, Product Managers and Designers, all collaborating together with the wider business to achieve impactful product outcomes.Everyone is involved from day one in shaping opportunities that provide outsized value to both clients and suppliers on Risk Ledger, keeping our users as top priority.We care deeply about building the right thing, in order to fundamentally shift mindsets in the cybersecurity industry. We ship quickly & continuously in order to learn and iterate - whilst always pushing for the highest possible quality bar and keeping security and automation front and centre.The core of our stack is GoLang, AWS, and Vue.js, with modern design philosophies and a cloud-native approach.This roleOur Product Engineers play a crucial role in our user and product experience. You will be focused on solving innovative end-to-end product challenges in the best manner for our customers. Whilst you may have a natural inclination towards the backend or frontend, we expect you to have a good breadth of knowledge across the stack. You\'ll delve into all aspects of our tech stack and product portfolio, having meaningful impact on our customers, and the overall success of the business.As a Senior/Staff Engineer, you\'ll typically be anchored to a single squad but you\'ll be expected to influence across all of our squads, and help to set high standards and consistency across the organisation. You should expect to operate at varying levels of detail across the stack and may have to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.You’ll be collaborating on a daily basis with designers, product managers, other engineers and the wider business to create a great product experience and continuously ship value to our users. You\'ll be expected to mentor others within your squad and instil extremely high quality bars and effective modes of operation across our technology organisation. You will also have input into our engineering strategy.In the role you willCollaborate to deliver an exceptional product. From understanding initial needs to crafting outstanding solutions, you\'ll work directly with product managers and designers to bring ideas to life. And by that, we don’t just mean implement requirements, we expect our engineers to understand our market and customers in order to be able to influence product strategy and challenge assumptions.Develop high quality systems and code. Working across our stack, you\'ll design and develop the systems that underpin the Risk Ledger product and advance us towards our vision.Move fast, with an eye for quality. You enjoy moving fast while maintaining an extremely high quality bar through testing, automation, discipline, consistency and best practice, whilst treading a careful line in pragmatism and cost-benefit analysis.Enjoy being a generalist. We are building an amazing and talented team from a diverse set of backgrounds and skillsets. Our engineers are empowered to work in all areas of our platform, and across all areas of the business, directly contributing to the wider success of the company.Nurture the talent and growth of the team. You will be able to mentor junior - senior level colleagues to level up both hands-on technical and architectural decision making skills.Have an impact. We\'re a growing startup - so you’ll have the opportunity to get involved in areas outside of your day to day role.You’ll haveWorked in multiple engineering teams focused on building a customer focused SaaS product; weighing up delivering value to clients against technical excellence.Deep experience with either backend or frontend development.Backend language preferably Go; or something like Java, C# or PythonFrontend: Typescript preferably with VueJS or ReactIn either case, reasonable additional experience with:SQL and NoSQL Data stores, with deep knowledge of data model designContainers and Orchestration: Docker / KubernetesCloud providers and cloud native services, preferably AWSEvent driven systems, and messaging services such as SQS/SNS, Kafka or RabbitMQExperience being the lead in the design of non-trivial solutions, working with others to implement.A desire to deeply understand our customers and the problems they face, in order to improve their day-to-day experience.An ability to thrive in ambiguity, tackling problems that might not be well defined and without obvious solutions, and comfortable operating autonomously.A keen sense of curiosity, with a natural drive to learn and grow.A passion to work collaboratively with others. We like to work as a team, not a collection of individuals and we expect you to have the same mindset. Passion for pairing, mobbing and other XP principles are a strong plus.You might haveParticipated in mentoring other members of your team. While this role will be hands-on technical as an individual contributor, we do expect Lead Engineers to take on some nurturing responsibility, and general tech leadership.A startup/scale-up background. We’re not concerned if you have not worked in this environment, as long as you are willing to get stuck into the ambiguity of an early stage company.Experience of data processing, machine learning, AI or integrating large datasets into a product.Worked with observability solutions (Kibana, Grafana, Sentry).Why you’d love it hereHybrid working! 2 days per week including Thursday (company day).A people focused culture! We are HUGE on cross-team collaboration, and in the same vein also socialising amongst teams and departments, with a friendly open plan office to facilitate this.Regular socials to unwind and have some fun! From ‘Sip and Paint’ to F1 Arcades, Cricket matches, summer parties and sports days. Whether you like to get involved or not, the option is there.A dog friendly office… if you have a furry friend, they are VERY welcome to join the Risk Legend community.Company BenefitsGenerous EMI equity package3% employer match on pension24 days annual leave + bank holidaysAdditional 30 days of unpaid leave per year to use as you wishPrivate healthcare with AXA Insurance - including enhanced mental wellbeing coverageHybrid model of work, typically 2 days in officeEnhanced family (parental) leave - gender-neutral policy, 12 weeks paid leave5 days Caretaker\'s leaveEnhanced occupational sick payAll the learning resources and books you want to aid in your personal developmentRegular socials to unwind and have some fun
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