At a Glance
- Tasks: Build innovative internal tools and collaborate with diverse teams to enhance user experience.
- Company: Join a fast-growing fintech startup on a mission to reduce inequity for immigrants.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on collaboration and autonomy.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in global finance while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software development, preferably with Python or Kotlin experience.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location: London
Employment Type: Full time
Department: Engineering
Our Mission: Reduce inequity by helping immigrants move money home, and become the leading cross-border fintech for emerging markets.
The Team: Founded by Harvard grads and 3rd-time founders, we are driven by mission and guided by values. Our team is global, speaking over 30 languages from 25 countries.
About Us: Taptap Send is backed by top VCs, rapidly growing and a great place for those looking for both impact and a fast-paced tech startup environment. Launched in 2019, Taptap is tapping into a transformative shift in global finance, allowing immigrants to send money home instantly and with no fee, saving money in the process.
Our Investors: Spark Capital, Canaan, Reid Hoffman, Breyer Capital, and many other context-specific angels.
The Role: We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team to define, build and iterate on features for our internal tooling. You will work closely with Developers, Product, Operations, Customer Support, Growth and other functions to design and build a reliable, intuitive, and simple experience for our internal users in finance, treasury, and operations.
Your Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of development of internal tool solutions
- Build experiences across the stack using primarily Python, and on occasion Kotlin
- Write well-tested, high quality code, with an eye towards generics and re-use
- Work closely with design and product teams to regularly ship working features
- Participate in release planning and deployment of released build
- Mentor and advise team members
- Evaluate and deliver timeline estimates for projects
Requirements:
- 5+ years of professional experience building API applications using Python or Kotlin ideally.
- Experience working in AWS cloud, and leveraging services like ECS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, EventBridge.
- Experience owning user-facing features end-to-end, from conception to launch
- Experience developing software in a collaborative, multi-functional, and fast-paced environment
- Experience working on systems that have real-world performance and reliability constraints
- Strong communication and ability to manage conflicting priorities, setting expectations with stakeholders
Ideally:
- Experience developing event driven system.
- Experience CI, CD processes and tools.
- High personal code/development standards (code review, unit testing, documentation, etc.)
- Desire to contribute to frontend development
Taptap Values: Impact first, Team next, Accept reality, Propose solutions, Win with grit, Be proactively candid, Love the particular, Own it, Create positive energy, Maybe, even have fun.
Taptap Send is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. We strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented communities to apply.
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Taptap Send is an exceptional employer located in London, offering a dynamic and inclusive work culture that prioritises impact and innovation. With a strong focus on employee growth, team collaboration, and the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that directly benefit immigrants, Taptap Send fosters an environment where top talent can thrive and make a real difference in the world of fintech. Join us to be part of a fast-paced startup that values your contributions and encourages you to take ownership of your work.
