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Sr. Backend Engineer (Node) at Bits
Bits is London-based fintech startup that helps people build credit with their digital credit card
The Good Stuff
Monthly salary:
$7,000 to $10,000 USD
Head Count:
<50
Remote Culture:
Remote First
Required stack
NodeJS
Typescript
Javascript
AWS
Nice to have
GraphQL
Company Info
- 3
Engineers hired
- 7
avg. days-to-hire
Sr. Backend Engineer (Node) at Bits
Recommended timezone: EU
Bits is London-based fintech startup that helps people build credit with their digital credit card
As a Senior Backend Engineer (Node) you will:
- Be a key member of the product team, and will work with the Founder / CEO and Engineering Lead.
- Design, prototype and implement new features end to end.
- Utilize your vast experience with architecting, developing and supporting distributed & scalable systems running on AWS.
- Demonstrate leadership principles including excellent judgment and high standards on software delivery.
- Be expected to have the ability to dive deep and gather business requirements, drive best
practices in the team and deliver high-quality results. - Help develop guidelines and best coding practices for our growing dev team.
- See the effects of your work make real-world impact.
- Collaborate with product and development teams across multiple projects.
- Manage project scope, backlog and timelines.
- Proactively identify and help fix any problems and roadblocks
You’ll be a great fit if you:
- Are a highly experienced senior engineer with 10+ years of software development experience – Must
- Have experience building and supporting distributed & scalable fault tolerant systems running on AWS - Must
- Have lots of commercial experience working with AWS services like - API gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS etc.
- Are highly proficient with Javascript, Typescript and NodeJS - Must
- Have Bachelor's degree in computer science or a relevant field.
- Have core software engineering skills, including the ability to write maintainable,
testable and robust code - Have experience designing and implementing clean APIs following REST or GraphQL
concepts for integration of user-facing elements developed by app developers
with server side logic - Have experience in taking product requirements and building scalable, reliable
solutions - Have commercial experience of tracking the health of your deployed services, identify and fix problems proactively.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
Bonus points if you:
- Have experience with AWS Serverless services.
- Have experience with low-latency, high-availability, and performant GraphQL API.
- Have experience designing and building event driven architectures.
- Have experience with system and application monitoring, software distribution, patching
and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines.
Benefits
- A fully flexible and parent-friendly remote work environment
- Generous stock options package (equity)
- Self-development budget
- Spotify/YouTube music subscription
- Whatever you'll need within reason
Work-life balance
- 28 vacation days per year
- Public & Bank holidays off (included in the 28 days)
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Bits Cheat Sheet
Bits Cheat Sheet
Bits is a fully remote, UK-based Fintech startup backed by Y Combinator (the investor behind Stripe and Airbnb) that promotes financial inclusion.
Bits was founded in 2018 by Faisal Khalid and were the fastest-growing YC startup in its batch. It currently does over $5 million in revenue a year, and is profitable, serving over 250,000 consumers in the US and UK. You will be joining a small engineering team (6-10 ppl) that are all about ownership and commitment
What they are solving:
Traditional advice for building credit is to get a credit card, but there are 10 million people in the UK alone who can’t get a credit card - or any form of mainstream credit - at all and are effectively locked out of mainstream credit. Bits has a unique model which makes it possible for these 10 million people - and in fact, for literally anyone - to sign up, and be approved for a Bits store card in less than 2 minutes. Bits mission is to promote financial inclusion by providing a path to credit for those neglected by mainstream lenders.
Why you'll love working at Bits
The Bits team:
- is a small dynamic group of talented individuals changing the way people can build credit in a unique way
- is a successful startup with all the raw energy of a super early stage start up with the financial stability of a far more mature company.
- love problem solving, thinking creatively and trying new things
- is deeply connected to their mission and the impact they have on their clients lives
Team stats
Head Count
<20
Engineering Team
<10
Team stats
Head Count
<20
Engineering Team
<10