Backend Engineer

Description:

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer with solid Golang and database skills to help us build the scalable operations, technology, and processes needed to transform 5 million lives by making high-quality financial support affordable and accessible to employees everywhere.

This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated self-starter to accelerate their career, taking a broad and varied role within a rapidly growing company. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated.

About Octopus Money

🐙 We’re on a mission to transform millions of lives by building financial resilience and wealth for everyone 🐙

Money shapes every part of life. Yet most people never get the support they need:

 

• Half of Brits reach retirement age without enough to live the life they want
• Financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health
• Only 8% of people have access to 1-to-1 financial advice
  
   

There’s no shortage of information. What people actually need is clarity, guidance and a plan that makes sense for them.

That’s where we come in.

Octopus Money brings together financial planning, investment expertise and smart technology so people can understand their options and take action with confidence. We help people build a clear plan for their savings, investments and pensions and make investing simple with managed portfolios built by experts. We also support employers who want their teams to feel more secure and in control.

Some people need regulated advice. Others need coaching. Many need both at different points in life. Our service adapts to what each person needs.

We believe everyone deserves money support that works for real life.

The role and opportunity

Our development team is composed of multiple squads, each taking ownership of a vertical within our product. Each squad is composed of a product manager, frontend and backend engineers.

Our front-end stack is built on React with Typescript and leveraging microfrontend deployments. Our backend stack is powered by Golang, providing REST and GraphQL APIs.

We are looking for a product minded engineer who wants to deliver meaningful features to our end users. You’ll be a part of a multidisciplinary product engineering team and can collaborate closely with other backend engineers, frontend engineers, product, design and devops.

As the company continues to scale, there will be opportunities to be involved in the technical architecture and strategy for our products and tech stack.

You will be responsible for:

 

• Writing, testing and deploying great software
• Collaborating with the tech leads and other Engineers on deciding future technologies and processes
• Working with modern and new technologies and frameworks
• Working in an Agile team
• Building relationships with product and devops
• Conducting code reviews and pairing with other colleagues
  
   

We value people who

Make every conversation matter

You care about how you make people feel. You communicate clearly, listen well and build trust with customers and colleagues. You want every interaction to move things forward.

Move with urgency and focus

You like getting stuck in. You care about making progress, not perfection. You stay focused on what matters, learn quickly and find smart ways to keep things moving.

Own it

You take responsibility for your work and the outcomes it creates. You’re comfortable solving problems, making decisions and tackling challenges head on. You hold yourself to a high standard and want to make a real impact.

About you

Problem solver at heart with an analytical mindset

You should be someone who gets excited by complex problems and can find creative ways to solve them no matter what your level of knowledge and experience with the subject matter. You should be able to digest complexity and develop a plan to move forward, without losing sight of the important details.

Excellent technical knowledge

As an Engineer, you should be an expert in at least one aspect of software development and skilled in other areas. You have learned that delivering great software takes a team and has plenty of pitfalls to avoid.

Knowledge and experience required

 

• 3+ years’ expertise in software development using strongly-typed languages (e.g. Go, Java, or similar), with at least 1+ year of commercial experience using Golang.
• Product-engineering experience (e.g. solving customer problems, delivering on business goals, working with product managers and frontend teams) with Golang.
• Strong experience writing easily-testable and thoroughly-tested code
• Data modelling and DB design experience with SQL or NoSQL DBs
• Experience delivering cloud-based REST or GraphQL API solutions
• Empathetic, proactive and constructive communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams
• Able to work three days a week onsite at our London office in 33 Holborn, EC1N 2HT