Senior Software Engineer

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About Translucent

Translucent is revolutionizing the accounting landscape by addressing the financial challenges faced by 5-7% of companies globally. Founded by seasoned entrepreneurs who previously sold a successful multi-million dollar company and have extensive experience with leading global firms, Translucent brings unparalleled expertise to the table. Recognized as the Xero App of the Year in 2022 and 2023, we are headquartered in London, UK. Our diverse team operates remotely across various locations, adhering to the London timezone. We gather twice a year for onsite meetings and host multiple in-person events to foster collaboration and innovation.
About the Role

Translucent is a company of people with a relentless curiosity. We are building a community of people who solve real problems for customers regardless of the technical stack or roadblocks in front of them. We hire engineers with a broad set of technical skills who are highly cross-functional and eager to solve a wide range of engineering challenges.

Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of building scalable backend systems, has been a founder before or built their own business, and enjoys owning projects from inception to scaling them in production.
What You'll Do

• Refines on our technical vision. Lead discussions and implementation of multiple complex projects-advocates for new, impactful ideas.
• Builds for leverage. Continuously improve company processes, tools, and systems that allow us to scale the code base, productivity, and the team.
• Recruit, refer, interview, and develop your own interview questions while fostering a culture of excellence, velocity, and humility.
• Build the data warehouse with workflow execution engine
• Inspire and mentor less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• A minimum of five years of building and shipping solutions is preferred.
• Track record of delivering high-quality products and features at scale.
• Ability to turn and create business and product ideas into engineering solutions
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, continuously grow, and master your craft.
• Our tech stack is React → gRPC → Python / Kotlin → PostgreSQL deployed via k8s to Google Cloud.

Benefits

• Salary: Up to £105k p.a. + option package
• Holidays: 23 days p.a. + the days between Christmas and New Year + Local public holidays
• Location: Remote, working in UK/PT timezone +/- 2 hours.