Back-end Engineer

at Harbr
United Kingdom, United States | Full-time


About Us
We're currently in the middle of a really exciting period of growth here at Harbr. We've been around since 2017, but until May this year, we had been operating in stealth-mode while we focussed on building the best product possible. In November 2020, 6 months after emerging from stealth, we announced our $38.5m Series A, led by Dawn Capital and Tiger Global. We've already started to onboard a series of exciting enterprise clients, and are looking to grow the team at lightning pace.

The goal now is to realise the full potential of the platform. With that in mind we're looking for world-class Software Engineering talent to help us build features and functionality that push the platform to the next level. We have a backend focussed role in mind, but if you're interested in the frontend, infrastructure or data elements of the platform, there's definitely scope to get involved.

Day to day, most of your development will likely be in Python, however we value strong Engineering principles and unteachable qualities more than years of experience using our tech stack. (We can provide a six week Python crash-course if it's not already your strong-suit!)

As with all of our roles, this can be based from anywhere in the UK or the US, with the option to work 100% remotely forever.


Job Description

Key Responsibilities
  • Contribute to the development of all backend components;
  • Work with frontend developers and the product team to define and deliver user stories;
  • Contribute to ongoing platform design and architecture.

Qualifications and Main Attributes
  • Essential: UNIX/linux, Python, API design, web services/microservices, TDD;
  • Desirable: cloud experience (AWS, Azure, GCP), large-scale data processing (e.g. Hadoop);
  • Highly collaborative and able to work autonomously;
  • Ability to learn and a sense of ownership of your work;
  • Authentic, communicative and a sense of humour.

Benefits
UK-based Employees
  • Competitive compensation;
  • Company equity;
  • Generous paid time off (28 days excluding public holidays);
  • Flexible work arrangements, including work from home and work from anywhere;
  • Life insurance from YuLife;
  • Workplace pension;
  • Perks and discounts programs;
  • Weekly team social activities.

US-Based Employees
  • Competitive compensation;
  • Company equity;
  • Generous paid time off (28 days excluding public holidays);
  • Flexible work arrangements, including work from home and work from anywhere;
  • Insurance coverage from top carriers, including health, dental, vision and life insurance;
  • 401(k) retirement plan;
  • Perks and discounts programs;
  • Weekly team social activities.
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Employment type: Full time

Work schedule: Remote working

Tech stack: UNIX

Tech stack: Linux

Tech stack: Amazon Web Services

Tech stack: Python

Tech stack: Azure

Tech stack: Hadoop

Date: 23 Nov