Lead Backend Engineer, Risk Ledger
Golang
£80-110k
+ Equity
1+ day a week in office
Supply chain cybersecurity provider
Job no longer available
Supply chain cybersecurity provider
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£80-110k
+ Equity
1+ day a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
Risk Ledger's mission is to secure the global supply chain.
Role
Who you are
- Hands-on, production experience in a large Go codebase
- Strong opinions on what makes for a great developer experience in a growing startup**,** including architecture, security, observability, testing, documentation and distributed systems
- Depth of experience developing high quality software in a cross-functional product team, with the ability to hit the ground running
- An ability to thrive in ambiguity, tackling problems that might not be well defined and without obvious solutions
- Proven ability to take the initiative, make well-judged trade-offs and drive forwards decision making
- A passion for levelling up those around you through a collaborative approach to problem solving
- A keen sense of curiosity, with a natural drive to learn and grow
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced engineer to lead on our backend Go codebase, whilst also contributing to solving end-to-end product challenges in the best manner for our customers
- You will not be leading a dedicated team, but rather leading through influence on technical decisions, standards & best practices, mentoring others and improving the developer experience
- You’ll be collaborating on a daily basis with designers, product managers, other engineers and the wider business to create a great product experience and continuously ship value to our users
- And as an engineer in a small but focused team, you will have a long-standing impact on our engineering strategy, codebase and developer experience
- You’ll join a cross-functional team of Software Engineers, Product Managers and Designers, all collaborating together with the wider business to achieve impactful product outcomes
- Everyone is involved from day one in shaping opportunities that provide outsized value to both clients and suppliers on Risk Ledger, always keeping the users at the forefront of our minds
- Evolve our backend codebase - Through collaboration and influence, you will seek continuous improvement to our developer experience, architecture and standards - and coach others to do so too
- Develop high quality systems and code - Working across our stack, you’ll design and develop the systems that underpin the Risk Ledger product and advance us towards our vision
- Move fast, with an eye for quality - You enjoy moving fast while maintaining a high quality of code through testing, seeking simplicity, striving for consistency and implementing best practices
- Lead from the front - By asking the right questions at the right time, challenging assumptions, encouraging continued learning and driving positive impact through influence & respect
- Collaborate to deliver exceptional product - From understanding initial needs to crafting usable solutions, you'll work directly with product managers and designers to bring ideas to life
- Have an impact - We're a growing startup - so expect to have a hand in everything from product decisions to engineering strategy
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Risk Ledger was founded with the goal to shift the way organisations deal with cybersecurity and information management in the supply chain. Through its platform, Risk Ledger is marking a turning point in the process of discovering, measuring and then mitigating security risks for companies, their clients and their suppliers. Risk Ledger is trying to lower the number of data breaches experienced by companies and consumers as a consequence of supply chain attacks on a global level.
According to research, over 60% of organisations have suffered a data breach originating in the supply chain with fines inevitably following. Mainstream risk assurance methods are no longer be able to effectively detect and mitigate the growing risk associated with more complex and more global supply chains. SMEs are also generally less resilient to security attacks than multinational corporations due to smaller budgets and teams; over 50,000 SMEs in the UK could collapse after a successful cyber attack.
Risk Ledger has helped customers collect supplier data up to 70% faster than before and reduced per-supplier costs by up to 90%. Its challenge now is to provide integrations with different tools and, by doing so, turn Risk Ledger into a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution.
Insights
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33% female employees
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Innovative product
"In terms of engineering, both the backend and frontend are state of the art. At the time of writing we are using VueJS (and practically all the cool..."
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2023
$8.2m
SERIES A
Oct 2021
$2.8m
SEED
Total funding: $13.3m
Company benefits
- Generous EMI equity package
- Enhanced family (parental) leave - gender-neutral policy, 12 weeks paid leave
- Comprehensive Private Healthcare covering both physical and mental well-being
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays!)
- Additional 30 days of unpaid leave per year to use as you wish
- £500 WFH budget
- Flexible hybrid working
Company values
- Communicate
- Always be learning
- Be honest
- Simple is best
- Aim high
- Find solutions, be pragmatic
Company HQ
Shoreditch, London
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Founders
Haydn Brooks
(CEO)Previously a Consultant in Cyber Security/Risk at KPMG & Deloitte. Also worked as Information Security Manager at Secgate.
Daniel Saul
(CTO)Started Risk Ledger after graduating from UCL, where he studied Electronic Engineering with Computer Science.
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