Senior Software Engineer - R&D

Technology is at the core of all our products and services. We map, capture and distribute knowledge at scale, which translates on the tech side into a wide gamut of complex problems to solve. To keep looking for better ways to fill our clients needs, we have a dedicated R&D team spearheading new product concepts, working alongside our main technology team which maintains existing products.

This Software Engineer role is a key enabler for the R&D team, contributing to upcoming innovative products by translating complex business visions into first class human interfaces.

The R&D team covers, autonomously, all aspects of the product development, from ideation and business model to market launch. You will be part of a closely knit cross-functional team that has direct access to all internal and external stakeholders at any level.

Responsibilities

Your main responsibility will be to build the foundations of our applications.

You will mostly work from a blank canvas with ownership of the technological choices and contribute to the product decisions. Expect the role to be 70% development and 30% business and product involvement.

You will aim to create flexible and future-proof solutions supporting the product vision, enable the other developers to build on your foundations great interfaces and connectors to other systems, improve the speed of concept validation, minimize development overhead and provide clear milestones.

With your help, our team’s knowledge and best practices on back-end development will be on par with industry bests; we will avoid bottlenecks around development and validation and will be able to test multiple concepts in parallel, fail fast and iterate in short cycles.

This is a 12 months fixed term contract, during your employment with us you're entitled to all the benefits described below and there could be a possibility of extension or permanency by the end of the contract.

Requirements

• Agnostic software engineer, full stack by skill set and back end by affinity, fluent in a range of technologies wide enough to create complete functional products
• Extensive Web technologies knowledge from client to server-side
• Specific knowledge in node.js, React, Python, various SQL flavours, Elastic, common AI frameworks, cloud DevOps is a plus but not a dealbreaker
• Knowledge and methodology to make the right technical and technological choices
• Solid algorithmics foundation
• Great communicator in both tech and business contexts
• Strong business awareness and experienced in dealing with business strategy and product owners
• Ability to have an end-to-end understanding of the products
• Strong technical planning skills

Additional information

How will I be rewarded?

We truly care about our people so in return for your work, you’ll get:

• Flexible working - We want to encourage office attendance for the purpose of collaborating in person with your colleagues, on an as-needed basis. This in turn gives you the flexibility to decide when you come to the office based on your team's interactions.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 28 days after 2 years of service
• Summer Fridays - finish early during the summer months to make the most of the weather
• Mental and Professional ...