Senior Developer, Lightning Reach

Full Stack

£70-75k

+ Stock options

React

TypeScript

GCP

Postgres

BigQuery

JSON

Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

Connecting people in need to financial support

Job no longer available

Connecting people in need to financial support

1-20 employees

FintechB2CB2BSocial Impact

Job no longer available

£70-75k

+ Stock options

React

TypeScript

GCP

Postgres

BigQuery

JSON

Senior level

Remote from Europe, UK

1-20 employees

FintechB2CB2BSocial Impact

Company mission

To be the leading global platform that seamlessly connects people to personalised financial and wellbeing support, empowering them to improve their financial health and thrive.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

An exceptional full stack developer who is passionate about building customer-centric products that make a real impact
Comfortable working across Frontend (React, or similar) & Backend (JavaScript, Python, Ruby or similar) and Data (PostgreSQL, BigQuery, or similar)
Thrive in an agile environment with a customer-centric approach to development
Experienced with CI/CD, unit testing, and end-to-end testing

Desirable

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (or similar)
Expertise with data stacks and analytics
Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities
UX/UI design experience
Ability to engage effectively with the wider business, customers, and end-users
Applicants with personal experience of financial hardship, or have received support from charitable organisations are strongly encouraged to apply
We believe that diversity brings strength and fosters innovation, and are seeking candidates from a range of backgrounds, including gender identity, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexuality, disability

What the job involves

Developing and enhancing product features
Helping to shape our product roadmap and design
Working collaboratively with other members of the team
Engaging with customers/end users and potential technology partners/suppliers

Application process

Apply via WttJ
First round interview
Take home task, followed by task assessment call
Final round interview, including panel of team members

Our take

The institutions that provide grants currently rely on manual processes to verify the financial information of applicants, which is a very slow process requiring a lot of time and effort. Lightning Reach is a social enterprise setting out to change this by developing proprietary technology which quickly verifies financial needs and accelerates decision-making.

According to Lightning Reach, its proprietary technology can reduce the time associated with this process from over 5 weeks to 3 days. It also decreases the amount of paperwork involved whilst increasing the security of data used.

The startup was founded in the middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic, with the purpose of helping people in financial hardship access financial support faster. Since then, its grown considerably and has partnerships with the likes of OVO Energy, Royal British Legion, TSB as well as other big names.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Oct 2023

$1.4m

SEED

May 2021

$0.4m

ANGEL

Total funding: $2m

Company benefits

Work from Anywhere
Share Options
Home Office Setup or Co-Working Allowance
Learning Budget
24 Days Holiday (+ Bank Holidays)

Leadership

Ren Yi Hooi

(Founder & CEO)

Previously Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, Project Manager, Sales & Loyalty at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Partnership Manager (Asia) at (MILVIK) BIMA and Product Director & Director of Financial Inclusion at Railsbank.

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