Junior Backend Engineer, FREENOW
FinTech
1 day a week in office
Multi-service ride-hailing app
Job no longer available
Multi-service ride-hailing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1 day a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Free Now's mission is to make urban mobility better for passengers, drivers and communities, and to help cities move more freely.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with Kotlin or Java: 1-2 years of experience (or strong foundational knowledge) working with these languages, with an eagerness to grow your expertise
- Prove Yourself Beyond Degrees: While a background in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, or related quantitative fields is common, we value practical skills just as much. Show us that passion and talent can go beyond formal degrees
- Effective Communication: Ability to simplify and explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, adjusting based on their level of understanding
- Passion for Scalable Solutions: Interest in building scalable web applications, including RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures. You're also comfortable working with transactions, resiliency, and system performance
- Familiarity with JVM Frameworks: Hands-on experience with Spring Boot or similar frameworks—you're comfortable with the quirks and strengths of JVM-based systems
- Database Knowledge: Understanding of relational databases and how to design efficient, reliable, and maintainable data structures
- Holistic Testing Approach: Knowledge of testing practices throughout the software development life cycle, including unit, integration, and system testing
- (Bonus) Financial Systems Knowledge: Experience with financial systems is a plus, but not a dealbreaker. If you're eager to learn, we'll support your growth in this area
What the job involves
- We’re on the lookout for a Junior Backend Engineer to join our FinTech team, where we build systems that ensure seamless, transparent, and secure money flows for both our mobility customers and providers
- You’ll help create a customized, user-friendly payment experience for our customers, while fostering trust and transparency with our partners by giving them clear insights into their financials—trust being the cornerstone of our relationships
- At the heart of our work is the chance to make a real impact in the world of mobility
- You’ll be part of a multinational, diverse, and highly motivated team of developers who are not only passionate about creating top-tier solutions but also about collaborating and having fun along the way
- Take Ownership: You’ll have the chance to own the entire process—from contributing ideas for new features, writing clean code, and testing, to deploying and monitoring your services
- Collaborate in Agile Teams: Work closely with your teammates in an agile setup, actively participate in team ceremonies, and contribute to a dynamic, iterative development process
- Develop Scalable Microservices: Implement robust and scalable microservices that meet the needs of our growing user base while adhering to industry best practices
- Maintain and Optimize: Help maintain existing features, troubleshoot, and fix bugs to ensure smooth operations and a great user experience
- Learn and Grow: Stay up-to-date with the latest backend development trends and continuously improve your skills, bringing fresh ideas to our team
- Team Player Attitude: Contribute to a positive team spirit—your humble, collaborative approach will help us find solutions together and achieve shared success
- Impact Real Users: Solve real-world challenges that affect our users, and see your contributions make a tangible impact
- We have around 0.5 million users accessing our product monthly, this is across all European countries that we operate in
- When offering and monetizing reliable, easy-to-use and innovative mobility services to them, the FinTech scalability and reliability are core contributors for the business success, with the ability to adjust and fit different market requirements
- While being both enabler and driver for diverse business initiatives, it’s important especially for financial services to stay compliant with regulations
- Be part of our teams, bring in your ideas and evolve with us a high quality software system that makes it easy to stay compliant and boost our business at the same time
Our take
FREE NOW is a multi-service mobility joint venture backed by BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility. The company aggregates numerous mobility brands with the ambition to make urban mobility more efficient and sustainable without adding new vehicles on the street. These include Beat, Kapten and Clever Taxi.
FREE NOW’s unique integration of mobility brands and payments services gives users access to the widest range of mobility options on the market. These options include finding the nearest taxi, private hire vehicle or car share, as well as micro-mobility options such as e-scooters, e-mopeds and e-bikes. In doing so, the company makes urban mobility more efficient and sustainable, without bringing new vehicles to the street.
FREE NOW operates across 170 cities with over 56 million users. In the UK, it faces competition from the likes of Uber and Bolt. However, the company has been focused on investing and growing further in London, successfully quadrupling UK journeys in 2022. Whilst businesses like Uber have struggled to secure licenses with Transport for London, FREE NOW has received a three year license, which is longer than any major competitor.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
44% female employees
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2014
$50m
SERIES C
Dec 2012
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $97m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Subsidised gym membership
- Monthly budget for FREE NOW rides
- Quarterly team events
- Birthday-off
- Language classes and internal peer-to-peer trainings
- Work from home opportunities
- Health Insurance
- Relocation assistance for internationals
Company values
- Aim Higher
- Make The Customer The Hero Of Your Story
- Default To Trust
- Disagree In Discussions, Commit To Decisions
- Move Fast To Learn Fast
- Make An Impact
- Take Charge
- Win As Team, Grow As Individual
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Leadership
Thomas Zimmermann
(CEO)Previously VP of Marketing and Operations at IONIQ Group, CMO at Goodgame Studios, Online Advertising Lecturer at macromedia hochschule für medien und kommunikation.
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