Software Development Engineer - Data Platform

About Us at GoCardless

GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking. 

GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia and the United States.

At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help! 

And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!

Engineering at GoCardless 

The technical challenges of building GoCardless span from simplifying building banking schemes to optimising the time to render the dashboard. 

You will enjoy being a software engineer at GoCardless if:

• You’re looking to champion a great engineering culture within GC and in the wider engineering community; 
• You enjoy collaborating and learning from people from various backgrounds and experiences; 
• You want to feel proud of the work you’re doing and its impact on real customers.

Our engineers contribute to the engineering culture within and outside of GoCardless: they contribute to Open Source Software projects (see our Github), and share learnings in post-mortems, conferences and on our blog.

Our technologies: We endeavour to build simple, reliable systems and we believe in using the best technologies for each task. Technologies we use across GoCardless include: Ruby on Rails, Golang, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Postgres, BigQuery, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Google Cloud (GCP).

You’re not expected to have expertise in all these technologies. Members of our team have picked up the tools once they’ve started working with the team. If you’re unsure, please apply.

This position is located in our HQ2 in Riga, which was recently honored with the prestigious CEE Business Services Award for being the ‘Most Vibrant Employer - Latvia,’ offering you the chance to thrive in a dynamic and engaging workplace.

About Data Platform

This position is located in our HQ2 in Riga, which was recently honored with the prestigious CEE Business Services Award for being the ‘Most Vibrant Employer - Latvia,’ offering you the chance to thrive in a dynamic and engaging workplace.

Our team’s mission is to “Drive increased data dependability and cost-efficiency by providing a best-in-class data platform so everyone can autonomously build data-driven applications that drive increased operational and revenue efficiency.”.

In pursuit of our mission, The team is driven by 3 strategic pillars:

• FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimisation: We will continue to take direction action to ensure we deliver a cost efficient platform and empower teams to be financially responsible
• Data Governance: We are responsible for building tooling to enable effective data stewardship.
• Data Dependability: We are responsible for building a platform that ensures that the data is available and fit for purpose, by providing tooling that measures and enforces data quality and platform reliability 

We are a diverse team, with diverse technology backgrounds ranging from Software Engineer to ML Ops and Site Reliability.

We’re a team with a vision to unlock the full potential of data-driven decision-making, and expect every engineer to be driven by this, and take ownership of the journey towards this vision.

What excites you 

• You have a growth mindset, motivated by driving concrete business outcomes.
• You adapt to new technologies and processes quickly.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and believe the best products are built through collaboration.
• You are passionate about building and improving products by experimenting, prototyping and applying an iterative approach to validate ideas and learn.
• You are passionate about driving value in the data ecosystem.

What excites us  

• You have experience working with data platforms and an understanding of the data lifecycle
• You adapt to new technologies and processes quickly.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and believe the best products are built through collaboration.
• You care about building reliable, well-tested systems.
• You enjoy solving problems and are happy to take the initiative to find better solutions.

Salary range - the expected base salary range for this position is between €2,933 and €4,400 (gross) depending on leveling in interviews. 

 

The Good Stuff!

• Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.
• Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12-month period.
• Adaptive Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in-office days determined by your team.
• Equity: All permanently employed GeeCees get equity to share in our success.
• Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life's great adventure.
• Time Off: Generous holidays, 3 volunteer days, and 4 wellness days annually.

Life at GoCardless

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, here’s where we stand:

• 45% identify as women 
• 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other 
• 10% identify as LGBTQIA+ 
• 9% identify as neurodiverse 
• 2% identify as disabled 

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report 

Sustainability at GoCardless

We’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, we’re working towards a climate-positive future. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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