Senior Software Development Engineer, GoCardless
Bank Payment Network
£80-90k
1+ day a week in office
Making payments easier for everyone
Job no longer available
Making payments easier for everyone
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
£80-90k
1+ day a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To become the world’s bank payment network.
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Company mission
To become the world’s bank payment network.
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45% female employees
4% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
GoCardless has emerged to facilitate recurring payments, with a focus on streamlining the subscription economy. After securing $75M in 2019 for international expansion, the company now operates in key regions, processing over $35B annually for 80,000 businesses.
Recent advancements include the acquisition of Nordigen in 2022, enabling GoCardless to leverage OpenBanking functionality and establish a robust platform for direct bank-to-bank payments. The company also achieved an impressive $312 million in Series G funding in 2022.With a strategic eye on the future, GoCardless introduced GC Embed, a white-labeling product granting other payment providers access to its premier bank payment platform.
This success is underscored by the company's commitment to innovation, exemplified by its 2019 partnership with TransferWise, integrating foreign exchange rates into its services. GoCardless continues to evolve, navigating the complex landscape of recurring payments and staying ahead of competitors like Stripe and Square, who are beginning to enter the subscription economy. With a global footprint spanning the UK, France, the US, and ANZ, GoCardless remains at the forefront of reshaping how businesses manage and process recurring payments on a massive scale.
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Benefits
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental pay
- 27 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Work-away scheme
- Health insurance
- 4 additional wellbeing days off per year
- Equity grant for all employees
Company values
- Start With Why: We believe you can only do a job properly when you know why you are doing it. Understanding why we care about the problem motivates us to keep going until we’ve solved it
- Make it Happen: We work with urgency, and take personal accountability for getting things done in pursuit of our vision.
- Care Deeply: We care deeply about our impact on the world and those around us
- Act with Integrity: We do what’s right even when no one is watching. We don't see doing the right things as a choice — we act with integrity regardless of the cost
- Be Humble: We act without ego and don’t let excuses get in the way of achieving our goals. We believe life's too short for self-importance
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2022
$312m
SERIES G
Feb 2021
$105m
SERIES F
Total funding: $634.3m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Hiroki Takeuchi
(CEO)Hiroki and Matt met when they were consultants. They started GoCardless during Y Combinator. After a number of years as co-founder, Matt left to start Nested.
Matt Robinson
(Board Member)Started company supplying waiters to events while at school, before joining McKinsey. Founded Nested Estate Agents in 2015 where they currently serve as CEO.
People progressing
Beccy joined GoCardless as a Sales Development Representative in May 2018 and has since had 3 promotions to become Senior Manager.
Steph joined GoCardless as an Intern in the Compliance team 4 years ago and she's now the Manager of the team.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at GoCardless
Lena Tailor (Director of D&I)
- Given the large number of hires we have been making in recent months, we have continuously reviewed both our hiring processes and channels to eliminate bias. We’ve introduced programs that attract diverse talent and we continuously seek to create hiring experiences that are fair, transparent and accessible by all
- We are working on creating a transparent framework for how we grow and develop talent in a scaling organisation. This will include bringing more clarity on internal career opportunities and provide clear expectations on the behaviours we want to see aligned to our values and commitment to building an inclusive organisation
- We have introduced systematic processes to help ensure compensation decisions are data-driven, fair and competitive. We have also invested in Reward capability and expertise to ensure we bring pay equity into every step of the employee journey
- Thanks to these employee-led groups we have been able to further our efforts in voluntary diversity data collection this year, to develop support for parents and carers, offer community mentoring opportunities in partnership with Career Accelerator, help to raise awareness and empathy during significant events of the past year, and importantly, offer more employees a community of people with whom they share experiences and interests
- To strengthen our commitment to D&I we have recently appointed our first Director of Diversity & Inclusion, an experienced culture change leader, which will allow us to have a more strategic and systematic approach to building a diverse and inclusive organisation for the long term and as we scale
- The Director will work with the executive team and ERGs to define clear D&I targets that GoCardless will commit to achieving over the next three years, and to develop a structured roadmap of initiatives aligned with those targets
- This will create greater clarity and accountability across the entire organisation on D&I progress
- We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of June 2022 - Female Employees - 46% - Ethnic background - 32% - Identify as LGBTQIA - 10% - Neurodivergent - 9%
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There is no shortage of challenging work at GC as we expand into new territories, each with their own payment processing requirements. As a manager, there are also many broader initiatives that you can help with to expand your impact beyond your team.
Software Engineering
Challenging work
Jul 2022
There is a lot of autonomy working within a PD team at GC. We work collaboratively to shape our roadmap and one of our operating principles is "acting like an owner." Most importantly, people are rewarded for coming to conclusions autonomously, and will be given more opportunities to do so.
Software Engineering
Autonomy
Jul 2022
When I joined GC, one of my main questions was: "how long does everyone stay this friendly?" It was such a warm welcome. But the truth is it never changes. The GC culture and atmosphere is something else. I love working with new people in new projects as much as I enjoy seeing them at the pub.
Software Engineering
Nice people
Jul 2022
I have the best work life balance that I've had in my career to date at GoCardless. I also LOVE our GC Fridays which are a company-wide day off every quarter to encourage us to recharge and relax.
People, HR, Recruitment
Focus on employee wellbeing
May 2022
It's amazing to see so many of my colleagues moving through the ranks based on their performance and contributions. As we're growing so quickly, your career can also grow very quickly!
People, HR, Recruitment
Career progression
May 2022
I love that we have an environment of trying new things and if it doesn't work, it's okay, as long as you learn from it. This has enabled me to learn so much more than I ever thought I would in the last 12 months.
People, HR, Recruitment
Opportunities to learn
May 2022
I've learned so much throughout my time at GoCardless. The people here are so intelligent and we're constantly learning about the new space of open banking. It's exciting to work for an organization in a space that's rapidly changing and the next generation of FinTech.
Sales & Account Management
Opportunities to learn
Mar 2022
With performance, there's a ton of career progression doors opened for you. We have people within the business that have started as SDRs and now are directors, heads of, and many more. The SDRs that get promoted are some of the top performers in the AE org.
Sales & Account Management
Career progression
Mar 2022
GC is a place that operates with clear values and operating principles. These values and principles come up almost every day in the way we work and when decisions are being made. It's great to work at a place with such clear, thoughtful values demonstrated at every level of the business.
Sales & Account Management
Clear values
Mar 2022
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