iwoca is seeking a Back End Engineer to join its Partner Tech team. You will work on challenging projects across the codebase to improve the experience for partners and partner-referred customers. You will own features from scoping to production, collaborate with engineers, and design robust systems that help businesses get the funding they need.

What You'll Do

Own features and projects from scoping and design through to production.
Collaborate with other engineers to meet the team’s goals, whilst being trusted to define your own solutions.
Design and maintain robust, flexible, and maintainable systems to ensure scalability.
Deliver new functionality critical to onboarding important new partners.
Optimise the customer experience, leading to measurable improvements.
Leave code, docs, and processes in better shape than you found them.
Collaborate with our partners and internal stakeholders to design effective solutions.
Use data to make decisions, uncover insights, and refine strategies.

What We're Looking For

Experience designing and building scalable back-end systems, ideally in Python with Django.
Experience working with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL, with an understanding of performance and maintainability.
Experience building and maintaining APIs that are easy to use, reliable, and well-documented.
Experience managing projects end to end, from understanding business problems to delivering technical solutions.
Pragmatism in balancing delivery speed with long-term system health.
Clear, concise written and verbal communication, focusing on outcomes and impact.

Nice to Have

Front-end development experience, particularly with React and Typescript.
Experience with DevOps practices, including containerisation and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience using data to inform technical decisions or product improvements.

Technical Stack

Python
Django
PostgreSQL
React
Typescript

Team & Environment

The Partner Tech team is made up of two engineers plus a product manager. The team is remote/hybrid-friendly, meeting up for team days in the office once or twice a month. They work in an Agile fashion with two-week sprints and a daily standup.

Benefits & Compensation

Salary: £65,000—£90,000
Flexible working hours
Medical insurance from Vitality, including discounted gym membership
A private GP service for you, your partner, and your dependents
25 days’ holiday per year, an extra day off for your birthday, the option to buy or sell an additional five days of annual leave, and unlimited unpaid leave
A one-month, fully paid sabbatical after four years
Instant access to external counselling and therapy sessions
3% Pension contributions on total earnings
An employee equity incentive scheme
Generous parental leave and a nursery tax benefit scheme
Electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme
Two company retreats a year
A learning and development budget for everyone
Company-wide talks with internal and external speakers
Access to learning platforms like Treehouse

Work Mode

This is a hybrid role. You can be based in London or work remotely within the UK.

iwoca fosters a culture of learning, growth, and support. We value thought and skill diversity and encourage you to explore new areas of interest to help us innovate.