Hybrid Software Engineer

at Elliptic

• Job title: Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Scala, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Software Engineer joining Elliptic to develop and enhance blockchain analysis products on their data platform. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex data processing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Write beautiful functional code and tests
• Think about how to solve hard problems and weigh up the pros and cons of different approaches against a variety of non-functional requirements
• Build infrastructure and take advantage of cutting-edge cloud technology and AI to spend less time writing mundane code and more time thinking about our customers problems
• Be willing to discuss problems and solutions openly with engineers and non-engineers alike
• Take responsibility for the code that you write and see it through from PR to production
• Contribute to a variety of projects across our platform such as forensics investigation products, entity exposure APIs, and blockchain visualisation tools

Requirements

• Take pleasure from writing clean code and see tests as core to software engineering
• Use data to make decisions about what to build and how to iterate
• Measure success using outcomes rather than release milestones
• Embrace AI to let you focus on what really matters
• Thrive in roles that require proactive communication with teams outside of your immediate area, especially when gathering and clarifying requirements
• Are not afraid to fail, experiment often, and learn quickly
• Are keen to learn new technologies and challenge existing tools, methodologies, and processes
• Experience in delivering and maintaining distributed data processing systems using Big Data tools, Lakehouse platform, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience working with cloud-based systems, e.g.. AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience working with AI tools and platforms, e.g., LLMs, predictive models, AI infrastructure
• An understanding of design patterns around distributed systems and their trade-offs
• An understanding of different non-functional requirements (e.g. scalability, reliability, performance, and observability) and how to write software with these requirements in mind
• A background in Scala (or a desire to learn Scala if no previous experience)
• Bonus Points for an interest in solving problems with functional programming
• Experience in streaming processing concepts like delivery semantics, ordering or partitioning
• Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Experience running applications in containerised environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
• An interest in cryptocurrency and/or blockchain technology

Benefits

• Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
• £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space
• $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
• Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• An extra day for your birthday
• Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.
• Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality!
• Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
• Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
• £100 cryptocurrency for you!
• Cycle to Work Scheme