Senior Software Engineer, Liberis
£70-85k
1-3 days a week in office
Embedded business finance solutions
Open for applications
Embedded business finance solutions
201-500 employees
Open for applications
£70-85k
1-3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
Liberis is on a mission to provide small businesses with accessible and responsive finance.
Role
Who you are
- You are an expert programmer, with multiple years of experience in environments like ours
- You are comfortable working in the early stages of defining and solving business problems. You value collaboration and responding to change over negotiation and rigidly following a plan
- You might be a specialist in one area of our tech stack (mostly C# .net, Node, React, Azure) but you’re willing to learn and get stuck in anywhere
- You know how to contribute to a high performing team. You always optimise for team performance over individual performance
- Professional experience writing code in two or more programming languages. A willingness to learn our tech stack - mostly C# .net, Node, React
- An understanding of working with Agile methods, such as Extreme Programming, Kanban, or Scrum
- Experience mentoring more junior team members
- Multiple years of experience in an environment that is in some way similar to ours
- Resilience in early stage business situations, where requirements are evolving and experimentation is required
- Bonus points if you have experience of cloud technologies (we mostly use Azure); experience using highly collaborative methods such as ensemble, mob, or pair programming; experience writing financial software; or experience with Test Driven Development
What the job involves
- Reporting to: Engineering Manager
- Use continuous delivery practices to deliver high-quality software and value to end users as early as possible
- Work in collaborative, customer obsessed teams to build fantastic experiences for internal and external users
- Contribute to our distributed, global architecture while defending our quality and performance requirements
- Build and run software, exemplifying DevOps culture
- Take part in our entire software lifecycle, from ideation, to building, to maintenance, to collecting feedback and improving
- Mentor junior engineers
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
London-based Liberis offers small businesses a new way of securing loans. By taking an agreed % of customer credit and debit card takings, Liberis has created a brand new system of repayment, meaning small businesses no longer have to rely on traditional loans. Whilst small businesses are a cornerstone of the global economy, they are continuously turned away by traditional lenders, hence Liberis has been able to harness a crucial part of the global market whilst boosting small business.
Liberis isn't the only 'pay-as-you-earn'-style finance provider: it competes with similar schemes provided by the likes of Amazon and Paypal. Nonetheless, it has seen rapid growth, and has funded around $1B to over 23,000 SMEs across the UK, Europe, and the US. This can be accredited to the platform's use of machine learning to understand a customer's risk profile, and hence the maximum funding options available to them.
Liberis operates an impressive global partner network that consists of eCommerce platforms such as Klarna. It has raised significant funding that will enable it to grow its European presence with new and established partners, bringing flexible funding options to SMEs in new territories such as the Nordic region.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% female employees
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2021
$44.5m
LATE VC
Dec 2020
$64.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $150.2m
Company benefits
- Pension scheme - 4% employer contribution
- Life insurance at 3x your annual salary
- Performance related bonus, or generous commission scheme (role dependant)
- Expert financial wellbeing support
- Private healthcare
- Medical cash plan
- Employee assistance programme
- Wellbeing and counselling support
- 25 days holiday a year (not including bank holidays), with 3 additional days taken over the Christmas & New Year period with the option to buy or sell holiday days
- Flexible working options
- Discounts and perks with leading companies
- Help with your commute - Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
- Keep your kit up-to-date - Techscheme
- Social budget offering
- Time out - sabbatical after you’ve been with us for 2 years
- Primary carers leave from 26 weeks, entitled to 20 weeks at full pay Secondary carers leave from 26 weeks, entitled to 12 weeks at full pay Paid miscarriage support and parental bereavement leave
Company values
- Empathy Always. Inclusion fuels Liberis' success. Respect, unity, and positive intent empower us to thrive together
- Prove It. Every choice counts, so we embrace diverse perspectives, challenge opinions, and constantly question our own convictions
- Communicate Directly. Open communication drives our fast-paced culture, empowering everyone to voice their convictions without ego or defensiveness
- Own Every Outcome. Liberis thrives on relentless pursuit, overcoming challenges, and inspiring accountability for impactful outcomes
- Act Like Time is Running Out. Move fast, win big. Speed matters when competing against the clock
- Merchants Matter Most. Putting merchants first is not just our priority, it's the key to unlocking their success
Company HQ
Shepherd's Bush, London, UK
Articles
Founders
Rob Straathof
(CEO, not founder)Previously founded Taste 2. Experience as Director for Newable Business Finance Ltd, Non Executive Director for Folkefinans AS, Director for Everline Financial Services.
People progressing
Tracy joined Liberis in 2014 as a Sales Executive and has progressed to a Senior Manager leading our Global Customer Operations team. She now has team members across the UK, Sweden and the US.
Ollie joined the Product team at Liberis in September 2021, he has since been promoted twice and is now in the role of Chief of Staff, working alongside our CEO and Executive team.
Diversity & Inclusion at Liberis
- Our commitment is not just surface level. We’re on a mission to create a safe space where everyone and anyone, regardless of their background, can thrive.
- We also recognise that diverse teams perform better because we have so much to learn from one another.
- We have a hive of activity happening around the business to make sure we’re always pushing for more. Everyone is encouraged to get involved to help us to continue to build an excellent culture at Liberis.
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