Job description
Do you want to help us shape what the future of work will look like and how it will best embrace our life's aspirations? If this sounds like a journey you want to embark on, we may have the right role for you!
Creating a fulfilling work environment and culture is also a core mission at PayFit, and our day-to-day work philosophy is reflected in our four values:
A key part of our culture, and essential for our success, is also improving the diversity of our teams and building an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work.
This is why our recruitment focuses on the skills you demonstrate, and not only on your academic background or previous professional experiences. At PayFit we understand that you can gain applicable skills through a variety of life experiences and we are interested in knowing them, too.
About the role:
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Your mission will be to contribute to the whole development process, from system design to delivery and monitoring.
Design, develop, test and maintain robust products for maximum reliability, resilience and scalability with security in mind.- Work with a Product Manager & Product Designer on feature development & product initiatives.
- Participate actively in defining the architecture vision to better support our growing user base and scale accordingly.
- Maintain a high level of quality through extreme programming (XP) software development methodology, documentation and pairing
- Share your knowledge through workshops and coaching
- Promote our engineering culture and best practices
This role is for you if :
- You have 4+ years of experience as a software engineer and have had exposure to architectural patterns of efficient, large and high-scale systems (Design Patterns, Microservices, Databases...)
- You are a Problem solver: You are a pragmatic and product-driven engineer who is interested in solving problems and delivering value while taking into account business <> tech tradeoffs
- You are using Best Practices: You are an organized, rigorous engineer who follows best practices regarding code quality, clean architecture, testing, monitoring, code reviews and CI/CD.
- You are an Impact Maker: You are creative, passionate about building things and want to help build an innovative product used by thousands of users.
- You are a Team player: You have good communication skills, are comfortable working in a partially remote team, and can easily work with non-technical colleagues
- You are a curious, open-minded and motivated engineer who is eager to learn and introduce new tools and methodologies where it can help us grow
- You are fluent in English
It would be great if you also :
- Are Event-Driven Architecture and Domain Driven Design aficionado.
- Have experience in Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud providers (AWS for example), GitOps.
- Have experience in relational databases (Postgresql for example).
- Have experience in Javascript, Node JS, React or any front-end framework.
- Have experience in working with Design systems.
We are always looking for the best candidates, so if you think you would be a good fit even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements we would love to hear from you!
Our hiring process
- 45' interview with a Recruiter
- 1 hour coding interview (you choose the language and if you prefer to do it at home or live)
- 1 hour system design interview
- Meet your future manager
Flexibility: We believe that to produce your best work and to be fulfilled, you should be free to choose what working arrangements suit you best. You can work from any place within the UK with the possibility to work abroad for some period of time.