Senior Software Engineer
FundApps
20 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
London, London, United Kingdom
£90,000 - £105,000 GBP yearly
Data Science
The team
The Engineering team at FundApps is a team of ca. 50 smart, friendly people who collaborate closely and take pride in delivering best-in-class software and providing an extraordinary experience to our clients. We’re solving some of the most challenging problems in financial services, building compliance products that are 10x better than what’s on the market. What we do as engineers has a real life impact on thousands of people across the globe!
As part of the Engineering team, you'll be working on a suite of innovative products that monitor over US$29 trillion in assets under management every single day, used by some of the world's largest Investment Managers.
In Engineering we value professionalism, sustainability, and respect; we hold each other to high standards, give each other considered and constructive feedback, work smart, and look out for each other. Learn more about our engineering culture here!
Our tech stack:
Our tech stack:
- Back-end: C#
- Data storage: PostgreSQL; Amazon storage including Aurora, DynamoDB, S3
- Infrastructure: Terraform & AWS, using Fargate, Lambdas, Step functions, and a lot more!
- Pipeline: GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, ServerlessFront-end: React, TypeScript
What You'll Be Working On
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering high-impact projects from start to finish. You’ll tackle complex business problems, contribute high-quality code, and collaborate closely with your team to achieve great outcomes. You’ll also help guide others, sharing your expertise to support their growth.
At FundApps, we actively champion your development - whether you're looking to deepen your technical expertise as a Staff Engineer or explore leadership as an Engineering Manager, we provide clear pathways and mentorship to help you succeed.
Delivery
- You will use your hands-on knowledge to advocate for improvements to the platform to support ambitious plans to grow market share and launch new products.
- You’ll play a key role in delivering projects from start to finish, engaging with stakeholders and helping you team work effectively to get the job done right.
- You will be comfortable slicing stories to minimise risk and ensure a consistent cadence, modelling these good working practices to colleagues.
Ownership & Impact
- You will be able to proactively identify and lead cross-team initiatives which leads to improvements.
- You are able to demonstrate solid business acumen and can have an impact across multiple teams.
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You are able to take ownership of projects and lead the team to successful outcomes.
Expertise & Knowledge
- You will have an understanding of good practices and patterns of software and cloud native architectures. You will also know how to use these to deliver high quality software and add meaningful value.
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As well as being a strong individual contributor, you will be able to plan works, lead the team in assessing the risks and work with product managers to make project decisions.
Communication & Influence
- You will be able to share knowledge and best practices with the wider department.
- You value transparency and can communicate effectively; shedding light on potential hurdles before they arise as well as when the unexpected happens.
How we live the FundApps Values
- Be-Transparent: Default to maximum transparency with your direct reports, your team and stakeholders. Do so with respect and care, and you’re on to a winner 💪
- Have-Courage: Lean into difficult conversations. Avoiding awkwardness can let situations fester, bad habits be reinforced. Practice giving, and receiving feedback often. Be direct, and don’t forget you’re speaking to another person: aspire to compassion.
- Raise-The-Bar: Grow yourself by investing time in your skills and learning (let go of your old tools, invest in the new toolbox you will need!). Help your people improve and grow, and inspire them to improve their code, tools, and systems.
- Do-More-With-Less: Time is your most precious resource. Prioritisation, focus and delegation are the tools of our job!
- Work-With-Purpose: Be determined, be curious - think of situations that arise as opportunities for problem solving. Things will go wrong - we learn, improve - and move on!
What You'll Bring To The Team
- You are an experienced back-end developer with a desire to work in C# (we’d love to hear from you if you have a background in C#, Java or Python)
- You are open-minded and adaptable, able to balance strong opinions with new perspectives.
- You see the big picture and help shape the company’s vision.
- You prioritise team success over individual output and actively support your colleagues.
- You enjoy understanding technical platforms and system architectures and how they fit into the bigger picture.
- You thrive on getting things done and deploying software to real users.
- You care deeply about clean code, automated testing, and continuous deployment.
A Few Things To Know Before You Apply
Salary
The salary range for the role is £90,000 - £105,000 and your final offer will be based on your skills and expertise.
If you get warm fuzzy feelings about what we're trying to achieve at FundApps, then we want to hear from you!
Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply—we care about potential just as much as experience.
Work Eligibility
We require candidates to have permission to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.
We work hybrid and ask that new FundAppers spend 3 days per week at our shiny London office during their first 6 months, to make the most of getting to know the business and other FundAppers.
After that, our policy is at least 2 days per week in the office to collaborate, connect and enjoy our shared space and team activities.
After that, our policy is at least 2 days per week in the office to collaborate, connect and enjoy our shared space and team activities.
Life at FundApps
🕐 Work/life balance with flexible hybrid working
💚 Wellbeing benefits such as private health insurance, life insurance, a flexible stipend and mental health coaching
💰 Matched pension contribution up to 10%
💰 Peer micro-bonuses through Bonusly
🎓 £1,000 learning budget each year and unlimited professional development leave
💡 Peer-led ‘Brown-bag lunch’ learning sessions and an annual Learning Festival
🚢 25 days holiday leave + an extra day next year if you use it all + an extra day after 3 & 5 years
🧳 5 Years @ FundApps - additional 4 weeks paid holiday leave during your 5th year as a FundApper
👶 26 weeks leave for all new parents regardless of gender, location or family structure
❤️ Volunteering leave
🎁 Birthday off
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We are proud of the diversity of all FundAppers - it makes us strong. We provide flexibility around religious observances and embrace a variety of cultural celebrations! If you’re looking for a workplace where you can just be yourself, you’re in the right place.
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