Software Development Manager, Chip
+ Discretionary share option bonus
Investing and savings app
Posted today
Investing and savings app
201-500 employees
Posted today
+ Discretionary share option bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build wealth for our generation.
Role
Who you are
- In this role, you should be an excellent communicator who is able to translate complex requirements into functional architecture
- We’d also like you to have hands-on experience in software development and be able to manage and understand our legacy and more importantly embrace our engineering values
- Proven Experience leading high-performance engineering teams
- A strong people manager who can develop and manage the skills and performance of all team members
- Strong communicator who can lead technical discussions at all levels and able to explain a complex technical issue to someone non technical
- Programming language experience in PHP with an interest to learn GO
- Experience with a PHP framework such as Laravel or symfony
- Strong understanding of design patterns (bus, repository, decorator, etc)
- Strong understanding of mutable vs immutable databases
- Experience with manipulating data structures and performing performance audits of codebase and database
- Development locally with Containers (Docker) through to production
- Strong understanding of branching strategies and where best to use them
- An understanding of Microservice architecture and how to develop micro services
- Team player who will be committed to the cause, can be flexible, reliable and responsible, active listener, will keep your team informed and always at hand to support and respect others
- Role model who can represent and promote Chip within the wider community
- 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
- Although we’re in the financial space, and under the scrutiny that comes with it, the current engineering team works well together, and even sometimes with a smile
- 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
- 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
- At the interview stages, we will be looking for empathy, eq, fun stories, and the ability to smile even when things are tough
What the job involves
- We are looking for a talented and dedicated Engineering Manager to help us build out a world-beating feature set
- As Engineering Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing new features and services to help us continue to deliver a great product to our customers that helps our company and their money grow
- Lead the engineering team, encourage initiative and introduce processes (ways of working)
- Oversee the project delivery plan
- Work with the Technical PM to plan sprints ahead and manage dependencies
- Give updates to the stakeholders regarding projects progress and estimates
- Line manage the BE engineers. Providing opportunities for learning, providing mentoring, or encouraging others to mentor, and supporting members to achieve their career goals and personal
- Leading the technical direction of the team and being responsible for all the deliverables of the cross-functional team. Encouraging best practices, processes, and fostering a positive engineering culture
- Supporting Product/Delivery in technical requirements planning by providing knowledge of the platform, the codebase, and the feasibility of requirements
- Collaboration with teams that the squad is dependent on - providing requirements that meet the needs of the platform, rather than being provided with a service that may not be fit for purpose
- We want you to manage the team but also not afraid to get your hands dirty in the code. It might vary from time to time, but generally we are expecting you will be 60% hands off and 40% contributing to the codebase
- Have a good understanding of design patterns and you know your strangler figs from your branch by abstraction
Application process
- We usually respond within three days
- Our Interview Process:
- Video screen with someone from our Talent team
- Short take-home test
- Video interview with the hiring manager
- Final interview with VP of Product
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
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
35% female employees
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Dec 2023
$6.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2022
$4.6m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $80.7m
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 values
- Be Accountable - Everything you do matters, Care about the end result, Challenge the norm, Disagree, yet commit to making it happen once a decision has been made, Do the best job possible
- Be Bold - Share our Ambition and do your bit to achieve it, Innovate: challenge the norm, break the mould and make it happen, Set goals that truly align with our mission, Do your best for our customers
- Be Collaborative - Work cross-functionally - we win as a team, Build strong relationships based on trust, Treat others fairly and respectfully, Hold others to account, Be supportive and inclusive, Have fun together
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
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.
People progressing
Leena joined Chip in 2019 as an Operations Analyst and was promoted to Technical Product Owner just under 2 years later. Further promoted to Associate Product Manager in January 2023!
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