Senior Backend Engineer, Seccl
TypeScript/Node.JS, 6 Month Contract
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The embedded investment platform
Open for applications
The embedded investment platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
Seccl is the Octopus-owned embedded investment platform that’s helping more people to invest – and invest well.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for a team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited to collaborate on innovative projects
- The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of full stack development using TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, AWS (Lambda, Serverless, SNS, SQS), event-driven architecture
- Excellent expertise in backend development with a deep understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js
- Experience of full stack development (Next.js, React, .NET all beneficial)
- Experience of Amazon Web Services, including Lambda, SQS and SNS and knowledge of Serverless environments
- Experience of working within a complex event-driven messaging architecture
- Excellent experience of implementing quality controls through the testing pyramid and writing thorough unit tests to ensure code is robust and reliable
- Experience of MongoDB
- Experience of continuous integration and working in a collaborative, rigorous product refinement process in a strong Agile Scrum environment
- Strong communication skills and the ability to express new ideas and solutions to both technical and non-technical audience
- Previous experience of wealth management is beneficial
- If this sounds like your kind of thing, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. We’d love to hear from you!
What the job involves
- We're looking for a talented back-end software engineer to design, develop, and implement reliable and scalable software solutions
- You'll leverage your expertise in Javascript, Typescript, and Node.js to build new functionality for our application. This is a hands-on contract role where you'll play a key role in the entire software development lifecycle
- This is a contract position
- Work collaboratively in a domain aligned cross-functional squad made up of developers, testers and product along with colleagues from customer and operations
- Build and implement of a range of developments
- Provide hands-on expertise throughout software development (test, debug, deployment, monitoring and support)
- Work on software specification and documentation
- Help develop and promote appropriate processes and best practice, always looking for better ways of working to drive scalability
Application process
- Interviewing is a two-way thing, and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you. Our interviews are conversational, so come with questions and be curious. In general, you can expect the interview process to look a bit like this:
- One stage – 65 mins combined interview with Talent Partner and Engineering manager that will combine cultural questions and live technical discussion (system design interview)
- We’ll only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you don’t miss out and you should expect to hear back from us within one to two weeks of applying
Our take
Seccl is an embedded investment platform revolutionising how companies offer investment services. With its API-first technology infrastructure it helps financial professionals and businesses launch and manage investment platforms easily. By simplifying old, clunky processes, Seccl gives firms the tools they need to offer customers a seamless, digital investing experience - whether it's for financial advisers, neobanks, or fast-growing startups.
Since being acquired by Octopus in 2019, Seccl has seen impressive growth. Now supporting over 190,000 investors as well as managing more than £13.4B in funds through its platform. With this, Seccl is well on track to power even more businesses and as it continues to grow, its mission to disrupt the industry with smarter, scalable solutions is only growing in momentum.
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Company benefits
- Flexible/hybrid working: We don’t prescribe when or how many days you come into the office. It’s what you deliver that’s important
- Events and socials: Twice-yearly all-company offsites, regular team socials and plenty of non-work activities – from gigs to sporting activities – to get stuck into
- Private medical: Access GP and other health and dental appointments work through private medical insurance
- Focus on mental health: Your wellbeing is more important than work. We offer free and confidential access to therapy if you need it
- Long-service award: A month’s fully-paid sabbatical when you’ve worked here for eight years (we’re part of Octopus, after all)
- The usual stuff: 27 days’ holiday (plus religious holidays and your birthday), Cycle2Work scheme and workplace pension
Company values
- Never settle
- Take ownership
- Be generous and candid
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
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Leadership
David Ferguson
(CEO)Joined Seccl in 2022 as CEO. Prior to that, they spent 15 years as the CEO of Nucleus Financial Group.
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