Software Engineer

Description

At Funding Circle there’s a mission that drives everything we do. Around the world, we want to help small businesses get the finance they need to thrive, creating thousands of jobs as they drive the economy forward.

We have teams in London, Denver, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Berlin, we’re fusing finance and tech to build new opportunities for those who want to achieve more.

Are you made to do more? Join us!

The driving force behind the world’s leading platform for small business lending is our engineering team. We are a diverse group from more than twenty-five different countries and cultures who bring together a wide range of backgrounds and experience (from music to aerospace engineering).

We are focused entirely on using technology to provide the best experience for our borrowers and investors. We are doing this by building elegant, sustainable, and scalable solutions that can be applied globally. We work in small agile teams practicing continuous integration, TDD and are no strangers to pairing as we believe that working together is smarter than sitting in silos.

• Create applications that are scalable and reliable
• Help achieve the company’s goals for profitable growth
• Support small businesses that are the backbone of the US economy.
• Build and iterate on products and APIs to improve on activation, conversion, retention/expansion of our business.

• Build great user experiences for customers
• Work with colleagues who share your passion for software engineering
• Be part of a team who support each other as they develop solutions
• Be a respected voice in discussions on the best approach to solve the challenges of a fast growing business.
• Use a range of languages and frameworks to deliver a great customer experience

We are looking for these skills...

• Demonstrable experience on a full stack engineering team(E.g Ruby, Python, Javascript, React)
• Proven and demonstrable fundamental programming skills (data structures, algorithms)
• Familiarity developing on Unix/Linux
• Experience with asynchronous/reactive programming
• Knowledge of micro-services architecture and experience in addressing the problems of this approach
• Enjoy discussing trade-offs in engineering solutions
• Lacks dogmatic attachment to specific approaches.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, BDD, TDD, or CI
• Knowledge of SQL. Able to write complex queries
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.