Backend Developer (NodeJs) - Remote Option

PepperHQ ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: 50000 - 60000 per annum

Overview

We are a London-based startup on a mission to build the leading cloud and mobile SaaS platform for digitising traditional restaurant, coffee and bar businesses. We deliver white-labelled apps that allow businesses to handle mobile payments, loyalty, and marketing messages - thus engaging with their customers in real time, and increasing sales and operational efficiency. Our platform is used in the UK, US and we have over a hundred live business customers. In 2020, we are planning to expand the capabilities of our cloud platform and increase the range of integrations to payment gateways, EPOS systems and customer loyalty platforms. We are also expanding the functionality of our newly re-engineered merchant admin portal, adding features such as campaign management and data analytics. We use technologies such as Typescript / Nodejs / Mongo / Postgres / AWS, and we continually invest in keeping our tech and devops uptodate. Role You will be taking the lead in designing and building new backend services and features that drive our platform. You will expand our integrations to other payment gateways and EPOS systems, and improve performance, monitoring and deployment automation throughout our platform. You will be working with our Product and App teams (10 people) in an agile process. As you work on the application, you will be contributing to the planning and architecture decisions, as well as helping build Web App features from time to time - we like our team to become cross functional as far as possible. This role is full-time. It can be remote but it is UK working hours. We do have an office in Central London if you prefer to work in an office. If you are UK based, you must be able to live and work in the UK. ie UK citizens, Irish citizens, EU citizens, and people who have an eligible UK visa. We do not offer visa sponsorship. Your salary will be based on your level of experience. You must be fluent in English. No agencies please. Requirements You've had 4 years' experience of building backend services using Nodejs. You have worked in a professional product development team and have worked with Product Managers and QA. You are an expert in: Typescript / Javascript MongoDB Postgres AWS services You are well versed in building services in the cloud that are both maintainable and robust. You have a good knowledge of the AWS platform and how to make services secure and performant. You have great communication skills and are always willing to help others in the team. Benefits Small team with experienced peers For us, output is important, not hours. We want you to have a good work / life balance. Remote working option London Bankside location Career path EMI Options Plan according to seniority You get to try your own tech in bars and coffee shops