Senior Engineer, Funding Circle
2+ days a week in office
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Job no longer available
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
2+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
We are on a mission to build the place where small businesses go to get the funding they need to win
Role
Who you are
- You love working in a complex problem domain where you can have a real and substantial impact on the business
- You have an interest or experience in Functional Programming, microservices and/or event-driven architecture
- You are a collaborator - you encourage pairing and believe that working together is smarter than working in a silo
- You are a teacher - generous with your time and expertise to teach stakeholders and our fellow engineers how to answer their own questions
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
- Experience working ideally with Clojure or at least one major functional programming language (E.g. Scala, Elixir, Haskell, Erlang)
- Strong fundamental programming skills (data structures, algorithms)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- An interest (or experience) in any of Functional Programming, Distributed Systems or Event-Driven Architectures (using Apache Kafka)
- Knowledge of decision engines would be a bonus but not essential
- At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in our Credit Strategy & Offers team
- Our Credit Strategy & Offers team, part of the Loans department, is a collaborative group of problem-solvers dedicated to building and refining the technology that delivers near-instant decisions to our customers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in evolving our bespoke decision engine, which is central to our application process
- You’ll work closely with talented colleagues to understand and enhance our credit strategy implementation and the software systems that support it. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact while growing your expertise in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and shared success
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
Genn, Head of New Channel Growth (FlexiPay)
Insights
Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$105.2m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $377.7m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (formally Gym Pass)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business allowance when in the office
- Enhanced parental and adoption leave
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Victoria Bradford-Hall (VP, People)
- At Funding Circle, we are on a mission to back small businesses like no other company has ever done before. To succeed, we need a team that reflects the diverse world of the customers we support. We are building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. We know our success is rooted in a culture where every Circler - regardless of background, identity, or experience - has the confidence to bring their whole self to work. In our fast-moving environment, we don't just "accept" diversity; we actively seek it out to help us spot opportunities and find a better way. We measure our success not just by what we achieve individually, but by the impact we have on others. Even if your past experience does not align perfectly with every requirement, we would still love to hear from you.
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