Lead Software Engineer
Remote
Engineering /
Full-time /
Remote
We’re on a mission to protect society from fraud and money laundering. We’ve already protected over 2 million people through life’s big transactions, with a core aim to protect 3 million people by the end of 2024.
Fraud and regulation are rising, costing the UK economy over £100bn every year; this makes it more difficult for businesses to protect themselves and their clients - individuals like you and me - from fraud and money laundering.
Our co-founders Olly and Jack were led to this area when a friend was defrauded of £25K when buying their first property. At the time, anti-fraud technology didn’t exist, which meant that completing the anti-fraud checks required in these processes was largely manual. These big life moments should be exciting, but instead are often confusing and scary due to the painful process of completing these paper-based checks and the risk of fraud.
Thirdfort helps businesses to facilitate these anti fraud checks so that individuals know they can transact safely and seamlessly with professionals during these big transactions. Our anti-fraud platform provides a secure way for professionals in regulated sectors like Lawyers, Estate Agents and Accountants to transfer funds and verify sensitive information through app based document checks, facial recognition and open banking.
Over 1,500 businesses now trust Thirdfort to verify their clients. We are FCA regulated and have raised over $33m in capital from leading Fintech investors Breega and Element Ventures, as well as the founders of Zoopla, Funding Circle, Comply Advantage, Tessian, Fenergo and Fidel.
Engineering at Thirdfort
At Thirdfort, we’re working to build an outstanding engineering culture that empowers our team to do their best work. We have a culture which cultivates an honest and open environment, where everyone’s opinions are heard and valued.
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our Consumer Experience team within the Engineering function and drive forward our backend for frontend as well as represent consumer experience engineering across the function. The platform is cloud hosted with a JSON REST API backend (primarily GO), microservices architecture and cryptographically secure sensitive data storage.
Our Product and Tech teams are remote first and so this individual can be based anywhere in the UK. This does not mean though that our remote first team aren’t welcome in our offices as we value the times when we can come together in person. Ultimately we trust our team to work in the way that suits them best.
As a Lead Software Engineer, you will:
- Lead on our strategy to enhance consumer API written in Go, acting as a technical lead within the team.
- Mentor and elevate other engineers, as well as championing the consumer experience team across the engineering function and liaising with the wider organisation including Product, Design and Consumer Support to aid development of our product.
- Factor in security and privacy when crafting solutions and reviewing other engineers’ Pull Requests
- Pragmatically suggest and implement solutions to immediate problems but consider the long-term implications of decisions with a view to ensure there is manageable amount and complexity of technical debt.
- Role-model quality and encourage the rest of the department to embody this.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has experience with / understands the core concepts of:
- Has significant experience building responsive, performant APIS apps with modern frameworks while collaborating closely with consumers
- Cloud-based applications
- Modern Backend Languages (Experience with Go or strong desire to learn are a must)
- Modern CI/CD pipelines
- Relational and non-relational databases
- Has enabled and maintained 3rd party API integrations
- Can independently & collaboratively craft testable solutions for backend features
- Has experience working with both greenfield and legacy projects, identifying bottlenecks and suggesting improvements
- Has worked effectively in a team with product owners, designers and other stakeholders
- Cares deeply code quality of backend platforms and knows how to feedback to design with these in mind
- Can communicate complex topics with stakeholders of varying technical ability and can generate buy in for new concepts
- Has worked with internal APIs and understands how to influence teams building services the platform relies on
- Has built and maintained tests suites for unit and integration tests
Studies show that women and other less represented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every requirement. We believe in building a diverse team, valuing different skills and experiences and so if you don’t think you have all the requirements listed here but feel this could be a role and environment you’d thrive in, we would still love for you to apply.
Life at Thirdfort
- Driven by our values, our culture promotes a collaborative and open environment where Thirdforters can take ownership, have impact, and feel empowered when it comes to their growth and development. We understand the importance of our teams wellbeing and recognise a one-size fits all approach rarely works, that’s why we aim to provide the flexibility individuals need to work in the way that suits them, and their families, best.
- Compensation - £80K- £100K p.a. base salary
- Share options for all employees
- Flexible Working Hours
- Enhanced parental leave
- Customisable wellness budget and £250 WFH Budget
- Up to 30 days Working from Abroad
- Uncapped holiday
- Enhanced sick leave
- Private healthcare with our provider, AXA
- Regular company and team socials
- Uncapped budget for personal development
- Share options for all employees
- Regular company and team socials
- Enhanced employer matching pension scheme with salary sacrifice options
- Access to our Cycle to Work scheme and our Electric Car Scheme
Our Benefits:
We include compensation ranges on our job ads in the spirit of Operating Openly and in an effort to make our interview process more inclusive. We list a range that aligns with our internal banding which is based on varying factors including external benchmarking for our stage and size as a business. In terms of how we decide where an individual fits within the band, we’d take you through the interview process and assess you against our internal performance framework which gives us further clarity. We’ll also have open conversations with you throughout the interview process (starting in the first stage call) so we can be as open as possible about compensation as we understand how important it is to ensure we’re aligned.
We’ve created our benefits package to reflect Thirdfort’s mission and values. We place a strong focus on Security first given what we do, extending this to our team’s physical, mental and financial security to support them through their big life moments. Our benefits exist to empower our team, ensuring they feel supported and able to work in the way that enables them to do their best work.
When you join Thirdfort, you’ll get immediate access to our flexible employee benefits package that aims to support you across these areas:
We’re committed to building an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture where everyone has a chance to make a difference. We’re purposefully building a team of problem-solvers that reflect our values - which is why we hire from all backgrounds. If you're a curious, kind individual who takes ownership, you'll be a great Thirdforter.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let your dedicated Talent Manager know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.
If you find this form difficult to navigate, please contact careers@thirdfort.com and we’ll do our best to find a way to work with you
