About the Company
Company Name: Ophelos
Location: London (Hybrid)
Founded: June 2021
Acquisition: Acquired by Intrum in 2023
Mission:
At Ophelos, we believe in a different way to deal with debt, focusing on empathy and understanding. We aim to help individuals clear their debts while providing businesses with improved customer experiences and insights.
Values:
- Customers and Clients First: We exist to help real people move through debt and get clients paid back.
- Dream Big: We have ambition and drive to succeed, setting ourselves as the benchmark.
- Get It Done: We embrace urgency and take informed risks, iterating and learning as we go.
- Win as One: We work as one team, supporting each other towards shared goals.
Team Background:
Our team has experience building successful businesses, including Monzo, Google, and IBM, and collaborates with institutions like Oxford University and the University of Hong Kong.
Diversity Commitment:
Ophelos is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, evaluating candidates based on talent and qualifications without regard to protected characteristics.
About the Role
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Growth)
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Growth
Role Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a passion for scale and innovation to join our Growth squad. Your mission will be to lead the team across various Growth projects critical to our expansion into 17 European countries.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and deliver software such as ingestion pipelines, APIs, and a greenfield internal operations application.
- Align technical solutions with business goals.
- Prioritize and organize the team’s backlog, managing bugs, features, and technical debt.
- Mentor team members to ensure technical excellence.
- Innovate by sharing ideas and building impactful products.
Tech Stack:
- Ruby on Rails 7
- Hotwire (Turbo, Stimulus)
- View Components
- Sidekiq
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Serverless
- AWS (Fargate, Aurora, ElastiCache)
- GitHub
Qualifications:
- Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Strong experience in building and maintaining public-facing APIs.
- Understanding of clean architecture and design patterns.
- Ownership and self-motivation to complete tasks with loose requirements.
Nice to Haves:
- Experience with JavaScript and AWS.
- Experience working with large datasets and building tools for data ingestion and processing.
- Passion for learning new technologies and experimenting to improve processes.
Benefits:
- Private healthcare through Vitality
- £500 Learning & Development budget
- £200 Working from home allowance
- Cashback on dental, optical, and other costs
- 25 days holiday
- Flexible Public Holidays
- 20 days Work From Abroad allowance
- Free access to counselling sessions through our EAP
- Flexible working arrangements
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company pension
