Senior Back End Engineer

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience with either Python or Golang.
• Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle.
• Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables.

Nice to Haves

• Knowledge of banking / finance.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.
• Familiar with databases (SQL or noSQL).
• Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures.
• Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos.
• Experience of either managing a team, or a desire to manage a team in the future.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices.
• Write automated unit tests, integrate tests, etc.
• Interfacing with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way.
• Managing and debugging your deployments from testing environments all the way to production.
• Translating customer requirements into trackable tickets.

Perks and Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Pension plan (match up to 5%)
• Life insurance - three times annual salary
• Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid)
• Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time)
• 25 days holiday and bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Electric car scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine
• All the latest tech you need
• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals
• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress
• Two charity days a year
• Weekly food pop-up