Backend Engineer

What We Do

Ferovinum (fero-vinum) is revolutionising the global wine and spirits industry. With adoption & growth rates approaching 1,000% y/y and around £150m transacted in the UK alone, our platform is the most important disruptive force to power the success of the challenger brands that will shape the future of this large but archaic industry.

Who We Are

We are a high performing and ambitious team, looking to maximise the impact we can make. Each individual brings their unique strengths and experiences to the team from diverse backgrounds as accomplished deal makers, seasoned product builders, tech experts, serial entrepreneurs and industry veterans.

Our team has a strong mutual respect and clearly defined shared goals to create a cohesive, inclusive and positive working environment that celebrates inventiveness, proactivity and dedication. This provides the opportunity to learn from some of the best in their respective fields helping you explore and expand your own potential. At Ferovinum there is many opportunities for personal development and growth, as the business itself is expanding rapidly.

This is a 5-day in-office role. We are tacking a highly complex problem set in a dynanic business environment. High bandwidth communication amongst engineers and with the commercial team is key to our ability to deliver.

Who You Are

• Talented and ambitious individual looking for hard challenges and rewarding career in a fast growing company with a grand vision and a killer product
• Driven, curious, humble and collaborative. Someone who loves coding and complex problem solving.
• Able and willing to work intensely and sustainably for long periods of time.
• Prior experience in well known tech companies and financial institutions is a plus.
• Your Responsibilities Will Include
• Play a pivotal role in the evolution of our system architecture as it matures from MVP to a scaling platform; work alongside our CTO and CPO to make our platform more capable, flexible and scalable
• Work closely with sales, operations and customer-success teams to deliver platform capabilities
• Rapidly internalise the complex interplay of finance, logistics and industrial processes that underpins our product
• Effectively communicate complex features/systems design to collaborate and drive the product roadmap
• Be closely involved in hiring and mentoring, help foster a collaborative, ambitious and outcome oriented culture

What We Look For
Our current backend is Java based, our plan is to move towards a NodeJS / Typescript service architecture. Your work will initially be feature development and refactoring in Java. We have some greenfield NodeJS projects planned for the near future.

• Bachelor's Degree (or above) in Computer Science/Maths/Physics or similar discipline
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, TypeScript or similar)
• 4-6 years of relevant, broad software engineering experience - prior experience working as part of a growth-focused team is a plus
• Excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills, and have a strong ability to deliver results within tight timelines
• Passionate to work with small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) - these are our clients!