Backend Engineer

ClearScore, the leading marketplace for credit products in the UK and South Africa with over 15 million users, is seeking a talented Backend Engineer to join their growing technology team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on a ground-up platform delivering market-leading products in the credit marketplace. You'll be working with a modern tech stack including Scala and Kafka, contributing to a global micro-services architecture while embracing functional programming principles.

The position sits within a cross-functional squad of ~50 backend developers, part of a larger global technology function of ~150 developers. ClearScore champions a "you build it you run it" principle, empowering developers to work with cutting-edge technologies like AWS and Kubernetes. The company values diversity and supports various paths into technical careers, including coding bootcamp graduates.

As a Backend Engineer, you'll be instrumental in shaping critical services that enable ClearScore to scale rapidly. The role involves working with the Typelevel Stack, participating in the transition to event-driven architecture, and collaborating closely with frontend developers, mobile developers, and test engineers. The company emphasizes a learning culture, supporting personal development plans and encouraging knowledge sharing.

ClearScore offers an attractive hybrid working model, comprehensive benefits package, and a culture that prioritizes work-life balance. The company is user-centric at its core, being the first to offer free credit reports and facilitate access to credit products using Open Banking data. With established relationships with over 50 main lenders in the UK alone, ClearScore continues to innovate in making credit accessible to users with no credit files or low credit scores.