Senior Software Engineer, Applications
Wagestream, United Kingdom
Job Description
Wagestream is the global leader in Earned Wage Access (EWA). We provide an income streaming solution for employers to give employees instant access to their earnings, and prevent them ever having to go into debt between pay cycles.
We were founded for a social purpose to reduce the poverty premium. We believe the monthly pay cycle is fundamentally broken and unfair to employees, and that we can fix it. We know financial services are better served through the employer, and have built a set of tools [track, stream, save, learn], that boost the financial resilience of a workforce and have a measurable and proven impact on employee retention and productivity.
We love our clients and do everything we can to support them. We already help 350,000 employees access their income when they need it, across some of the largest organisations in the UK including the NHS, Bupa, Holland amp; Barrett, Stonegate Pubs and Rentokil. In July 2020, Wagestream raised additional funding to expand into new markets in Europe and North America. Our mission is to provide fair financial services to all and our technology has started to create a whole new category; the workplace bank.
You will work on the product team, working to constantly improve the Wagestream experience for both employees (mobile app) and employers (Wagestream portal). We release multiple times per day, so you'll need to be comfortable owning features from concept, to release, to post-release measurement. The technology stack is a backend of AWS+Python+Postgres, and a frontend of vue.js, but experience with those particular technologies is not required. You should however, have a proven track-record of shipping web and mobile applications.
- Work with stakeholders to define new features for employees and employers
- Architect, test, and release new features (ideally to a subset of our total audience)
- Work with data science team to analyse effectiveness, and tweak where necessary
- "Push the button" and release your creation into the wild
- Contribute to the broader engineering team (best practices, tools, technologies)
- You are full-stack.
- You look at the full picture to understand the value and impact of what you are building by talking to customers (internal, external)
- You are data-driven and rigorously analyse and measure the performance of features to unearth opportunities to improve.
- You thrive on building what users and clients need, not just what they want, so you research, analyse, and think long-term.
- You realise that products are created by teams, not by individuals. And, what matters is what gets done, not who did it.
- You’ll get kicks out of generating great ideas which might improve the daily lives of everyone who uses our service.
- You constantly battle with the "Building The Right Product" and "Building The Product Right" argument - it keeps you honest, and in-tune with the value you produce.
- You shape what you build through active contribution in product conversations and provide a strong technical voice to solving end-user needs.
Requirements
What experience would we expect you to have?
(But if you’re close that’s still a conversation we would like to have!)
- 7+ years experience in professional software engineering
- Mastery of at least one modern web/mobile framework. This could be React, Angular, Vue, or something else, but the point is you must be comfortable switching frameworks and picking the right tool for the job.
- Ideal candidate will have experience in working within AWS. We are heavy users of DynamoDB, SQS, S3, SES, Lambdas, API Gateway, etc
- We're not expecting you to be a graphic designer, but you should have an eye for aesthetics and feel comfortable designing some UI/UX yourself
Benefits
- Be part of the team that changed the way people are paid, forever.
- Join a culture of trust and autonomy
- We're a Remote First business - work from home or our London office - you choose!
- Have impact in a growing business with big plans
- Enjoy 25 days annual leave in addition to public holidays (up to 5 day rollover)
- We offer 12 weeks paid maternity leave and up to 4 weeks paternity leave for employees with over 12 months service
- Get financially fit with our Aviva pension plan and free access to Wagestream service - naturally!
- Get physically fit with Evans Cycles Ride to Work scheme
- Undo it all with membership to The Wine Society (UK)
- Achieve zen with a Calm subscription
- Enjoy regular team socials, both remote and in person
- Manage a busy lifestyle with flexibl