Senior Back End Engineer
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Job Description
Senior Backend Developer Broker Tech
Hybrid in London UK
The company
Fast flexible finance empowers small businesses to manage their cash flow better and seize opportunities making their business and the economy stronger as a whole. At iwoca we do just that. We help businesses get the funds they need when they need it often within minutes. Weve already made several billion in funding available to more than 100000 businesses since we launched in 2012 and positioned ourselves as a leading Fintech in Europe.
Our mission is to finance one million businesses. Well get there by continuing to make our finance ever more relevant and accessible to more businesses by combining cuttingedge technology data science and a 5star customer service.
The team
The Broker team is responsible for building nurturing and optimising relationships with brokerages that work with iwoca and if our more valuable channel. Our subteam Broker Tech covers everything technical to support the channel from how our brokerages get paid to how our operations teams support brokers. Our team consists of product managers developers and designers and we work with a goalfocussed iterative approach. Were always open to using new information to ensure were working on the right thing at the right time.
The role
Autonomy: Own projects from scoping and design to . Lead multiengineer projects coordinating with analysts product managers and other stakeholders.
Impact: Enhance our offerings to meet the needs of repeat customers improving their access to tailored lending solutions.
Shaping Systems: Design and maintain robust flexible and maintainable systems to ensure scalability and fastpaced development.
Learning Through Iteration: Embrace a culture of experimentation using trial and error to uncover insights refine approaches and grow your technical and strategic skills.
Continuous Deployment: Work iteratively supported by high test coverage and contribute to the teams frequent deployment cycles (averaging more than once per day).
DataDriven DecisionMaking: Use hypothesis testing and metrics such as issuance and profitability to quickly iterate and optimise our approach.
The projects
Operational processes and workflow automation: Improve Broker Account Managers and Broker Relationship Managers efficiency through task automation email strategy enhancements and better resource management by improving communication systems and task prioritisation.
Extending features of our Introducer Portal: Upgrade the Introducer Portal to deliver tailored experiences for brokers and partners with features aligned to their roles. Enhancements include new tools for brokers to track and manage loans more effectively improving visibility autonomy and overall service experience.
Extend our commission system: Enhancing how commission structures are assigned managed and tracked. Improvements include clearer commission ownership visibility within our CRM and a more flexible system for setting and interacting with commission rules supporting better transparency and alignment across teams.
The requirements
Essential:
Experience in backend engineering ideally with Python
Ability to manage projects from beginning to end; understand a business problem design and execute a solution and communicate with stakeholders
Bonus:
An understanding of data analysis and statistics
A strong numerical or technical background underpinned by a degree in maths physics computer science engineering or similar industry experience.
Experience with Django
Experience with relational databases (ideally PostgreSQL)
The salary
We expect to pay fromfor this role. But were openminded so definitely include your salary goals with your application. We routinely benchmark salaries against market rates and run quarterly performance and salary reviews.
The culture
At iwoca we prioritise a culture of learning growth and support and invest in the professional development of our team members. We value diversity in thought and skill and encourage you to explore new areas of interest to help us improve our products and services.
The offices
We put a lot of effort into making iwoca a brilliant place to work:
Offices in London Leeds and Frankfurt with plenty of drinks and snacks
Events and clubs like bingo comedy nights yoga classes football etc.
The benefits
Flexible working.
Medical insurance from Vitality including discounted gym membership
A private GP service (separate from Vitality) for you your partner and your dependents.
25 days holiday an extra day off for your birthday the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leaveand unlimited unpaid leave
A onemonth fully paid sabbatical after four years.
Instant access to emotional and mental health support.
3 Pension contributions and share options.
Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme to help you .
Cycletowork scheme and electric car scheme.
Two company retreats a year weve been to France Italy Spain and further afield.
And to make sure we all keep learning we offer:
A learning and development budget for everyone.
Companywide talks with internal and external speakers.
Access to learning platforms like Treehouse.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
