Who are we?
iwoca is
breaking down the barriers that stop Europe’s 20 million small
businesses from accessing finance. Traditional bank loans have slow
application processes, inflexible terms and burdensome criteria. In
contrast, we use cutting-edge technology to offer flexible access to
credit with a five minute application process and a decision in hours.
Since
2012, we've lent over £400 million to over 20,000 businesses across
Europe. Our customers include everything from cafés to car dealers,
salons to solicitors. Along the way we have built a sophisticated
technology platform, won numerous awards and grown a fun, and vibrant
team.
However, we’re still near the start of our journey – our aim
is to finance a million small businesses within a decade and so we need
more smart, hands-on people to help us reach this goal.
Requirements
At
iwoca we are dedicated to building the smartest lending platform in the
world as we believe that finance should be as simple, seamless and
powerful as electricity. We like to use Agile(ish) processes, which
means features or projects go live in days or weeks rather than months
or years.
We are very fortunate to have a passionate and
dedicated CTO / Co-founder who ensures that Tech is always at the
forefront of the business so the work you do is always valued. You will
be working in a hybrid team of Data Scientists and Software Developers
to design and build a bespoke in-house CRM platform that will help our
operations team be as efficient as possible, and give them a structured
insight to the data we work with.
We are looking for someone with:
- 2+ years’ of experience programming in Python
- Familiarity with JavaScript
- Very strong numerate background, e.g Degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent
- A high technical aptitude and strong attention to detail
- Self-starter with ability to work autonomously in an unstructured environment
- Strong basis in computer-science fundamentals
- Understanding of web technologies
- Experience with relational databases (we use PostgreSQL)
- A basic understanding of database query optimisation, specifically with SQL
- Hands on experience using Web API is also preferred
Benefits
You’ll
join a growing team of smart, humble and motivated people, all
passionate about learning and developing themselves and united in their
passion to grow an amazing business that revolutionises business
finance.
In addition to a competitive salary, we also provide the following:
- A smart, fun and internationally diverse team - together, we represent over 35 different nationalities
- Company retreats in great locations - we have at least two per year in places like the French Alps and by the Spanish seaside
- A
really lovely office in central London - we’re right by Tottenham Court
Road, and close to the bars, theatres and restaurants in Soho and
Fitzrovia
- Pool, ping pong, foosball tables and tournaments,
morning yoga and an ever-growing number of active clubs (you can set up
your own!) - such as climbing, chess, cycling, football, running,
boxing, etc
- Regular novelty perks such as free massages, which can be proposed by anyone in the team
- Plenty of drinks and snacks in our office kitchen
- Cycle-to-work scheme for great value bikes
- Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and shared parental leave
- Stock options for all employees after 6 months within the business
- 25 days holiday a year, plus all UK Bank holidays, plus a day off for your birthday
- The opportunity to give your time to support a charity of your choice, via a paid volunteering day
- Additional leave so that you can take more time to go travelling or to study, outside of your holiday allowance
- Tickets to exciting tech conferences across Europe
- A calendar of tech meetups hosted on the premises
- Flexible working, including flexible hours and working from home days - all made easy with video conferencing and slack