Midlevel Backend Engineer

Bumper; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing payments scale-up is seeking a Midlevel Backend Engineer to enhance backend applications that power their automotive payment platform. The role requires strong Python and Django skills, along with collaboration across departments. A competitive salary, health benefits, and work-life balance initiatives are offered, making this an excellent opportunity for those looking to advance in fintech.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Company bonus scheme

Private healthcare with Vitality

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Salary Sacrifice Pension with Aviva

Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes

£250 annual Wellbeing allowance

Bumper Flex policy for work/life balance

4 months' paid leave for primary carers

Company-wide Bumper Retreat

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing backend systems in a production environment.
• 4+ years' experience with Python and Django.
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases and experience optimising database performance.
• Understanding of software design principles and experience building REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features.
• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs.
• Write secure, maintainable and well documented code.
• Diagnosing and resolving system issues across the platform.

Skills

Python

Django

SQL databases

Git

CI/CD

REST APIs

Software design principles

Time management

Collaboration

Job description

A bit about us...

Please allow us to celebrate our own success for a moment... We've built a customer-centric product that is market-leading, and we are smashing it!

We're a multi-award-winning digital payments and insight platform within the automotive industry. We work with over 5,000 automotive retailers, helping drivers to pay for motoring costs, accessories, and other services through a variety of different payment options. Our purpose is to build a solution that gives drivers peace of mind while enhancing customer experience and assisting with dealer profitability.

Bumper is a fast-growing payments scale-up and we're excited to continue building on our growth having completed a successful Series B funding round in 2024!

Our Head Office is in Sheffield City Centre, with offices also based in London and Turkey. We've also expanded further, bringing retailers in Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands on board, with the vision of being the leading automotive payment and insights platform.

A bit about the role...

We're looking for a Midlevel Backend Engineer to join our passionate and fast-moving Tech Team. You will play a crucial role in developing and improving our backend applications, contributing to the delivery of high-quality software solutions, whilst ensure they are user-friendly, accessible and high-performing web applications. You'll play a key role in developing the core services that power our payment platform and customer experiences.

This is a full-time role with at least one day a week working from one of our offices (Sheffield or London - Hammersmith). You'll report to our Scrum Master and work closely with teams across Bumper to ensure that our frontend applications are seamless.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Collaborate with all relevant departments to deliver end to end features
• Design, build and maintain scalable backend services and APIs
• Using Git for version control and tracking code changes
• Write secure, maintainable and well documented code
• Diagnosing and resolving system issues across the platform
• Debugging and maintaining applications while ensuring code efficiency and performance
• Attend review meetings and make meaningful contributions to maintain code quality and optimise performance
• Contribute to backend infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and monitoring/logging

Now a bit about you...

We are passionate and professional team, and we are looking to welcome a Midlevel Backend Engineer with a shared interest in our scale-up journey and the aim to embed Bumper as the leading payments and insight platform.

What we are looking for in you...

• 3+ years of experience developing backend systems in a production environment
• 4+ years' experience with Python and Django
• Strong knowledge of SQL databases and experience optimising database performance
• Experience with CI/CD, testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library), or design
• Understanding of software design principles and experience building REST APIs
• Proficiency in Git and version control best practices
• Focus on performance, accessibility, and user experience
• Strong time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines
• Have great collaboration skills for cross-departmental projects

Nice to haves...

• Experience working in fintech, payments, e-commerce, or automotive sectors
• Experience using AI-driven coding assistants like Cursor or GitHub Copilot

What you'll get from us...

• Competitive Salary
• Company bonus scheme
• Private healthcare with Vitality, and Medicash health cash plan
• We give 26 days holiday + bank holidays, plus volunteer days throughout the year (pro-rated)
• Tax-saving Salary Sacrifice Pension with Aviva
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work, Octopus Electric Vehicle, and Nursery fee schemes available!
• For all your well-being and development needs, we give each colleague access to a Wellbeing platform, with an allowance of £250 per year
• Our Bumper Flex policy for better work/life balance
• Annual company-wide Bumper Retreat-a few days of fun, collaboration, and mingling (make sure your passport's in date!)
• If and when the time comes, we will give 4 months' paid leave to primary carers, and 1 month of paid leave to secondary carers

Perks are nice, but we know perks don't make up the whole package of a great job. By joining our Bumper team, you'll have the opportunity to be an ambassador for our product & brand, and help us to continue on our winning streak!

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