Wealth Wizards
Online Retirement Advice • Robo advice • Financial Education • Financial Wellbeing • Hybrid Financial Advice
Lead Software Engineer
5 hours ago
Wealth Wizards
Online Retirement Advice • Robo advice • Financial Education • Financial Wellbeing • Hybrid Financial Advice
Description
• Our vision is a future where everybody in society has access to financial advice and guidance. • Our Software as a Service (SaaS) platform provides engaging digital experiences for consumers and powerful tools for financial advisers. • In our cross-functional product teams, Software Engineers work directly with Product Owners and UX Designers to build our customer journeys and services. • We are a true Fintech with a strong engineering culture and focus on innovation and agile methodology. • We have an excellent Developer Experience and use a modern AWS-based serverless web stack including SST, Next.js and Typescript. • As a Software Engineer, you are empowered to own the full lifecycle of the software you create: designing the system, writing code, building automated tests and running the system in production. • This role will be offered on a 12-month fixed term contract, or, permanent basis.
Requirements
• You are able to prove your knowledge of full-stack Node.js development in our remote technical test, using Typescript (preferred) or Javascript. • You have exposure to serverless architecture, preferably with AWS • You have experience in refactoring older systems towards a cleaner strategic architecture. • You have experience of leading teams, helping to facilitate valuable outcomes through coaching and mentoring. • You have a strong commitment to self-learning, demonstrating how you’ve developed your skills. • You have the ability to take ownership of a task, analyse it and solve problems you have not faced before. • You have a desire to work collaboratively in your team, learning from others and sharing what you know. • You will be technically curious, tackling problems without giving up and seeking feedback early and often. • You will be willing to point out, own, and fix things that are broken about your services, your team, our company and in your own personal development. • You are keen on writing simple solutions to complex problems, favouring pragmatism over dogma. • You are great at communicating context and ensure that you effectively share your understanding of a problem with your team. • You have recent hands-on experience as a senior or lead software engineer in a team environment. • You have relatable experience of agile practices and values. • You are aware of event driven systems and the challenges of asynchronous programming. • You have experience of test driven development and a preference for pair programming. • You have experience of automated end-to-end testing. • You may have knowledge of data structures and data driven design. • You may regularly write technical articles or contribute to FoSS projects. • You are a champion of modern development practices and are aware of the latest trends and tooling. • You are confident in your written and verbal communication skills and are able to use these skills to generate a shared understanding through demonstration of technical rationale
Benefits
• Flexible working • We prioritise a sustainable work/life balance • We have a collaborative learning culture that promotes psychological safety • 25 days annual leave plus every bank holiday • Company pension (up to 10% employer contribution) • Company performance based Bonus scheme • Paid day off to celebrate your birthday • Additional holiday purchase (up to 5 days per year) • Additional holidays for length of service (up to 3 days) • Private medical insurance • Dental and health cash plans • Enhanced parental leave and pay • Discounts on gym membership and health screening • Employee assistance programme • Life assurance of 4x basic salary • £500 pension advice per year • 6 paid days per year for self development • £500 individual training budget per year • Professional memberships funded • Salary sacrifice car scheme • Cycle, Home & Tech scheme
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