Position: Technical Lead
Company: Fondy
Experience required: 3y
Category: Java
English level: fluent
Published: 2022-02-01T00:00:00+02:00

About Fondy

Fondy is the latest disruptive Fintech company operating for the last 6 years having developed a highly successful payments platform with a client base across Europe. Thanks to our unprecedented growth we are now embarking on the next stage of our journey which is to build out a suite of e-money solutions offering the next generation of online digital banking, multi-currency services and payments to our commercial clients.

About the role
 
The Tech Lead will be a key member of a new team, creating a new bleeding edge fintech platform.  Your main responsibilities will be: 
 
Owning key technological and architectural decisions
Establish a technical vision with the team – assess, guide, facilitate technical discussions and arbitrate technical decisions.
Opportunity to explore and build innovative solutions.
Design and uphold technical delivery practices and be the technical voice of your team.
Managing a team of developers and engineers, including conducting daily stand-ups, recruiting new team members and other related tasks
Own the development cycle within your team, from scoping through deployment and delivery
Working across multidisciplinary teams in various geographical locations. 
Managing Production environments and releases into environments. 
Understanding Operation model for a core banking platform. 
Operate in a manner compliant with all applicable regulations, ensure relevant processes are in line with laws and regulations across the EU and UK. 
Oversee the technology organization’s information security, disaster recovery, and business continuity efforts. 
Collaborate with product managers and the support team to build new features for our users to help them grow their businesses
Coordinate decisions with stakeholders, participate in product design and project planning sessions, working with colleagues from across the business to plan the timely and effective implementation of product enhancements that will fulfil our business strategy.
Engage with vendors and vendor management. 
Main skills, experience required:
10 Years+ industry experience.
Solution architecture and design skills.
Previous technical leadership skills and experience leading teams of more than 5 people.
Experience with micro-service and API architectures, security, user/service interaction models and performance. 
Recent working experience with the architecture, design, engineering and security of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Helm Charts, Kubernetes). 
Key security concepts such as cryptography, authentication, authorization standards, and security protocols (e.g., SSL/TLS, SAML, OAuth, JWT, Strong understanding of Digital Signatures and HSM). 
Influenced and embedded engineering practices and cultures.
Experience of working with high throughput / low latency systems
Previous experience in the Fintech environment.
 
Technologies:
 
Google Cloud 
Dataflow 
BigQuery 
IAM 
Pub/Sub 
Cloud SQL (Postgres) 
Kubernetes / GKE 
Security and HSM 
Cloud Functions 
Cloud Run 
Networking / VPC / Subnets 
Java 11 / Spring 
KeyCloak 
GSuite 
Webhooks 
BitBucket 
Jira 
 
Benefits:

Competitive salary
Bonus
No corporate BS – we’re moving too fast for that
Working with a motivated and talented global team
Flexible working hours – as long as you get the work done
Impactful work – you’ll have the opportunity to help build products that are used daily by numerous merchants and business across the world

Why Fondy?
Fondy is a diverse and inclusive fast-growing start-up building the future of payments. Our team is made up of thinkers, innovators and go-getters shaping the way people make and take online payments. We value passionate and down-to-earth people who are driven to get things done and find creative solutions to problems. We recognise that our strength and success are directly linked to the talent and skills of our team members and a lean approach to our work. Our headquarters are situated in London UK, and we have offices in 7+ countries around Europe.