Senior Software Engineer

We’re on a mission to protect society from fraud and money laundering. We’ve already protected over 1.5 million people through life’s big transactions, with a core aim to protect 3 million people by the end of 2024. Fraud and regulation are rising, costing the UK economy over £100bn every year; this makes it more difficult for businesses to protect themselves and their clients from fraud and money laundering.

Our co-founders were led to this area when a friend was defrauded of £25K when buying their first property. At the time, anti-fraud technology didn’t exist, which meant that completing the anti-fraud checks required in these processes was largely manual. These big life moments should be exciting, but instead are often confusing and scary due to the painful process of completing these paper-based checks and the risk of fraud.

Thirdfort helps businesses to facilitate these anti-fraud checks so that individuals know they can transact safely and seamlessly with professionals during these big transactions. Our anti-fraud platform provides a secure way for professionals in regulated sectors like Lawyers, Estate Agents and Accountants to transfer funds and verify sensitive information through app-based document checks, facial recognition and open banking. Over 1,300 businesses now trust Thirdfort to verify their clients. We are FCA regulated and have raised over $33m in capital from leading Fintech investors.

Engineering at Thirdfort

At Thirdfort, we’re working to build an outstanding engineering culture that empowers our team to do their best work. We have a culture which cultivates an honest and open environment, where everyone’s opinions are heard and valued.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Identity team within the Engineering function and contribute to the building out of our new Know-Your-Customer/Know-Your-Business platform used by our B2C and B2B clients, as well as represent frontend engineering across the function. The platform is cloud hosted with a JSON REST API backend (primarily Node.js and GO), microservices architecture and cryptographically secure sensitive data storage.

Our Product and Tech teams are remote first and so this individual can be based anywhere in the UK. This does not mean though that our remote first team aren’t welcome in our offices as we value the times when we can come together in person. Ultimately we trust our team to work in the way that suits them best. Please note we’re unfortunately unable to visa sponsor for this role.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Support building KYB & KYC APIs that are used by our B2B clients and written in Go.
• Mentor and elevate other engineers, as well as championing the Identity team across the engineering function and liaising with the wider organisation including Product, Design and Client Support to aid development of our product.
• Factor in security and privacy when crafting solutions and reviewing other engineers’ Pull Requests.
• Pragmatically suggest and implement solutions to immediate problems but consider the long-term implications of decisions with a view to ensure there is manageable amount and complexity of technical debt.
• Role-model quality and encourage the rest of the department to embody this.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has significant experience building responsive, performant backend apps with modern frameworks.
• Has experience with / understands the core concepts of:

• Cloud-based applications
• Modern Backend Languages (Experience with Go or strong desire to learn are a must)
• Modern CI/CD pipelines
• Relational and non-relational databases

And has experience, or is keen to up-skill, in the following areas:

• Analytics and error tracking platforms such as GA and Grafana.
• Next.js / React to support integration with our Web Portal and Client teams.

Studies show that women and other less represented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every requirement. We believe in building a diverse team, valuing different skills and experiences and so if you don’t think you have all the requirements listed here but feel this could be a role and environment you’d thrive in, we would still love for you to apply.

Life at Thirdfort

Driven by our values, our culture promotes a collaborative and open environment where Thirdforters can take ownership, have impact, and feel empowered when it comes to their growth and development. We understand the importance of our teams' wellbeing and recognise a one-size fits all approach rarely works, that’s why we aim to provide the flexibility individuals need to work in the way that suits them, and their families, best.

Our Benefits

We include compensation ranges on our job ads in the spirit of Operating Openly and in an effort to make our interview process more inclusive. We list a range that aligns with our internal banding which is based on varying factors including external benchmarking for our stage and size as a business. In terms of how we decide where an individual fits within the band, we’d take you through the interview process and assess you against our internal performance framework which gives us further clarity. We’ll also have open conversations with you throughout the interview process (starting in the first stage call) so we can be as open as possible about compensation as we understand how important it is to ensure we’re aligned.

We’ve created our benefits package to reflect Thirdfort’s mission and values. We place a strong focus on Security first given what we do, extending this to our team’s physical, mental and financial security to support them through their big life moments. Our benefits exist to empower our team, ensuring they feel supported and able to work in the way that enables them to do their best work.

When you join Thirdfort, you’ll get immediate access to our flexible employee benefits package that aims to support you across these areas:

• Compensation - £65-80K p.a. base salary
• Flexible Working Hours
• Enhanced parental leave
• Work from home allowance
• Uncapped annual leave
• Enhanced sick leave
• Private healthcare with our provider, AXA
• Regular company and team socials
• Uncapped budget for personal development
• Share options for all UK employees
• Customisable wellness budget

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process, please let your dedicated Talent Manager know and we’ll do our best to accommodate.

We’re committed to building an inclusive, equitable and diverse culture where everyone has a chance to make a difference. We’re purposefully building a team of problem-solvers that reflect our values - which is why we hire from all backgrounds. If you're a curious, kind individual who takes ownership, you’ll be a great Thirdforter.