Senior Software Engineer, Preqin
2+ days a week in office (London, Victoria)
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
Open for applications
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2+ days a week in office (London, Victoria)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To revolutionise the private markets with data, insights and tools that help industry professionals make more informed decisions.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll be a true team player able to work closely with your peers on complex customer problems
- You possess strong technical ability across the full stack: Ideally Python, JavaScript, Postgres, AWS
- You have some experience with a framework language such as Java or .Net, as our legacy system uses .Net
- You have knowledge of infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines (including secrets management) and container orchestration software such as Kubernetes
- You are curious; willing to learn about new technologies, ways of working and acquire new skills in a truly “agile” mindset
- You know that generating positive outcomes requires knowledge of the customer and the problem space to allow effective use of your technical knowledge ability
What the job involves
- Reporting To VP, Engineering
- Our Software Engineers have an opportunity to significantly accelerate these changes and help shape our organisation for the future
- Data literacy, product awareness, communication and initiative are core parts of your skillset, enabling you to deliver and maintain scalable, reliable and extensible product solutions
- You’ll develop new features while extending our current services and tooling to support new products and improvements
- You’ll actively take part in conversations about new product directions, technical and data architecture and software quality
- Champion a curious and diligent engineering mindset to enhance our platform capabilities.#
- Collaborate with cross functional teams within our Continuous Discovery practices, to develop a deep understanding of customer needs
- Build efficient and reusable services within a cloud native environment
- Focus acutely on quality, using best practice to deliver well designed and tested solutions
- Contribute to continuous improvement within working practices, teams and yourself
Application process
- Introduction Call (30 Minutes - Telephone Call)
- Manager Call (30 Minutes - Video Call)
- Technical Interview (1.5 hours - Video Call)
- Cultural Interview (1 hour - Video Call)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Preqin is a London-based investment data company empowering the alternative asset market with essential data and insights. Supporting customers throughout the entire investment lifecycle, Preqin provides them with critical information leading to analytical solutions.
Preqin has produced advanced methods of collecting private data for 20 years. Its products allow a customer base of over 200,000 professionals to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed.
As a global company, Preqin is working with software providers, world-renowned institutions, and industry associations around the globe to build innovative products, tools, and research that helps connect data to critical decisions. It's had a successful history, and will look to continue on a strong growth path ahead.
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back within 2 weeks
14% employee growth in 12 months
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Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"At Preqin, the work experience is marked by an high level of challenge and intellectual stimulation. The projects I've undertaken have been among..."
Company benefits
- Hybrid workplace & flexible holiday allowance
- Parental leave: maternity & paternity leave policies
- Pension/retirement contributions: contributions are matched up to 10% after 1 year's service (US & UK)
- Subsidized medical insurance
- Bereavement leave
- Annual personal study support allowance of $1,500/£900
- Discounted gym membership (US & UK)
- Access to discount & reward programs
Company values
- Be Customer Obsessed: We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.
- Act with Integrity: We build trust through honesty and transparency. We're committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.
- Own Your Success: We're a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields.
- Think Forward: We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients' next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.
- Make an Impact: We drive postive change as individuals, and as a company. We're passionate about creating a better tomorrow for our industry and our communities.
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
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Leadership
Mark O'Hare
(Managing Director)Previously a Manager at The Boston Consulting Group and CEO of Citywatch.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Preqin
- Our company vision is to create an environment where diversity and inclusion are at its core and our differences are valued. An environment where we actively celebrate and support each other, no matter our visible or invisible differences. We believe that every person has the right to work in a safe and welcoming environment and that’s why we commit to being a truly inclusive employer that integrates DEI throughout all of our operations, whilst investing in and empowering our people.
- Launched our DEI Steering Committee in October 2020. They hold sessions regularly to support and guide Preqin’s DEI initiatives, with active leadership from our CEO.
- Workshops, fireside talks and external guest speakers discussing important topics such as, navigating challenges for women in senior leadership, menopause and managing stress.
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