Backend Engineer

Who we are
We are a highly ambitious team—focused and truly collaborative. We empower people to take ownership through meaningful and impactful work. We exist to help people and the planet; it’s a big statement but one you’ll wear with pride.

Raylo is here to change how people and businesses get their tech for good. That means giving them access to the products they really want, but doing so in a responsible, sustainable way. We provide Seamless Circularity, where every device gets an extended life through our automatic, effortless cycle of refurb, reuse, and recycle.

Our secret sauce is leasing. By providing a subscription alternative, we're cracking open a staid old market and bringing real change to consumers, businesses, and the environment. Less waste, better value. We’re serious—Raylo is here to lead the change in consumption of consumer technology. Less waste, better value. We’re serious - we want to lead the change in consumption of consumer technology.

Life at Raylo
• We are an organically collaborative and dynamic team
• We embrace innovation, seek out challenges and always aim for excellence
• We take intelligent risks, celebrate our wins, and learn from our mistakes
• We help each other by listening, challenging thought and continually improving
• We live our mission, walk in our customers’ shoes, focus and execute, and are a curious and gritty bunch

What You’ll Do
We are looking for a Mid-Level Backend Engineer to join our Engineering team in London (1 day in the office/ 4 days WFH). You’ll be working in a cross-functional team with smart people who are passionate about our mission and product. Our current team is built up of experienced and motivated engineers, and you will have the opportunity to be mentored, lead technical discussions, and contribute to a culture of excellence. At our core, we care deeply about delivering an exceptional user experience and creating great products that make a difference in people's lives.

Our engineers have end-to-end ownership of their code from development through to deployment and maintenance. We ship up to multiple times per day, supported by a healthy collection of units and automated end-to-end tests. You can expect to be challenged and rewarded for your hard work and innovation, both building on the work of others and leading on some features and projects. We believe that the little things matter, like keeping our libraries up-to-date and running the latest version of Rails. We take pride in the quality of our code and are committed to writing code that is maintainable, scalable, and efficient.

We are laser-focused on our mission and to achieve that we cannot build everything ourselves. We make use of best-in-class SaaS solutions, allowing our engineers to focus on what really counts. We believe that the best software is a combination of great code and great tools, and we strive to provide our engineers with the best tools available.

Who you are
• You have 3+ years of commercial experience as a Backend Engineer using Ruby on Rails.
• You have developed and maintained efficient, reliable, and scalable code using best practices.
• You’ve collaborated with other team members and cross-functional stakeholders adjacent to the team or in the wider business.
• You can work in a fast-paced environment where you balance delivering customer value and implementing elegant technical solutions.
• Nice to have: you’ve built GraphQL APIs.

Our current tech stack
• Backend - Ruby (3.3), Rails (7), Postgres (16), Redis (7)
• Frontend - Next.js, React
• Infrastructure - Heroku, GCP, AWS, Netlify, Cloudflare
• Data pipeline - Stitch, Keboola, BigQuery, DBT, Census, Hightouch
• CRM - Customer.io, Intercom
• Analytics - Looker, Amplitude, Google Analytics
• Tooling - Github, Coralogix, Github Actions, Playwright, Sentry

We’re not looking for you to meet every point on this job description, please still get in touch if you think you could add value and do your best work here at Raylo. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

Opportunities & Benefits
Your chance to make an impact. We want what you can bring - what makes you special. Through trust, collaboration and autonomy, you can have an impact right from the off.

Be part of the change. You will join one of the fastest growing fintech startups, backed by Octopus Ventures, Macquarie and Telefónica, where you can change how people get their tech for good

Other benefits include;
• 33 days holiday per year (25 days, + an extra 8 days to choose the days that mean most to you)
• Stock options - get a real stake in Raylo’s growth
• Hybrid working environment (London Bridge office)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Workplace nursery scheme
• Perkbox membership - hundreds of perks and discounts to support physical, financial and mental wellbeing
• To do your best work, we’ll give you a laptop and a Raylo phone
• Learning budget - we care deeply about investing in your long-term career growth and potential
• Free sustainable breakfast and snacks, every day you’re in the office
• Fun (yet optional) Raylo quarterly socials, plus summer and Christmas parties

Diversity Statement
Raylo is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive work environment where we learn from each other. We welcome people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and believe it adds value to our organisation. Working at Raylo is super fun and we’d love to tell you more about it.