Platform Engineer, Chip
£50-60k
+ Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary.
Investing and savings app
Open for applications
Investing and savings app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
£50-60k
+ Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary.
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build wealth for our generation.
Role
Who you are
- If you have a solid background in software engineering, have worked in similar environments and are familiar with AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform, we’d like to meet you
- Scripting experience: Golang, Python and bash are our ‘go-to’ languages in platform, while our main applications are in PHP and Golang
- Infrastructure as code experience: ideally Terraform, but Pulumi and CloudFormation are great too
- 4+ years hands-on experience with AWS; Azure or GCP is also acceptable
- 3+ years experience with container orchestration: Kubernetes (standalone or EKS) or OpenShift
- Familiarity and comfort with dockerising applications
- Experience automatically deploying containers into a number of environments
- Experience of working in a multi-region, multi-account AWS environment
- Hands-on experience building and managing secure infrastructure in regulated environments
- An interest in Microservice Architecture / Mesh technologies and how to deploy/manage them
- Someone with a genuine interest in Chip and is excited about being part of a fast-growing company and our mission to build the investment super app of the future
- We want a real person, with interests outside of work, to join our team
- You could be a dancer, a gamer, a musician, a parent, a hockey fan, or even that one person that still writes Twilight fan-fiction. Doesn’t matter to us
- We’re sure you’ve got the technical skills, otherwise, you would have stopped reading by now, so let us be clear on what will make us want to work with you
What the job involves
- As a Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in maintaining and scaling our cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is both performant and secure
- Working with modern technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform, you'll be responsible for building and optimising a platform that supports our fast growing fintech
- We have a strong emphasis on cloud security best practices to ensure our infrastructure remains robust and compliant
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, high-quality infrastructure that meets the needs of our business
- You should be able to be flexible in response to customer needs and work closely with a team of developers to help build the world’s best wealth app
- Working Hours :
- Monday to Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Start your weekend early!)
Application process
- We usually respond within three days
- At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough
- Video screen with someone from our Talent team
- Video interview with the hiring manager & Senior Platform Engineer
- Final interview with VP of Engineering
Our take
Chips offers a free app designed to make saving as easy as spending. Utilising an AI-driven system, the app calculates how much users could save, provides an option to decline, and automatically transfers the selected amount to the user's Chip account, streamlining the saving process.
To date, Chup's users have collectively saved over £800M, showcasing the product's popularity. The enthusiasm for Chip is evident, having raised a total of £43.5M with over 27.5k shareholders.
The company has bolstered its team with strong hires from notable organisations such as Purplebricks, Deposit Solutions, Barclays, Funding Circle, and Monzo, positioning Chip for significant growth. However, the challenge lies in remaining relevant amid a competitive landscape of savings and investment accounts. To address this, Chip continuously innovates its investment product to help users effectively build wealth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Dec 2023
$6.8m
LATE VC
Nov 2022
$4.8m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $83.9m
Company benefits
- Discretionary share option bonus
- Workplace pension scheme
- Private medical insurance (medical history disregarded)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited holiday (policy not to count) ✈️
- Annual £1500 Personal Learning Allowance
- £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing
- Company laptop
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Simon Rabin
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Roamer. Prior to that, they were a Director at Txt2buy and a Marketing Manager at Unibutler.
Alex Latham
(Co-Founder & CMO)Previously worked in Marketing at Maxim and as Head of Growth at Pineapple Punk.
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