Full-Stack Typescript Software Engineer, Lopay
Node.js/React
£65-75k
UK-based payment app for small businesses
Job no longer available
UK-based payment app for small businesses
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£65-75k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To be the most flexible and most rewarding payment app for small businesses.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator, a passionate and experienced developer (multiple software teams in the past) with strong critical thinking skills and will be experienced in the following:
- NodeJS + Typescript
- React (Functional components + hooks)
- SQL (Postgres or similar, such as MySQL)
- Redis (Or other data caching tooling)
- Git flow (Feature branches, tags, with CI/CD)
- Experience working with payment providers (Stripe, Braintree, etc..)
- Test driven development. End to end (e2e) and unit testing in NodeJs/Typescript. Mocking external services
What the job involves
- Since launching at the beginning of the year, Lopay has been growing 10% week on week and is quickly asserting itself as a disruptive player in the face to face payments market With increasing growth, Lopay is looking for an experienced Full-Stack Typescript Software Engineer to join their Product & Engineering team. Day to day responsibilities include working within a squad of 4-5 developers to design, architecture and build API features for the Lopay mobile & web applications, as well as building new features for and maintaining our web applications. A typical feature will require updates across the Lopay backend technical stack: APIs (Express), database updates (Postgres), data management (caching in Redis), architecture updates (services, events) and decent test coverage (e2e & unit).
- Review other team members code and architecture designs and provide feedback to ensure high code quality, readability and scalability throughout our codebase
- Take the lead on projects to deliver greenfield functionality whilst helping maintain existing API and web functionality
- Work collaboratively with other cross functional teams to deliver end to end features and foster innovation
- Ensure your code is readable, maintainable and has test coverage
Application process
- Initial screen (15 - 30 minutes)
- Remote take-home task (role dependent) (timebox to 2 hours)
- Technical interview (1.5 hours)
- Final interview (1 hour)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The UK mobile payments market saw rapid growth over the pandemic period. Over one third of the adult population are now registered for mobile payments, with services like Apple Pay and Google Pay seeing a 75% boost in signups. Mobile payments are firmly positioned to become the future of commerce, and fintech companies are cashing in big.
Lopay is one of the payments apps breaking into the scene, but it faces stiff competition from heavyweights like Zettle, Sumup, and PayPal. Having launched in late 2021, the real challenge will be to assert itself as a distinctive market entrant. To do so, its marketing itself as a merchant-friendly alternative, undercutting competitors’ transaction fees for customers who can afford to postpone payments access by a few days.
Core to Lopay’s offering is flexibility and control – merchants set their payout schedule and they can switch between schedules at any time. As well as this, a real edge Lopay are offering is a sliding transaction fee scale, which does offer a highly competitive 0.79% for weekly access.
Its fair to say the company is finding success in the market too, with the recent partnerships with YouLend. This partnership will allow Lopay to integrate access to capital into is POS platform so SMEs can gain a competitive edge in the UK market and Lopay can see even more growth and success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% female employees
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2023
$5.4m
Early VC
Total funding: $5.4m
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday a year (plus, statutory public holidays)
- Workplace pension scheme
- New Laptop (MacBook / Windows, your choice)
- A “referral bonus” when you get friends/acquaintances to join the team
- Stock options
- Home office equipment allowance
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Richard Carter
(Founder & CEO)Co-Founder & Chairman of OrderPay. Former Vice President of Ecrebo Limited.
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