Principal Software Engineer - #1763185
Investa
SummarySalary band: £110,000 - £135,000Equity options: 0.30% - 0.5%Hybrid working policy: Minimum three days a week in our Holborn office
Experience level: At least seven years in commercial software engineering
If you're looking to join an exceptional, fast-paced, and growing team building innovative products in FinTech, check out the full job description below and apply! MissionOur mission is to make stocks and options more accessible for the on-the-go investor, through an easy to use, mobile investment app. Investa aims to open up access to a market that was once reserved for the wealthiest investors, giving traders the chance to invest in their favourite stocks and then allowing the investor to use options to potentially power their investments.
We focus on a specialised segment of the UK investor market, as options are a high risk and complex investment product that may not be suitable for every investor. The role
As we approach the launch of our product, we are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to strengthen our engineering team. You will have extensive commercial experience designing, building and maintaining systems used in critical services or those handling significant volumes of activity. You will play a pivotal role in driving our technical strategy, ensuring the robustness, scalability, and security of our systems.
If you’re passionate about building best-in-class products to tackle complex challenges and you excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you. This is a hybrid full-time position, which requires three days per week in our central London office, offering the opportunity to build a new options trading platform. What the role involves
Working with the CTO to define the technical strategy and long-term architecture of the Investa platform
Designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure systems for critical services
Ensuring system performance, reliability, and security
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build a class-leading product
Mentoring and guiding engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
Ensure best practice through example and continual team feedback
Root causing real-time production issues in a timely manner
Taking a pragmatic approach to software development Your background
Extensive experience in software engineering, with a focus on designing, building, and maintaining large-scale systems
Proven track record of working with critical services or high-volume applications
Strong proficiency in a number of programming languages, which can include Python, TypeScript, Java, JavaScript, Go and others
Highly driven by technology with experience across multiple platforms
Familiarity with serverless technologies (AWS, Azure or GCP)Deep understanding of system architecture, event-driven design and distributed systems
Product-minded and able to work to solutions that are tightly aligned with the product goals
Driven and committed to helping grow the organisation Compensation£100,000 - £130,000 salary range, tailored to level of experience0.25% - 0.50% of company shares to be granted in tax-efficient equity options, to provide ownership of the business
Salary review to take place on an annual basis
Additional equity options to be granted based on performance, tenure and milestones On-call
All engineers at Investa are involved in providing support for our products. This involves responding to events outside of working hours and is a core part of the role of all engineers. Interview process
Introductory chat with one of the founding team (20 mins)Introductory chat with the CTO (20 mins)Stage 1: Technical interview (75 mins)Stage 2: Technical interview (75 mins)Stage 3: Behavioural interview (45 mins)Offer
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