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OakNorth Analytical Intelligence
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London, Greater London
Backend Engineer
Overview
Job Description
With offices in London, New York, Manchester, Istanbul, Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Shanghai, Singapore and Hong Kong, OakNorth is the next-generation credit platform that's redefining lending to small and medium-sized businesses globally. OakNorth was set up in 2015 by Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, who previously co-founded Copal Amba and grew it to 3,000 employees over 12 years, before selling it to Moody's (NYSE: MCO) in 2014, returning 125 times capital to seed investors. Since its inception, OakNorth has secured over $1bn from several investors, including: Clermont Group, Coltrane, EDBI of Singapore, GIC, Indiabulls, NIBC, Toscafund, and SoftBank's Vision Fund. In the UK, the platform has helped us build a profitable loan book (via OakNorth Bank) of over 4bn and secure over 600m of repayments. In terms of the impact this has had on the economy, OakNorth Bank's loans have directly helped with the creation of 10,000 new homes and 13,000 new jobs in the UK, as well as adding several billion pounds to the economy. Globally, the platform has been deployed at various banks across North America, Europe, and Asia. Today, the global team is made up of almost 730 people. Backend engineers are responsible for building the platform allowing us to capitalise on the above opportunity. We are invested in taking full advantage of what a Microservices architecture has to offer in order to increase engineering velocity and productivity. Our backend engineers, typically from data-driven and fast-paced environments are building a platform to handle diverse financial data sets. Our architecture is driven by the team and will evolve over time. You'll work collaboratively with product managers, designers, machine learning engineers and our client groups - deploying high quality code quickly, that is available to customers in a matter of days. You will be able to leverage a wide range of technical skills on a multi-cloud architecture, including technologies like AWS, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes - in a mission-critical financial services environment. Job Requirements: * 4+ years of experience building and deploying applications in the cloud in a variety of languages (e.g., Python, Java) * Experience with distributed systems design and writing microservices * Experience writing web APIs * Experience working with Agile methodologies and ability to independently translate user requirements to engineering features * Commercial orientation to focus on shipping product while maintaining a high standard * Someone that thrives in a high pace organization and prizes working with a brilliant team that is equal parts fun and drive * Experience in financial services is a benefit but not required * University degree in computer science or demonstrated track record in building large scale products Thank you very much for your interest in OakNorth. We are happy to consider you for roles within our group of companies. If we can identify a match between your skill set and our immediate recruiting needs, please expect to hear from us very soon. If we are unable to identify a fit in the near term, please note that we intend to retain the data you send to us so we may contact you in the future. For more information regarding our Privacy Policy and practices, please visit: