Senior Software Engineer, Core Loans Team

The team

This role sits within the “Tech and Data” teams. The drivers behind our platform – brilliant people working together to create, code, and build the next game changers. 

What will you be doing?

We are focused entirely on using technology to provide the best experience for our borrowers and investors. We are doing this by building elegant, sustainable, and scalable solutions that can be applied globally. We work in small agile teams practicing continuous integration, TDD and are no strangers to pairing as we believe that working together is smarter than sitting in silos.

Day to Day:

• Collaborating as part of an agile cross functional team, as well as technology chapters
• Delivering innovation through software to automate processes that enable Funding Circle to operate at scale
• Using Clojure, Kafka, React and Ruby currently and built entirely on AWS
• Supporting our production systems
• Building out our US platform from here in the UK and building great use experiences for our customers. 

Are you?

• Experienced in at least one major Functional Programming language (E.g. Python, Clojure, Ruby, Scala, Go, Elixir)
• A strong fundamental programmer (data structures, algorithms)
• Familiar with developing on Unix/Linux
• Knowledgeable of Agile, Scrum, BDD, TDD and CI/CD
• A senior who is able to lead and influence architectural decisions whilst mentoring and up-skilling more junior members of the team

Why join us?

We’re gearing up for our biggest chapter yet – and it’s being driven by everyone. 

We think of ourselves as the career launchpad. A place to develop yourself, fast. Real work. Real experience. Real opportunities to collect skills. Think big remits and huge ownership to make great things happen. 

Yes, it’s target-driven and high-octane – but we like to play hard too. That’s what makes us, us. Our vibrant culture is built around potential and creating a place where you can really be you. We keep it agile and open. All voices heard. Because we believe great ideas come from everywhere. 

If you show skill and are willing, we’ll back you all the way. This is the place for you to build something incredible.