Overview

Software Engineer - Full stack (All Levels) – London, United Kingdom

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Kroo has a big vision. To be the first bank that is both trusted and loved by its customers. We're helping people take control of their financial future and achieve their goals, while making a positive impact on the planet. Here at Kroo, doing what is right is in our DNA. We act with integrity, transparency and honesty. We think big, dream big, and relentlessly pursue our goals. We like to be bold, break new ground, and we never stop learning. But most importantly, we are on this journey together.

How You'll Contribute

• Reporting into a Tech Lead, you'll be embedded in one of our multidisciplinary Product Squads and will:
• Implement new features and deploy them using our Continuous Delivery approach
• Contribute to our product vision
• Work in an Agile cross-functional team of a Product Manager, Product Designer and Developers (We use a blend of processes that work for us inc. SCRUM, Kanban and Pair Programming)
• Be involved in the end to end cycle of building our product
• Champion quality code while being pragmatic
• Work in an inclusive, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical and ego-free culture where your talent is valued over your job title

Technology and Tools

• Clojure to write our backend microservices (please apply if you have experience with any Functional Programming language)
• React Native and Redux for our mobile applications
• Kafka for our asynchronous message queue
• AWS for our infrastructure
• Docker to run our services
• Terraform for our infrastructure provisioning and deployment

We regularly contribute to Open Source libraries and encourage our Developers to suggest new technology that can add value to building a bank.

Requirements and About You

• You have previous experience with or are excited about Functional Programming
• You've worked in a cross-functional Agile team
• You'd like to be part of a team that does Pairing Programming and Test Driven Development
• You have experience working with microservices
• You want to work in a product focused team that thinks about customers and user behaviour and builds sublime experiences for them
• You have experience deploying to cloud based infrastructure like AWS or similar
• You want to deliver a product using the principles of Hypothesis Driven Development
• You'd like to develop with mobile first design principles and build cross-platform Android and iOS applications with React Native
• You'd like to be part of building an inclusive and diverse culture in which everyone can succeed

Our Process

• 30-minute meet and greet with our Talent Acquisition Specialist via Google Hangouts
• 1-hour live coding exercise to work through a coding challenge with members of our development team via Google Hangouts
• 1-hour system design. This is an opportunity to showcase a system you've worked on in the past via Google Hangouts
• 30-minute opportunity to meet with our Head of Engineering and executives via Google Hangouts

Please let us know if you have any specific requirements or need assistance so we can be as accommodating as possible for you.

Benefits

• Generous holiday time: 25 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, 1 Kroo bank holiday, and 1 day off during your birthday
• Personal days: 3 personal days to use as needed
• Employer-sponsored volunteer program: up to 4 hours per month of employer-sponsored volunteer time
• Mental health support: access to Spill
• Workplace pension: 5% employee contribution and 3% employer top-up
• Top-notch equipment and home office setup support
• Modern office in Farringdon, Central London
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes
• Enhanced parental leave
• Room for growth
• Healthcare coverage for you and your nuclear family via Vitality

Hybrid Working: We offer a hybrid policy with a mix of remote and in-office work. Our London office is available as a resource, and occasional office visits fit with our approach to collaboration.

Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Reasonable adjustments are available to all candidates throughout the recruitment process.

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