Principal Engineer, Demica
2+ days a week in office
Supply chain finance platform
Job no longer available
Supply chain finance platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
2+ days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform the market with a platform that enables banks to easily and efficiently transact, using any trade finance product, anywhere in the world.
Role
Who you are
- You are hands-on, but also able to see the bigger picture and take a strategic approach to designing resilient and extensible systems
- You will lead by example in delivering excellent software
- You are a practical purist, who loves to mentor and collaborate
- Hands-on software development in JVM languages (Java), SQL, and scripting
- A passion for software development
- Experience building mission-critical systems with high availability and resiliency requirements
- Expert hands-on knowledge of JVM languages (Java) and associated frameworks (Spring, etc.)
- Good understanding of relational databases, SQL, performance tuning
- Expert abilities in Test Driven Development and BDD
- Expert software architecture / system design knowledge
- Strong ability to mentor, guide and coach other engineers
- Problem solver who can quickly cut to the root of a challenge
- Experience working in an agile delivery methodology
- As a guide, a Principal Engineer at Demica would typically have 10-15+ years experience in software engineering
Desirable
- Experience in performance and load testing
- Experience working with multiple teams concurrently
- Experience working with global, in-office and remote team members
- Ability to work both on greenfield implementations, and equally, work on challenging legacy systems
- Knowledge of web languages and frameworks, in particular Angular, Typescript/Javascript, CSS
- Experience working in nimble, rapidly evolving environments
What the job involves
- As Principal Engineer in our Engineering team you will report into the VP of Engineering and will be integral to the delivery of our mission critical systems
- Your new role will see you being a key contributor to ensuring we deliver high quality code, either through your own contribution or with your collaborative guidance to other engineers
- Demica delivers within an agile framework; so you will be comfortable working according to Scrum and Kanban methodologies in cross-functional teams.
- You will know how to build software which meets functional needs, as well as non-functional aspects; such as security, scalability, auditability, etc
- Collaborating, guiding, mentoring engineers
- Contributing actively to raising the bar on our software delivery; including collaborating on code quality definitions, code management strategies
- Contribute to expert problem diagnosis
- Contribute to solution architecture, software design and internal standards and approaches
- Work on new, greenfield developments, as well as enhancements of existing platforms
Application process
- CV Review
- Recruiter Interview
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Competency Interviews
- Onsite Interview
- Offer
- Hired
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Supply chain finance is an often overlooked but crucial part of global trade. Simply put, it provides liquidity and cash to ensure that buyers receive their goods and sellers get paid.
At the heart of this industry is Demica, whose platform is used by some of the world’s leading financial institutions to automate and scale their working capital products. Today, the company’s customers include HSBC, Standard Chartered, Mastercard, and Lloyds Bank.
Demica’s journey so far has been fascinating, founded in the 1990s and spending its early years offering boutique intermediary services between banks. Since 2014 though, the company has skyrocketed, going from around a dozen employees to hundreds across the world.
2014 was the same year it hired Matt Wreford as CEO, and added Supply Chain Finance bank functionality to its tech platform, which has been the key to its growth. This growth has remained constant and looks set to continue in the near future too, as the trade and supply chain finance niche undergoes a steady digital transformation.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"I enjoy bringing finance transactions to life by implementing them in the platform. This gives me the opportunity to be in challenging situations..."
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Mar 2018
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $55m
Company benefits
- Bonus system
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection
- 4% matched pension
- 25 days holiday plus public holidays
- Bike to Work
- Transport Season Ticket Loan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- LinkedIn Learning: Access to thousand of courses
- Family Friendly Policies
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Matt Wreford
(CEO, not founder)Joined Demica as CEO in 2014 to lead its expansion from 12 to almost 200 people. Was previously CEO of financial services conglomerate IPGL, and boutique investment bank Exotix Limited.
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