Backend Engineer

February 21

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Chip - your wealth app

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Chip is a wealth app designed to help users save and invest effectively. With over 500,000 users, Chip offers competitive saving accounts such as Cash ISAs and Easy Access Savers with attractive interest rates, including tax-free options. The app uses award-winning AI to automate savings and offers investment opportunities through funds managed by leading asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard. Featuring a user-friendly interface, Chip allows for seamless saving and investing, with enhanced security through FSCS protection. The app caters to both beginners and seasoned investors looking to maximize their wealth efficiently and effortlessly.

51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

📋 Description

• You will be working with a team to deliver new API capabilities that provide features for Chips customers intended to grow our user base and retain them in the long run. • This will be achieved by working on the development of new microservices that will be deployed across our AWS estate. • You will regularly be involved in show & tell sessions with the goal of helping enable not just the engineers but the whole company in understanding what it is to be an engineer at Chip.

🎯 Requirements

• Programming language experience in PHP with an interest to learn GO • Experience with a PHP framework such as Laravel or Symfony • Some knowledge of design patterns (bus, repository, decorator, etc) • An 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 microservices / working on the development of microservices deployed across AWS estate.

🏖️ Benefits

• Discretionary Performance-Related Bi-Annual Bonus of up to 10% (Cash) and 5% (Shares) based on your gross annual salary. • Workplace pension scheme - We invest in your future with a workplace pension scheme , contributing 5% on earnings up to £50,000 . • Fully comprehensive private medical insurance (medical history disregarded) • Employee Assistance Programme • Cycle to work scheme • Season ticket loan • Free ChipX subscription for UK-based employees • Flexible working arrangements • 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, plus the days between Christmas and New Year • Annual training budget for courses, workshops, or conferences to help you advance your career. • £30 per month Chip Fitness Benefit to suit your Mental/Physical Wellbeing • Company laptop