Senior Backend Developer

About Lavanda 

Lavanda is an award-winning UK proptech scale-up and leader in flexible living technology solutions for the world's largest institutional real estate enterprises. Our clients include names like CA Ventures, JLL, Scape, iQ, Greystar, Europa Capital, Aberdeen Standard Investments and many others. Lavanda is SaaS technology platform first and foremost. More than 50% of the company works in product, design and engineering and we aim to excel at everything we build. We prize creativity, excellence in engineering, a powerful customer focus and attention to problem-solving through great design. It is what sets us apart in our industry and is why we have seen extraordinary growth year-on-year.  We are very well funded, and backed by leading venture capital investors. We are now scaling the business beyond the UK into Europe and further afield. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We prize diversity in all its forms and particularly welcome applications from members of groups that are historically underrepresented in tech. We invite you to join our stellar team of entrepreneurs and help us realise our exciting vision.

Exciting opportunities

We are currently hiring 6 backend engineers. There are 2 roles open across 3 of our teams.

Open RolesBackend Engineer [Finance]
Our finance product team is responsible for Lavanda’s accounting, billing, invoicing, and payments system which is used by our customers to take payments for student accommodation.This is a growing product built in Elixir, and handles hundreds of thousands of payments monthly.You would be joining an existing team of 6 (frontend, backend, QA, PM, and EM) and be a part of 2 new additional hires.

Backend Engineer [Distribution]
In this role, you will be maintaining, expanding, and rebuilding our distribution system (syncing data to and from booking channels such as AirBnb, Booking.com, and Expedia).This is a new team that is being spawned off of an existing team. You would be working with another backend engineer, frontend engineer, and QA.The system is currently built in Ruby, but we are rebuilding it into Node.js

Backend Engineer [Booking & Inventory]
In this role, you would be building upon our booking system, inventory system, and automations system.In this role you would be using Ruby day-2-day, and be working alongside a PM, EM, FE, and 3 other BE devs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance our Rails-based SaaS applications for enterprise customers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and implement new features and functionality
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in order to optimize application performance
• Actively participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to your peers
• Design, develop, and maintain a robust finance and accounting system tailored for enterprise customers, focusing on efficient handling of invoices, credit notes, down-payments, and billing processes
• Collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and other stakeholders to understand the unique requirements of finance and accounting processes, and translate them into innovative, user-friendly software solutions
• Integrate the finance and accounting system with third-party services, such as payment gateways and banking APIs, to ensure seamless and secure transactions
• Develop customizable and flexible reporting and analytics modules to help clients gain insights into their financial data, enabling them to make informed business decisions
• Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security throughout the finance and accounting system by implementing rigorous validation, auditing, and backup mechanisms
• Continuously monitor and improve system performance, stability, and scalability to accommodate the evolving needs of our enterprise clients
• Provide technical support and assistance to clients as needed, addressing any issues or concerns related to the finance and accounting system in a timely and professional manner
  
  
  

Skills

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience
• Proficient in an MVC web framework. Experience with Ruby and Rails is a plus
• Demonstrable experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining SaaS applications for enterprise customers
• Strong knowledge of API design, development, and integration
• Experience developing and designing GraphQL is a plus
• Open to adaption and utilisation of productivity enhancing AI tools such as Github Co-pilot
• Familiarity with database technologies, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or NoSQL.
• Proficient with Git and version control best practices
• Experience with Agile methodologies and a strong understanding of the software development life cycle
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for writing clean, efficient, and scalable code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical team members

Benefits

• Competitive salary + potential for equity.
• Flexible working is actively embraced + remote first.
• Choose your own tech - get the equipment you love using at work.
• Personal Development budget, courses and plans tailored to you and your role
• Generous holiday allowance, including the full Christmas to New Year as a break on us.
• Join a highly motivated, engaged team of extremely smart, creative and talented people.