Integrations Engineer, Zinc Work
£72-75k
+ EMI Scheme
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
Automated employee reference and background checking software
Posted today
Automated employee reference and background checking software
101-200 employees
Posted today
£72-75k
+ EMI Scheme
More information about location
2 days a week in office (Shoreditch, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To change the way people prove their work identity.
Role
Who you are
- Integration Engineering 🔌 – You've built and maintained production integrations against third-party APIs you don't control, in code rather than config. You know the trade-offs: sync vs async, webhooks vs polling, retry strategies
- TypeScript / Node.js 💻 – Production experience. Our backend is TypeScript and we standardise across the codebase
- REST APIs & Webhooks 🔗 – OAuth2, pagination, rate limits, retries and idempotency are second nature. They're core to every integration
- Data Mapping 🗺️ – You're comfortable moving data between JSON, XML and SOAP. Workday and iCIMS are XML/SOAP-heavy
- Testing 🧪 – You're proficient with Jest and with contract and integration tests using mocks, because integrations fail silently
What the job involves
- Your job is to increase the number and quality of Zinc's integrations. You'll design, build and scale connections with third-party platforms, and evolve our Partner API so partners can build on Zinc with less hand-holding
- This is an engineering role. Support and onboarding sit with our dedicated Integration Support function in Partnerships, so your time goes on building, hardening and improving integrations
- You'll also be the escalation point for issues support can't resolve. You'll work closely with Product, Partnerships and Integration Support, and report to the Engineering Manager for Integrations
- Reporting to: Lucila Sanjurjo
- Building integrations end to end 🔌 – Read partner API docs, spec with the PM, then build, test and release new integrations, from Greenhouse Harvest API upgrades to CV checks across ATSs
- Hardening what's live ️ – Move existing integrations off deprecated mechanisms (such as Greenhouse polling to PATCH) and strengthen error handling, retries and idempotency
- Evolving the Partner API 🧩 – Own endpoint design, versioning, webhooks, docs and sandbox so partners can build on Zinc with less hand-holding
- Building reusable patterns ♻️ – Create shared connector and mapping layers that cut the cost of every new integration
- Giving support the tools 🔭 – Build internal tooling and observability so Integration Support can diagnose issues themselves
- Being the escalation point – Root-cause and fix the issues Integration Support can't resolve. You're not the first line for customers
- Shaping what we build 🎯 – Give Product and Partnerships technical feasibility input during discovery, through the team's planning process
- Raising the bar 🤝 – Review code, set testing standards, and pick up occasional Vue/Nuxt work on integration settings screens
Application process
- Video Exchange 📽️
- Talent Discovery Call ✨
- Google Meets Interview 💻
- Final In-Person Interview 🧍♀️🧍♂️
- Hired
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The existing processes for referencing and background checking suffer from notable inefficiencies, marked by biases, time-consuming procedures, and an intimidating experience for candidates. Addressing these challenges, Zinc Work aims to solve these processes by introducing an automated reference and background-checking solution.
Setting itself apart in the market, Zinc Work focuses on the user-friendly design of its solution, its swift integration into existing Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), and its high level of customisation. With a vision to offer a solution for background checks, Zinc covers a spectrum from criminal record checks to financial, education, identity, employment, and reference checks.
Funding secured in 2023 was led by esteemed financial services investor AVP (AXA Venture Partners) and supported by Seedcamp, and will facilitate the launch of groundbreaking industry initiatives. These include the introduction of the first reusable global Right To Work check, the first Employment verification reference integrated with HMRC, and a background check template library collaboratively contributed to by over 40 Zinc Work customers. This financial injection underscored Zinc's commitment to innovation and reinforced its position as a trailblazer in the realm of automated reference and background checking solutions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
43% female employees
Company
Employee endorsements
Team energy
"Team energy is great, there is lots of positivity and support. Because we only come in 2-3 days a week, when we are in everyone is engaged and happy..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2023
$6.8m
SERIES A
Mar 2022
$1.4m
SEED
Total funding: $8.6m
Company benefits
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
- Apple laptop and latest tech gear for your home workstation
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company Retreat
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
Company values
- Empathy: Seeking to understand your perspective first
- Collaboration: We will work teogether to solve problems
- Empowered: Empowering candidates with information and data
- Speed: We will work to deliver at pace
- Integrity: We are truth seekers, providing transparent information
- Pragmatic: We're a solutions oriented team that seeks to solve
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Charlotte Lucy Hall
(Co-Founder)Previously a Marketing Manager at Superscript, Podcast Producer at Talent Hacks for Scaleups, and a Marketing Executive at ILTM.
Luke Shipley
(Co-Founder)Previously EMEA Head of Technology at Intelletec for 1 year. Has also co-founded stitch Leggings and Lean Lychee.
People progressing
He was a regular soldier in the Army, after leaving and studying he joined Zinc as an SDR (After a spell gold diving in FLorida). Having come in with no experience he has promoted fast through Zinc.
Tiasha joined Zinc way back in 2021, she highlighted that she wanted to work in Account Managment and has worked hard to make this career change happen.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Zinc Work
- We currently do not record LGBTQIA+ status: our team is small, which means data is hard to anonymise.
- As of January 2024, 48% of the Zinc team are Ethnic Minorities.
- We offer flexible working for everyone from day one.
- Accommodations are available for everyone, regardless of status and never need to be justified: this is outlined in our DEI Statement which is accessible to all employees.
- We offer prayer space at our co-working offices, and flexible diary arrangements for employees to keep their faith.
- We’ve created a ‘Manual of Me’ page in our company Notion: to help foster understanding and allow team members to advocate for their communication style and work patterns.
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