Backend Engineer (Golang)

Who we are

Born in 2014, Yoti is a digital identity and biometric technology company that makes it safer for people to prove who they are. The Yoti app was designed with privacy at its core, giving people a secure way to prove their identity and share third-party credentials with organisations and other people.

Today, we have over seventeen million app downloads around the world. We’ve expanded our offering to a suite of business solutions that span identity verification, age verification and estimation, e-signing, AI anti-spoofing technologies and we continue to think of innovative new offerings.

From day one, we’ve been working to fix an outdated identity system. This is not a journey we make on our own but with policy advisors, think tanks, researchers, academics, humanitarian bodies, our users and everyday people. We are committed to solving identity problems through grassroots research and social purpose initiatives.

Purpose of the Role

Working on our Core platform as one of the developers to design, build and maintain the server software that powers Yoti.

Role Dimensions

Reporting to Core Team Lead

Principal Responsibilities

• Developing the server software required to support business needs, from design through to implementation and integration testing.
• Ensuring that the local development environment, the CI/CD system and all other relevant tools are in the best conditions to support development and the release process.
• Participate in the architecture definition in collaboration with Team Leads and VP of Engineering.
• Work closely with the team members and the team leads to ensure that tech development and delivery is implemented to specification and with good quality.
• Work with and support other teams within Yoti as they interact with our platform.

What we hope to see from you

• Experience writing secure and reliable software. While we use Go, you do not have to have used it before, only an interest to learn.
• Linux knowledge.
• Knowledge of modern version control tools (git), and how to use them effectively (informative commit messages, code review).
• Experience working with microservices and related technologies such as gRPC, Kubernetes and Docker is an advantage.
• Experience in security and cryptography is a definite plus.
• Able to communicate ideas clearly and collaborate across teams.
• You are able to work with all parts of the business and to work directly with other teams, addressing any challenges and supporting business goals.
• Able to pick up and work on new requirements.
• Comfortable owning projects from start to finish, while working collaboratively with the wider team
• Interest in learning more about technology, keeping up to date with new developments and best practices.

Interview Process

1. Stage 1 – Call with a talent acquisition team member (30 minutes)
2. Stage 2 – Call with team member(s) (45 minutes)
3. Stage 3 – Technical assessment
4. Stage 4 – In person interview (120 minutes)

What’s in it for you?

• Flexible working
• Performance based discretionary annual bonus
• Share Options
• Internal Share Market
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• 5 fully paid Selfie Days – for your own personal development, volunteering, charity events, etc
• Team and company activities, Social clubs.
• Continuous learning opportunities (Annual Training budgets, conferences etc)

This is a great opportunity to join a company that is leading the way for innovative and responsible identity verification. We’re looking for people who can adapt to a fast-paced environment, as well as champion our brand and what we stand for. We value a positive attitude and people who have a collaborative, creative and transparent approach to solving problems.

We believe in equal opportunities

It takes a diverse community of passionate, talented and committed people to build a simpler, more secure way of proving identity. We’re an equal opportunity employer, so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, with different outlooks andexperiences.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we’re committed to making our recruitment process as inclusive and accessible as possible.

If you have a disability or long-term condition and need any adjustments or support during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’ll do everything we can to support you and to enable you to bring your best self to our hiring process.

Pre-employment checks

If your application is successful please be aware that as part of our pre-employment checks: We will check your details against fraud prevention databases. We will check identity; address match; PEPs and sanctions; bank validation, verification, fraud checks, negative data (CCJ, bankruptcy).

If our investigations identify fraud or other criminal offences both when applying for a job and during your employment, we will record the details on the relevant fraud prevention databases. This information may be accessed from the UK and other countries and used by law enforcement agencies and other organisations to prevent fraud. Please contact peopleteam@Yoti.com to get information on which fraud prevention databases we use.

Talent Pool

If we consider that you might be suitable for other roles in the future, we will keep your details so we can contact you about these other roles. If you do not want us to keep your details for this purpose, please e-mail peopleteam@yoti.com or let us know at any stage of the recruitment process. For more information please read our Applicant Privacy Notice.