Are you a highly experienced and versatile Principal Engineer looking to make a significant impact at a dynamic FinTech company? We're revolutionizing the lending space in general, and we need your expertise to help us build cutting-edge technology that empowers businesses and fosters a more inclusive financial ecosystem. We're all about levelling the playing field!
📍 Our office is in London, but we offer flexible on-site arrangements.
Why Join Us? 🎉
* Make a real impact: Contribute to a mission-driven company that's empowering businesses and shaping the future of finance. Your work will directly influence our product and strategy.
* Grow your career: Join a high-growth environment with ample opportunities for professional development, technical leadership, and advancement.
* Enjoy a rewarding work-life balance: We offer a competitive salary, flexible work arrangements, and a comprehensive benefits package.
* Be part of a vibrant culture: Experience a dynamic and supportive work environment with team events, social clubs, and a strong focus on employee well-being.
About You: 😊
You're a seasoned engineer with a proven track record of technical leadership, significant ownership, and driving design and architectural decisions. You thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and are passionate about building robust, scalable, and high-performance systems.
* Technical Autonomy & Vision: You'll have the autonomy to re-architect and evolve core systems to meet ambitious, ever-changing challenges. This includes conceiving new projects for continuous improvement, collaborating with other principal engineers to ensure a coherent system design, and shaping the technical roadmap for long-term success.
* Leadership and Influence: You're a natural leader who will drive the evolution of our system architecture to optimize critical customer journeys and enhance our core processes. You excel at building strong stakeholder relationships, mentoring engineers at all levels, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. You'll share a clear technical vision, aligning closely with product and analytics teams to achieve our overarching goals.
* Tech Agnostic Expertise: You possess extensive experience with various Object-Oriented Languages (OOL) such as Golang, PHP, TypeScript, Java, Python, or similar, demonstrating an ability to adapt and contribute across different tech stacks.
* Architectural Vision: You have a deep understanding of software design patterns and principles, with significant experience in designing, developing, and evolving complex system architectures.
* Ownership & Delivery: You take full ownership of projects from conception to deployment, ensuring high-quality delivery and continuous improvement.
* Database Mastery: You have a deep understanding of relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL) and extensive experience in building, managing, and optimizing complex data structures and queries.
* Problem Solver: You possess exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, able to tackle complex technical challenges and deliver innovative solutions.
Bonus Points: 👀
* Experience within the Payments, Credit, or Credit Card industry.
* Familiarity with modern Front-End frameworks (e.g., React + TypeScript).
* Expertise in DevOps practices, including containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD, and cloud platforms.
* A strong academic background in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Ready to make your mark and lead our technical evolution? Drop us a message! 📩