Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, 2+ years of Python and service development experience, Knowledge of Agile methodologies, SQL, NoSQL databases, Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively.

Key responsabilities:

Collaborate with the team to define strategy and vision for development

Build delightful features using FastAPI, Pydantic, and containerization tools

Develop RESTful APIs, use ORM tools, and ensure code quality standards

Deploy applications to Google Cloud Platform and monitor production environments

Job description

We are honu.ai, a remote-first team of 10 creating a novel technology that empowers business owners with superhuman decision making capabilities. Our platform transforms the digital ecosystem into a frictionless smart connective tissue, creating the foundations for the future of the commerce. Our investors have backed TransferWise, Tide, Coinbase, CityMapper, Cazoo, Nested, Habito, Cleo, King, and Snyk, and we are recipients of a Smart Grant from Innovate UK fund. Our highly experienced senior team has built cutting edge innovations across multiple sectors, including robotics and neuroscience.

You Will

Have a hugely visible impact, building towards MVP and beyond, as a member of a small, tight-knit team, including working closely with the founder
Collaborate with the team to define the strategy and vision for how we will build effectively and be successful
Work closely with other engineers across the company to build delightful features that span various parts of the system
Develop RESTful APIs using FastAPI and Pydantic
Work with SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as ORM tools like SQLAlchemy and SQLModel
Write clean, maintainable and efficient code
Ensure code quality through TDD and observability practices
Containerise applications using Docker
Participate in Agile XP methodologies like pair programming and code reviews
Integrate OAuth for security and user authentication
Work with Python and Poetry for package management
Utilise GitHub for version control and team collaboration
Deploy applications to Google Cloud Platform using Terraform
Occasionally work with React and TypeScript for frontend development
Monitoring and supporting production, staging, research, and demo environments
Ensure our platforms are reliable, scalable, secure and extensible
Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes

Requirements

About You

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
2+ years of experience with Python and service development
Familiarity with Agile methodologies like TDD and XP
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
Strong understanding of RESTful API development
Comfortable working with containerization tools like Docker
Ability to work in a team environment and participate in code reviews
Strong communication skills for collaboration and problem-solving
You believe in easy-to-maintain code and identify with modern concepts such as clean coding, automated testing and continuous deployment.
You know start-up life, ideally within a SAAS business.
You’ve shipped high-quality products from start to finish and are equally as comfortable building from scratch as you are improving an existing product.
You understand how a product funnels & retrieves data and are comfortable working closely with data scientists and data engineers to ensure optimal efficiency.
You will be comfortable with Remote/Async ways of working.
You’re considerate, humble, and a strong believer in teamwork.
You're comfortably organised amongst the chaos.
You're comfortable taking ownership, accountability and responsibility.
Based in the UK or Europe.
You're available to meet in London for a 3-day team working session every 4-6 weeks.

Nice to haves

Airflow, Airbyte, Python, DBT, Postgres, and BigQuery on GCP.
Knowledge of OAuth/API user credential handling and feed acquisition from sources such as Shopify, QuickBooks, Google Analytics, Facebook, Klaviyo, and many others
Experience with 3rd-party API integrations
DevOps experience ( incl. Terraform )
React and Typescript experience
Fintech experience is a big plus, eCommerce experience is nice to have, but not a requirement.

Tech Stack

Our initial stack is Python-centric on the backend, React / Typescript on the front end, and we are running on GCP. We have a pragmatic, non-dogmatic approach and will refine the tech stack, finding the right tools for the job, as the product evolves. Scientific computing will be mostly implemented in Python, for now.

Our Process

Technical Screening with our CTO (30 - 45min)
Pair programming Technical Assessment with our Senior Software Engineer (45min - 1hr)
Final chat with Product Manager and Founder (1hr)

Benefits

We are a young business with a huge amount of evolution to come. Alongside a salary, we are able to offer:

Competitive stock options package
Remote-first working policy
Regular company offsites

We are growing fast and will be sure to respect your time and expectations each step of the way. We embrace diversity in all forms and are dedicated to building an inclusive, equitable environment for all people to do their best work with us.

We’re an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. If there are any suitable adjustments that can be made to ensure a smooth interview process, please do let us know.

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