Full Stack Software Engineer

Bionic is a tech-enabled business switching service. We empower small business owners with a radically better way for them to sort their business essentials through smart technology.  

We've evolved into a digital business, investing heavily in talent and a new tech platform, alongside developing unique 'hybrid' web and voice customer journeys, in addition to expanding our range of products.   

By combining smart technology with world class human service, we help match small business customers with the right energy, insurance, connectivity and finance providers and products - with speed, convenience, clarity and trust.  

Role Overview

We're looking for an ambitious Mid-Level Full Stack Software Engineer with proven engineering experience. As a member of our engineering team, you will be responsible for high quality delivery of Bionics technical best practices. 

You'll be immersed in an agile environment, reporting to the Tech Lead and working closely with the Product team to build, scale, and optimise our platform and improve the customer experience. 

Responsibilities

• Working with the rest of the tech team to develop requirements. 

• Design and develop frontend and backend solutions. 

• Be responsible to build and run the products delivered. 

• Keep the documentation up to date. 

 A bit about you

• You're passionate about software development. 

• Your code reads like well-written prose. 

• You consider working in a safe and friendly environment important. 

• A team player. 

• Good sense of ownership. 

• You are keen to understand customer problems. 

• Demonstrated abilities in driving operational excellence and best practices. 

Required experience

• Experience with Ruby on Rails 

• Microservices, Event driven architecture  

• API development experience  

• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS and containerisation tools such as Docker  

• Exposure to CI/CD  

• SQL and NoSQL databases 

Nice to Have

• Experience with Node.js 

• Experience with Typescript  

• Knowledge of cucumber or similar 

The interview process 

• Initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Team 

• 1st stage interview with the Tech Lead 

• Technical based interview 

 About Bionic Group 

Bionic has over 850 people working across three office locations and four businesses; Bionic - London, Bionic Outbound – Luton, Think Business Loans – Chelmsford, and Smart – Field based agents. 

We have a high energy work environment wherever the location; you can feel the passion the moment you walk through our door! Our work environments are packed with amazing people and energy, hubs of collaboration, creativity and fun! We’re one team, we get stuck in, we roll our sleeves up and we care about helping each other out wherever we can. We set the highest standards and show up every day to be the best version of ourselves. 

Working at Bionic means provides you many opportunities to advance your career, with incredible progression, recognition, and reward. 

Benefits 

We know that our employees are what sets us aside from our competitors, our benefits are just part of the way we say thanks. 

Enhance your health & wellbeing 🌱 

• Private healthcare cover 

• Employee Assistance Programme, including a virtual GP service, priority physio & talking therapies 

• Eyecare scheme  

Taking time away from work 🏖️ 

• 25 days annual leave plus the 8 UK bank holidays, increasing with tenure 

• 1 paid family/religious day of leave per year - following successful probation period 

• 1 paid charity volunteering day per year 

• Option to buy/sell up to an additional 3 days leave per year 

Family matters: for the special moments 🏠 

• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave 

• 2 days off for your wedding upon joining, and up to 5 days after 2 years' service 

• Flexible working options & a hybrid work approach 

Financial wellbeing 💸 

• Auto-enrolled salary sacrifice pension scheme  

• Life assurance 

• Season ticket Loans, salary advances & loans to buy/rent a home – based on tenure 

• Cycle to work scheme 

Recognition 🌟 

• Highflyers incentive, a VIP experience for our high performers across Bionic group to celebrate success 

• Company summer & Christmas party celebrations, business and local zonely & annual awards and recognition  

• Long service awards