Lead Software Engineer, Preqin
2+ days a week in office (Victoria)
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
Open for applications
Data and insights provider for the alternative assets market.
1001+ employees
Open for applications
2+ days a week in office (Victoria)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To revolutionise the private markets with data, insights and tools that help industry professionals make more informed decisions.
Role
Who you are
- You possess strong technical ability in .NET core or python and REACT JS
- You have commercial experience of working within cloud provider services - AWS is preferred
- You have deep knowledge of infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines (including secrets management) and container orchestration software such as Kubernetes
- You’re curious; willing to learn about new technologies, ways of working and acquire new skills in a truly “agile” mindset
What the job involves
- Data literacy, product awareness, communication and initiative are important parts of your skillset, enabling you as an Engineer to help set the technical and data directions of our data collection and customer applications, while designing and implementing robust architecture
- You would be supporting your team to design, deliver and maintain a technology platform that is scalable, reliable, performant, and extensible
- You’ll develop new features while extending our current services and tooling to support new products and improvements
- You’ll actively take part in conversations about new product directions, technical and data architecture and software quality
- Reporting To VP, Engineering
- Champion a curious and diligent engineering mindset to enhance our platform capabilities
- Build efficient and reusable services within our AWS environment using Python, C#, .NET
- Work collaboratively in an Agile environment to troubleshoot and resolve complex problems
- Execute your ability to translate complex ideas into understandable language for your non-technical colleagues across Marketing, design and sales
- Be instrumental to continuously improving our working environment, teams, product quality, and yourself
Application process
- Stage 1
- Introduction Call
- We will schedule a 30 minute call with a member of the recruitment team, for us to get to know you better. The purpose of this call is to find out more about your experience and to give you the opportunity to ask any questions about the role, company, process
- We look forward to speaking with you!
- Stage 2
- 1st Stage Interview
- This will be a 30 min call with your potential future manager. We will be looking to understand more about your experience, how that fits the role, and what makes you tick
- We'll be transparent and honest. So if you have any questions related to the company or the role, please feel free to ask them!
- Stage 3
- Technical Interview
- If the interview went well and we're all aligned, we'll ask you to complete a short technical assessment
- Stage 4
- Final Interview
- This will be a cultural and collaborative interview with our Product and Design team to see how you will work together
- Stage 5
- Offer
- After your interviews, if everything is positive, we will be delighted to progress to offer stage
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Preqin is a London-based investment data company empowering the alternative asset market with essential data and insights. Supporting customers throughout the entire investment lifecycle, Preqin provides them with critical information leading to analytical solutions.
Preqin has produced advanced methods of collecting private data for 20 years. Its products allow a customer base of over 200,000 professionals to streamline how they raise capital, source deals and investments, understand performance, and stay informed.
As a global company, Preqin is working with software providers, world-renowned institutions, and industry associations around the globe to build innovative products, tools, and research that helps connect data to critical decisions. It's had a successful history, and will look to continue on a strong growth path ahead.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
14% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.5)
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"At Preqin, the work experience is marked by an high level of challenge and intellectual stimulation. The projects I've undertaken have been among..."
Company benefits
- Hybrid workplace & flexible holiday allowance
- Parental leave: maternity & paternity leave policies
- Pension/retirement contributions: contributions are matched up to 10% after 1 year's service (US & UK)
- Subsidized medical insurance
- Bereavement leave
- Annual personal study support allowance of $1,500/£900
- Discounted gym membership (US & UK)
- Access to discount & reward programs
Company values
- Be Customer Obsessed: We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.
- Act with Integrity: We build trust through honesty and transparency. We're committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.
- Own Your Success: We're a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields.
- Think Forward: We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients' next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.
- Make an Impact: We drive postive change as individuals, and as a company. We're passionate about creating a better tomorrow for our industry and our communities.
Company HQ
Victoria, London, UK
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Founders
Mark O'Hare
(Managing Director)Previously a Manager at The Boston Consulting Group and CEO of Citywatch.
Diversity & Inclusion at Preqin
- Our company vision is to create an environment where diversity and inclusion are at its core and our differences are valued. An environment where we actively celebrate and support each other, no matter our visible or invisible differences. We believe that every person has the right to work in a safe and welcoming environment and that’s why we commit to being a truly inclusive employer that integrates DEI throughout all of our operations, whilst investing in and empowering our people.
- Launched our DEI Steering Committee in October 2020. They hold sessions regularly to support and guide Preqin’s DEI initiatives, with active leadership from our CEO.
- Workshops, fireside talks and external guest speakers discussing important topics such as, navigating challenges for women in senior leadership, menopause and managing stress.
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