Senior Clojure Engineer

Questers is a leading tech hub that empowers IT professionals to advance their careers through strategic collaborations with prominent companies from the UK, Europe, and the US. We build dedicated teams in Bulgaria for leading tech businesses in various industries. Our present client base includes the group behind some of the most powerful media brands in the English-speaking world, leading FinTech companies, multi-billion-dollar US hedge fund, social media platforms and a variety of scale-ups rapidly expanding their software services and products.

About the team: We, at Funding Circle, want to help small businesses win. That’s why we’re here. We connect small business owners to investors – to create jobs, help families and power economies – because we believe that people are made to do more. And we want to help them. So, we created the leading online marketplace for small business loans. Our investors have lent £11.4 billion to 100,000 small business owners. In a single year, this lending supported 135,000 jobs and contributed £10 billion to the global economy. There’s never been a better time to join! Be part of the team that changes everything. Let’s build the place where small businesses can get the funding they need to win and leave a legacy behind, forever.

THE ROLE:

This role sits within the US Engineering team. You will be working with our Servicing team, currently composed of 6 back-end product engineers, a QA Engineer, and a Product owner. You will be using event-driven, scalable architecture to optimise the experience for borrowers, investors, and stakeholders.

As part of an agile cross-functional team, you’ll collaborate on hands-on technical implementation, working closely with product and principal engineers to automate processes, implement new features, update older systems, and provide technical leadership.

You’ll also stay current with technological advancements and pragmatically introduce relevant new features to Funding Circle’s platform.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SOMETHING BIG:

• We are focused on using Back End technology in an event driven and scalable architecture to provide the best experience for our borrowers, investors, and stakeholders. We are doing this using Clojure, Kafka, AWS, Ruby/Rails and Postgres.
• Collaborating as part of an agile cross functional team
• Performing hands-on technical implementation
• Working closely with product and principal engineers to automate business processes, implement new features, update/re-architect older parts of the system
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to less experienced engineers on the team
• Keep up to date with technological enhancements and seek how to introduce pertinent new features into Funding Circle’s platform in a pragmatic way

OUR IDEAL TEAMMATE HAS/IS:

• An experienced senior in Back End Engineering
• Highly experienced with Clojure and Kafka
• Able to lead and influence architectural decisions
• Comfortable working with brownfield systems
• Experienced in working with a product team as well as wider stakeholders to build a deep understanding within the domain
• Experienced working with distributed systems and knowledgeable in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum or Kanban)
• Excellent communication, both written and verbal

THE COMPANY OFFERS:

• 25 Days Paid Leave
• Supplemental Health & Dental Care
• Competitive Remuneration Package
• Exceptional Social Package & Special Discounts
• Innovative & Agile Teams
• Challenging Projects & Leading Edge Technologies
• Friendly & Supportive Atmosphere
• Socially Responsible Company
• Tech & Soft Skills Training
• Team Bonding Events
• Fruity Afternoons & Beer Thursdays
• Excellent Office Location & Facilities, and a wonderful terrace
• Relaxing & Gaming Areas
• Free Bike Parking & Showers