Senior Backend Engineer, iwoca

CRM Team

£60-80k

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React
TypeScript
Python
Django
Postgres
Mid and Senior level
London
iwoca

Online loans for small businesses

Open for applications

iwoca

Online loans for small businesses

201-500 employees

FintechB2BLending

Open for applications

£60-80k

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React
TypeScript
Python
Django
Postgres
Mid and Senior level
London

201-500 employees

FintechB2BLending

Company mission

To give small business owners a great experience while getting the finance they need.

Role

Who you are

  • Proficiency in Python, with a strong background in back-end engineering
  • Experience with Django, PostgreSQL, and designing, building, and managing relational databases
  • A keen interest in both maintaining and optimising current systems, and in engaging in full-stack projects as required

Desirable

  • Front-end development experience, particularly with React + Typescript, to contribute effectively to projects beyond the back-end scope
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, including containerisation and CI/CD processes, to streamline development and deployment workflows
  • A strong numerate academic background, i.e. maths, physics, computer science, engineering, or similar

What the job involves

  • As we expand our presence and grow our operations across Europe, we are setting up teams focused on specific countries we operate in
  • You will be joining a newly created team focused on adapting and improving internal tools for our colleagues serving customers in Germany
  • Our internal CRM team is a team of back-end and front-end engineers committed to creating and enhancing the tools that empower our operational teams to deliver exceptional service
  • You’ll join a newly formed subteam focusing on helping us better serve our customers in Germany
  • Our work environment thrives on creativity, innovation, data, and collaboration, making every challenge an opportunity for growth
  • Direct impactful projects from the ground up; design, develop, and implement solutions that enhance our operational efficiency, directly influencing iwoca's growth trajectory
  • Innovative technology and infrastructure optimisation: Use cutting-edge technology to personalise and optimise customer interaction channels, from email journeys to call response mechanisms
  • Play a pivotal role in refining our existing systems, ensuring they are robust to support future technological advancements and innovations
  • Enable better data-driven decision-making: The better we can predict risk, the more we can help businesses - especially those which no bank would support
  • We want to test and integrate more data sources, and limit the impact of human cognitive biases, enabling more informed, and effective outcomes
  • Make our customer service even better: Customers love that we are fast, communicate well and have simple processes
  • Our proprietary task management system helps us decide where we can add most value at any given moment. And, we want to improve and expand it

Salary benchmarks

Our take

UK SME's are the backbone of a complex economy that is constantly changing, so the need for fast and responsive access to finance is becoming more and more important to ensure their success and growth. iwoca allows SMEs access to business loans in less than a minute, with its API and business marketplace partnerships.

With offerings like iwoca's, gone are the days where waiting up to eight weeks for a loan decision was viable. Its simplified business loans of £1,000 - £500,000 come with no fees attached, and applying online takes no more than five minutes. The ready availability of iwoca loans gives business owners a level of certainty, so that they can make instant decisions to help their business grow.

iwoca has made a number of partnerships with other players in the business finance space, including an impressive industry-first invoice checkout integration with QuickBooks. Funding raised by the company, which is now operating at net profitability, will enable it to meet a recent surge in demand for corporate loans. The company has made several billion in funding available to over 100,000 businesses since launching, positioning itself as a leading European fintech.

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Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

35% female employees

-2% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Employee endorsements

Opportunities to learn

"Great opportunities available to learn from both individuals through shadowing, and teams through presentations and even secondment opportunities -..."

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Aug 2019

$13m

GRANT

Feb 2019

$25.9m

SERIES D

Total funding: $94m

Company benefits

  • Flexible working across all teams.
  • Twice a year we rent houses in places like Sicily and the French Alps where each team can work together for a week poolside.
  • Employee share options
  • Comprehensive health insurance and cash plans.
  • Counselling and private therapy benefits
  • Fully stocked fridges for breakfast and snacks throughout your day.
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity leave for new parents plus a nursery benefit.
  • Unlimited unpaid leave.
  • The time and budget to invest in your professional development.
  • Volunteering Days

Company values

  • Motivated: Going to work shouldn't feel like a slog, so we want everyone in the team to personally care about what they're working on. We stay motivated by celebrating our wins, learning from our mistakes, and always looking for new gaps to step into.
  • Smart: At iwoca being smart isn't about what you know, it's about how you think. Smart thinking means looking at each problem by asking ‘why’ first, then figuring out ‘how’.
  • Humble: We know all ideas are flawed, all code has bugs, and everyone makes mistakes - it’s how we learn. For us, being humble means you question yourself first, rather than your team.
  • Growth Mindset: We think there's always a better way to solve a problem. So we never let ourselves get comfortable with being good enough.

Company HQ

Fitzrovia, London, UK

Leadership

James Dear

(Head of Systems & Numbers)

People progressing

Joined as a Customer Onboarder, moved into the Broker Team and has most recently been promoted to Partnerships Manager.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at iwoca

  • We work hard to make iwoca a place where everyone feels welcome, where you can confidently be yourself. We understand that diversity isn't an optional add-on, it's the core ingredient of what makes us great.

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