Bits is a UK based Fintech startup backed by Y Combinator (the investor behind Stripe and Airbnb) that promotes financial inclusion. It currently does over $5 million in revenue a year, and is profitable, serving over 250,000 consumers in the US and UK. You will be joining a small engineering team (6-10 ppl) that are all about ownership and commitment.
As a Backend Engineer you will:
Design, prototype and implement new features
Work directly with our Engineering, Product and Design teams
Help develop guidelines and best coding practices for our growing dev team
See the effects of your work make real-world impact
Requirements:
You'll be a great fit if you:
Have 5+ years of experience in software development
Are highly proficient with JavaScript and/or Typescript
Have 3+ years commercial experience with AWS (Api Gateway, SQS, DynamoDB, Lambda etc)
Deliver clean, maintainable and testable code
Know how to integrate with third party APIs
Have experience writing automated tests
Are proactive, a builder (vs maintainer) and own everything you ship
Have good conversational and written English
Bonus points if you:
Have experience building SaaS products
Have experience with IAC (AWS CDK)
Benefits:
A competitive market salary
Life insurance
28 days holidays/ year incl. UK/ England public & bank holidays
Honestly, whatever else you want, within reasonable bounds
Company Benefits
Interview Process
A quick introductory call
A short take home technical challenge
A final round to discuss your code, introduce you to our CEO and founder, plus other members of the team and business, and answer any questions you might have
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