Senior Software Engineer

milton keynes, england, United Kingdom

About Allica Bank

Allica is on a mission to become Britain’s most recommended business bank by providing established SMEs – who represent more than a third of the UK GDP – with lending, savings and current accounts, delivered through the latest proprietary technology alongside expert human relationships.

In Deloitte’s annual Technology Fast 50 rankings, Allica is the UK’s fastest-growing technology firm - and the fastest-growing financial technology (fintech) firm ever. In 2022, Allica became one of the quickest UK fintech firms to reach profitability and closed a £100m Series C investment led by leading global technology investor TCV – investors in the likes of Netflix, Revolut and Spotify.

In the last year, Allica received more than ten major financial services industry awards, including being named UK Business Bank of the Year and global SME neobank of the Year, alongside being named as one of the world’s 100 most promising fintech companies by leading global technology research firm CB Insights.

At the heart of Allica’s unique success is two things:

Firstly, it’s our people who are positive and passionate about making things happen, deeply care about our purpose and our customers, and are open-minded and curious about finding practical ways to solve challenges. In our most recent employee survey, 92% of our colleagues said that they enjoy working for Allica, and 88% recommend us as a place to work. But we’re not for everyone. Alongside survey responses describing our culture as rewarding, energetic and collaborative, you’ll also hear words like challenging and fast-paced.

Secondly is our purpose which is to help established SMEs, one of the last underserved opportunities in fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. We’re here to change that. You will be playing a key role as we continue to build a bank dedicated to established SMEs at what is a crucial time for them.

Department Description

At Allica, we’re building an industry-leading digital business bank. Our technology team sits at the very heart of the organisation. We handle everything from new product development and innovation, through to the management of all the tools and systems the business uses to function efficiently and effectively.

In all we do, we are committed to championing a culture built on Allica’s values of collaboration, integrity and being straightforward.

Purpose of Role

As a Senior Engineer you will be responsible for designing and implementing front to back solutions. You will demonstrate your ability by developing well designed and understandable code. You will collaborate with the team and across the business to develop and implement new solutions. You will be passionate about technology, keeping yourself up to date with the latest tools and techniques. You will be expected to bring business problems to a successful conclusion having used pragmatism and iterative development experience that ensures return of value at the earliest opportunity.

Principal Accountabilities

Design and develop software by writing clean and thoroughly tested code.

Improve the quality, delivery and operation by including the following aspects:

Version Control Systems, Branch and release processes

Ways of working (personal development, training, collaboration, support & mentorship)

Continuous Integration and Deployment

Security\Integrity\Stability\Scalability

Design Patterns and common principles

Focus on clean, modular, reusable, readable and maintainable code

Quality aligned to conventions, standards, static analysis

Testing – Unit, Mock, Integration, E2E, Performance and Security

Monitoring and Analytics

Analyse, Debug and resolve production and non-production issues

Development focussed to iterative development and return of value

Mentor junior engineers by code reviews and constructive feedbacks.

Experience

RESTful API development experience with Java 8+ or Kotlin.

Strong experience with core Java JSON, XML, SOAP and Java frameworks (Spring/Spring Boot/Hibernate)

Experience of web development with modern tech stacks

Experience with SQL and NoSQL data stores.

Experience with docker, containers and Kubernetes

Strong unit, integration testing, mock frameworks and debugging skills.

Agile delivery methodology

Strong understanding of microservice patterns and architecture

Experience with development & deployment tools such as Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, Nexus and Git

Demonstrable experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)

Strong technical understanding of integration technologies (process, application and data), mobile and web applications

Exposure to cloud technologies, Azure will be beneficial.

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind;

Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities

Options for flexible working

Regular social activities

25 days holiday

Pension contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private health cover (with the option to add family members)

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave