Senior Engineer

Senior Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Engineer in our Collections, Recovery & Litigation (CRL) and Investor Management (IM) team. The CRL/IM team develops and maintains systems that make it easy for Funding Circle Borrowers to service their loans. They also own systems that manage investor data, enabling Funding Circle to efficiently manage investor relationships and provide investors with access to their investment data.

Minimum requirement for office attendance: two days per week in our central London office.

The role

• Lead initiatives solving problems for our internal Collections and Recoveries teams as well as borrower facing journeys that improve the experience for businesses in difficulty.
• Work closely with the teams that use investor data, understanding how they work, their challenges and designing solutions to solve them.
• Identify ways to automate manual processes within both Engineering and the Operations teams.
• Build new things and dive into legacy codebases.
• Work on complex problem domains implemented with simple software systems.
• Collaborate - encourage pairing and believe that working together is smarter than working in a silo.
• Teach - generously share time and expertise to help stakeholders and fellow engineers answer their own questions.
• Proactively solve problems, identify and confidently mitigate any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day to day.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience in Python and/or Ruby
• Knowledge of Clojure desirable
• Strong fundamental programming skills (data structures, algorithms)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Experience in microservices, distributed systems or event driven architectures (using Apache Kafka)
• Experience with Agile, Scrum and TDD
• Knowledge of containerisation (including Kubernetes), cloud platforms (e.g. AWS) and CI/CD

Want to learn more?

• We have a huge impact on the businesses that borrow through our platform, the communities they serve and the overall economy (last year £6.9bn of GDP generated). You can read our full Impact Report here:
• To see what our customers think, visit our Trustpilot page:

Why join us?

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.

We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.

• Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, MediCash, access to free online therapy sessions and exclusive discounts with Hertility for reproductive health support.
• Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
• Development: Dedicated annual learning allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
• Lifestyle: Wellhub (for fitness discounts), Electric Car Scheme and more!
• Award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and fertility treatments.

Ready to make a difference? We'd love to hear from you.