Developer - Marketing Technology & Automation
We are seeking a proactive and curious developer to join our newly expanded Marketing Technology & Automation team.
You will develop integrations and automated data pipelines between marketing platforms, internal business systems and data products - unlocking new capabilities for the CRM Team and wider Marketing department, while modernising or replacing legacy processes.
This is a new role in a team with a broad and transformational remit - you will be key in shaping it. You will be breaking ground to enable cutting-edge features of marketing tools and embed their use in core operations.
Who are we?
We’re Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.
At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.
With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we’ve built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that’s reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.
We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.
The role
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Marketing Automation and Technology, you will support our Marketing and broader customercommunication goals through:
Integration design - build and maintain scalable data pipelines between marketing technology tools, and both internal and external data sources
Technical governance - monitor and own the health of our engineered solutions. Identify and mitigate risks, issues or control weaknesses, create accessible documentation, and support views of data and system reliability.
Act as a technical expert and pair with product engineering leads - coworking on solutions and steering solution design using your marketing domain expertise
Work closely with non-technical stakeholders in Marketing to plan and deliver new end-to-end operational processes
Play a key role in re-engineering and migrating legacy data processes to modern, more efficient solutions
Steering long-term transformation and change through a new suite of marketing platforms, data products, and operating model for the department
Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
What we’re looking for
Experience working on data integrations in frontend and backend contexts, and familiarity with common concepts (authentication, pagination, retries, JSON parsing)
Experience with Python (backend), Javascript/React (frontend)
Familiarity with event-driven data architectures, Kafka, or other realtime data processes
Excellent stakeholder communication skills, comfort collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Enthusiasm for multi-disciplinary problem-solving - you enjoy working with evolving technologies and bridging domains of expertise
Passion for continuous improvement and change - you are thoughtful about how your day-to-day work can solve immediate needs while advancing tech and data maturity
Existing familiarity with AWS (S3, Athena) or SQL is not essential but a strong nice-to-have
At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements.
Want to learn more?
Why join us?
At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.
As a flexible-first employer we offer hybrid working at Funding Circle, and we've long believed in a 'best of both' approach to in-office collaboration and non-office days. We expect our teams to be in our London office three times a week, where you can take advantage of our newly refurbished hybrid working space, barista made coffee and subsidised lunches (via JustEat) every day!
We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.
A few highlights:
Flexibility: We provide you with a benefit allowance so that you can tailor your benefit selection to you and your family’s needs.
Health:Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Assessments (including female fertility health assessments), eyecare vouchers, flu jabs, Wellhub (for discounted flexible gym membership and access to wellbeing apps) access to a free Employee Assistance Programme and free Digital GP for yourself and any children under 16.
Wealth:Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover, financial coaching through Octopus Money Coach, a tax-advantaged share scheme, a free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
Development: Dedicated annual Learning & Development allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
Lifestyle:Electric Car Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, Season Ticket Loans, and more!
And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.
Ready to make a difference? We’d love to hear from you.
