Backend Engineer - Golang (Remote - Europe)

Job Description

This is a fully remote position but you MUST be physically located within Europe (UTC-1 to UTC+3).

At Teylor we are bringing SME-Lending into the 21st century by building credit-scoring and credit application software that allows small businesses to get access to financing more easily. Our core product is the Teylor lending platform which digitizes and automates the entire SME credit cycle. Banks use our technology to automate their processes and we use it for our own lending activities. Our goal is to become the leading European lending technology provider.

If you want to work in a dynamic and well-financed fintech that makes a real difference for small businesses and the financial industry, Teylor is the right place for you. As we are growing fast we can offer attractive growth opportunities.

Your Role at Teylor

As part of the engineering team at Teylor you will have a significant impact on the software used by Teylor and Europe's leading banks to get SMEs faster access to liquidity. You will implement new features and use cases to cover an ever-expanding financial product suite as well as our international expansion.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work closely with designers, product managers and other team members to conceptualize, build and launch new features
• Write production-grade, robust and well-tested Go code
• Develop financial software and services
• Develop integrations with our partner banks and various external financial systems
• Maintain high code quality via robust testing, peer code review and automating as much as possible

Requirements

• A degree in computer science OR equivalent experience as a backend engineer
• 2+ years of backend development experience
• Excellent written and verbal English
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to break down complex problems for people unfamiliar with the topic
• Strategic problem solving abilities with the ability to work independently and a can-do-attitude

Nice to Haves

• Experience with serverless/functions/lambda architectures and technologies
• Experience with AWS APIs, CloudFormation and/or other infrastructure as code technologies
• Experience with relational databases and SQL - especially Postgres
• Familiarity with modern build pipelines and tools (CI/CD)
• Experience working in remote teams and at small companies and startups

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Equity participation in the company
• 25 days of paid leave per year
• Regular team meet ups (once Covid is done)
• A diverse and international team

We are looking forward to your application!