Backend Software Engineer
About Wayflyer
Today's small businesses need a capital provider that keeps pace with their growth ambitions. Traditional financing options are slow, cumbersome and often out of reach. That's why we built Wayflyer.
Our technology allows us to assess businesses in minutes, generate financing offers that reflect their growth potential and send funds in as little as 24 hours. To date, we've deployed over $6bn to thousands of businesses worldwide, backed by Tier 1 banks like J.P. Morgan.
You'll be collaborating with ambitious colleagues from around the world. We have offices in Dublin, London, New York, Charlotte, Berlin and Sydney.
The challenge
We assess businesses in minutes and send funds in as little as 24 hours. The systems that make that possible need to be fast, reliable, and built to scale as we grow into new markets.
What you'll actually do
- Design and develop scalable backend services using Python and Django, focusing on our core financial products
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs that power our customer-facing applications and internal tools
- Implement robust data models and database schemas to support our financial services infrastructure
- Write clean, testable code with comprehensive unit and integration tests
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features and improvements
- Optimize application performance and ensure high availability of our services
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation
- Monitor and maintain production systems, ensuring reliability and security
Who thrives here
You should be comfortable making and defending technical decisions, while remaining open to feedback and alternative approaches. You'll need to balance technical excellence with business needs and help guide the team toward pragmatic solutions.
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