Senior Platform Engineer (Clojure/AWS) - Remote

Overview

At Kroo Bank, we’re building the future of banking with modern technology and a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and impact. Unlike traditional banks or outsourcing firms, our engineers shape real products used by thousands of customers every day in the UK.

In Short

• Be part of a new generation UK bank. Kroo was awarded a full UK banking licence in 2022, making us one of only a handful of fintechs to achieve this milestone.
• We’re one of the fastest-growing banks in the UK, reaching £1 billion in deposits faster than any of our peers, with 200,000+ customer accounts and growing every day.
• Work with a modern stack: Clojure, React Native, Kafka, AWS, Docker, Terraform.
• Practise or learn functional programming (we’ll support you even if you’re new to it).
• Be part of a cross-functional squad where engineers, designers, testers and product managers collaborate as equals.
• Permanent employment contract in Romania, 100% remote, with flexible hours and a healthy work-life balance.
• Competitive salary and stock options, so you share in the success of the company.
• Join a young, dynamic, and mission-driven organisation where your work directly shapes how people bank in the UK.

Requirements

• Drive feature Implementation: Lead the implementation of new features, utilising our Continuous Delivery approach to ensure a seamless and efficient delivery process.
• Foster cross-team collaboration: Proactively work to improve the platform by working with other platform team members, product engineers and tech leads to identify pain points and technical weaknesses.
• Build libraries and components: Build reusable components, mainly in IaC and clojure, to facilitate the wider engineering organisation.
• Document and mentor: Create documentation and guides, and mentor engineers to use the tools and libraries we build.
• Ensure Code Quality: Uphold high standards for code quality, emphasising maintainability while adopting a pragmatic approach to solving complex problems.
• Promote an Inclusive Culture: Cultivate an environment that thrives on inclusivity, collaboration, transparency, and a non-hierarchical structure, valuing talent over job titles.
• Master and Utilise Key Technologies: Become proficient in and drive forward the use of Clojure for backend microservices, Kafka for managing asynchronous messaging, AWS for overseeing our infrastructure, Docker for deploying our services, Terraform for handling infrastructure provisioning and deployment.
• Champion Learning and Development: Exhibit a strong willingness to learn the technologies we use, including Clojure, React Native, Redux, Kafka, AWS, Docker, and Terraform.
• Demonstrate a Passion for Functional Programming: Show an eagerness to learn new languages and frameworks, with a particular interest in functional programming.
• Enhance Team Dynamics: Prove your ability to work effectively in an Agile development team, contributing to a collaborative team environment.
• Contribute to Open Source and Innovation: Display an interest in contributing to Open Source libraries and exploring new technologies to advance our banking platform.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options.
• Flexible hours.
• Healthy work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work with a modern tech stack.
• Support for learning functional programming.
• Dynamic and mission-driven work environment.