Junior Software Engineer jobs

Are you an experienced software engineer with an inquisitive mind and a desire to solve problems? If so, this is an opportunity for you to make a real difference as part of a dynamic team of likeminded technologists within a fast-growing company.

At LendingCrowd, we’re challenging the market for business lending by doing things differently, and that’s where you come in. We’re breaking down our business platforms and re-engineering them with an event-driven microservices architecture, so we’re looking for an innovative and adaptable Senior Software Engineer with cloud-native design skills who is keen to share and grow their knowledge and expertise within an exciting and ever-evolving business domain.

The ideal candidate will have experience of using multiple modern software languages to build creative solutions. What’s important is broad and deep development experience and the ability to adopt and use different languages and software tools to apply the right solution to the challenge in front of you.

We’re a rapidly growing company, constantly striving to raise our standards, so this is a great opportunity to be part of a genuine Scottish success story. You’ll be a key member of a small agile team, working together to imagine, design, develop, test and deploy the software behind our key systems.

About us

LendingCrowd is a leading fintech business, shaping the way SMEs borrow money. Blending technology innovation, financial expertise and solid backing, we’ve driven over £550M in lending to small businesses, across the UK, since we launched in 2014.

We’re perfectly positioned to become the trusted choice for SME financing, with an embedded culture of ‘doing the right thing’ at our core. We actively encourage the generation and development of ideas from all team members to grow the business.

About the role

Reporting to our Technology Team Leader, this is a role for a Senior Software Engineer with expertise of multiple software languages and experience of working with a cloud-native technology stack.

As a key member of a small and dynamic team, you’ll be responsible for:

• Designing, developing, testing, deploying, documenting and maintaining high-quality software
• Deep involvement with architecture and tooling decisions
• Sharing and growing knowledge
• Coaching and mentoring Junior Software Engineers
• Ensuring the security of the software stack and LendingCrowd applications

About you

In terms of knowledge, skills and experience, we would expect you to have:

• An extensive and demonstrable background in modern software engineering/development practice
• Expertise in multiple modern software languages
• Experience of working within the cloud – we currently use AWS
• Knowledge of modern DevOps practice and writing infrastructure as Code
• Developing with a security-by-design mindset
• The ability to translate complex business needs into elegant technical solutions
• The ability to influence stakeholders, senior management and peers
• Experience of coaching and mentoring junior engineers

It would also be beneficial if you have experience of:

• Working in the financial services sector
• Working in a scale-up business
• Ruby on Rails is beneficial but not necessary
• Reactive programming
• AI/ML engineering

Opportunities for further development

• Exposure to new and cutting-edge technology

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Experience:

• DevOps: 3 years (preferred)
• Software development: 4 years (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Location:

• Edinburgh EH2 2JG (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Edinburgh EH2 2JG