Salary: £60-80k
Hours: Full time
Location: Hybrid, at least 2 days per week in our Deptford office
Contract: Permanent (no agencies or freelancers)
Vouchsafe is looking for an experienced software engineer to take our platform’s machine learning features to the next level.
Responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for:
- building and testing new features, independently if needed
- working with our CTO and other engineers to prioritise and define work
- helping other engineers by reviewing code and pairing
- building React components, business logic and API endpoints
- training and deploying AI models to classify and extract insights from different kinds of data
- investigating and fixing bugs
Who we’re looking for
This role would suit an experienced full-stack engineer with solid grounding in a range of technologies gained over a good number of years.
You will definitely need to know:
- JavaScript and TypeScript
- React
- SQL
- AWS
It will help you stand out if you have:
- Relevant domain expertise. That could be in fintech, banking, fraud prevention, identity verification or KYC
- Experience working for a startup or other early-stage company where speed is important
- Helped grow a codebase from an initial proof-of-concept to a mature product
Ideally, you may have specific experience in one of these nice-to-have areas, or be willing to learn:
- Training and deploying machine learning models, using tools like AWS Rekognition, the OpenAI platform, Google Gemini or similar
- Deploying and running modern web apps on AWS in a secure way, using tools like Lambda, RDS and S3
This is a big ask, so we encourage you apply even if you don’t think you tick all the boxes.
What working for Vouchsafe is like
Vouchsafe is a platform that helps firms safely onboard more users without relying on photo ID.
Users can provide alternative evidence, including a vouch from a trusted referee, meeting the same security standards firms are used to.
Making services work for the one billion people worldwide without photo ID isn’t just a moral duty. It’s also good business, because our platform can prevent fraud, improve usability and unlock millions more good customers.
Founded in 2022 by Chloe and Jaye, our team of six is backed by Europe’s leading tech-for-good VC, has been recognised by the Financial Conduct Authority, and has high-profile customers like the Scottish Government and Allpay.
We offer:
- 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- hybrid working, with flexible hours if you need
- equity options
- Nest pension
- a sociable office with an on-site cafe, snacks and monthly paid team lunches
- a company MacBook
- one-off £250 technology budget for sound-cancelling headphones or any other home office equipment you might want to help you work
- private healthcare from Vitality
- Cycle to Work scheme
How to apply
Applications close at Wednesday 23 July at midday, but we will interview on a rolling basis, so please apply early.
The interview process will be:
- 30m video call to find out more about your experience
- Short take-home technical task
- 50m technical interview and presentation with the founders, which can be in person
- Offer
We look forward to hearing from you!
Know someone who would be good for this job? Let them know, and if they mention you in their application, we’ll give you a £200 thank-you gift.
