Senior Software Engineer (Go) - UK/EU Sponsorship

About Form3

Form3 develop payment technology. We offer a fully managed, payment technology platform for Financial Institutions as-a-Service. Our vision is to be the worlds most trusted provider of payment technology.  

Launched only 5 years ago in London, Form3 have gone from start-up to scale-up at a sensational pace and are now considered one of the top FinTech’s to work for in the UK & Europe.

Our new sponsorship initiative provides an exciting opportunity to relocate to the UK, Netherlands, France or Germany and collaborate with top engineers to revolutionise the world of payment technology.

Position

*** We provide sponsorship in the UK, Netherlands, Germany ***

Who are we?

Launched only 5 years ago in London, Form3 have gone from start-up to scale-up at a sensational pace and are now considered one of the top FinTech’s to work for in the UK & Europe. We are currently looking to further build out our platform as we enter new international markets whilst scaling the team by 700% as part of our jaw-dropping 5-year roadmap!

Visa Sponsorship 

Our new sponsorship initiative provides an exciting opportunity to relocate to either the UK, Netherlands or Germany and collaborate with top engineers to revolutionise the world of payment technology. Once relocated you can work 100% remotely!

The Team

Our Software Engineering Team is 100% remote and distributed across 20+ European countries. Our engineers work within small, agile, self-managed teams that emphasise best practice and believe quality is everyone’s responsibility. They favour collaborative development and leverage open-source tools and communities, whilst making sure to share their know-how back up stream.

Form3 have recently completed a third round of funding, raising $160 million meaning we are looking to grow our Engineering team significantly as part of our 5-year road-map. As a result, we have multiple vacancies open for this position. If you have seen a role that better suits you, please apply for this role and we can discuss it in the call.

The Role 

At Form3 you will have the opportunity to design, develop and deploy backend cloud-native services within a containerised microservices architecture. The work is cutting edge, constantly changing and focused on building and operating critical, highly available, low latency, scalable solutions.

Play an active role in introducing new technologies and ways of working to stay ahead of the competition, without ever compromising on quality. Contribute and collaborate with other engineers on technical and architectural decisions. Enjoy end-to-end ownership from concept to deployment, including building and operating infrastructure, toolset and deployment pipelines. Develop your skills, work on cool projects with the latest tech, all whilst working with a talented, diverse and friendly group of people.

Here are a few of the tools and methodologies we utilise:

• Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
• Platform: CockroachDB, Elasticsearch, PostgresDB, Vault, Consul, Linkerd, NATS
• Tools: Terraform, GitHub, Prometheus, Pact.io
• Code: Go (and a little Java), containerised microservices, CQRS, open-source
• Ways of working: TDD/BDD, Pair Programming, 100% remote, DevSecOps

We're Looking for Engineers with

• Experience in designing and building distributed systems
• Familiarity with cloud and containerisation technologies, test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
• Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production
• Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best-practice
• A passion for learning and an interest in Go (previous experience isn’t required), along with a “right tool for the job” mentality
• Great communication skills who enjoy sharing knowledge and collaborating with others

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Remote friendly environment (from the UK, Netherlands, Germany or France)
• Remote working equipment allowance
• Health and wellness allowance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Udemy and educational reimbursements
• Full details are available on our careers page

Form3 appreciates that we all lead different and often really busy lives. We work remotely 100% (in the UK & Europe) of the time and many of us work part time. If you’re interested in hearing what different flexible working arrangements may be available, we’d love to chat.

About Us

We are an award-winning cloud-native payment technology provider for financially regulated institutions. Launched in 2016, we've doubled in size year on year as we continue to redefine what a truly instant payment experience means.

We celebrate diversity, promote entrepreneurialism and are committed to giving everyone a say in shaping our business. Here you will grow as a person and accomplish incredible things. A career at Form3 is empowering, inspiring and fun. Join us and help shape the future of payments.