Job Description

Are you a Senior Ruby on Rails Backend Engineer looking to join a fun, fast paced fintech environment.

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Valiant Finance is an award-winning Fin Tech startup on a mission to simplify business lending. Our cloud-based platform helps thousands of Australian small businesses compare and apply for loans from over 80 of the country's leading lenders. Our platform doesn't just power our own services - it also drives the commercial lending capabilities for some of the world's most recognised brands.

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Our global Enterprise technology arm provides embedded finance experience and orchestration infrastructure to enterprise clients. We pride ourselves on building and delivering category-leading tech products across the US, Australia and the UK for top-tier global businesses.

We have a strong growth agenda and are always looking for top talent to join the pursuit of our vision to unleash the economic potential of every idea!

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Our engineering team is remote-friendly but we work from our Surry Hills office 2-3 times a week to collaborate. We're looking for a candidate who is passionate about engineering and technology, can solve technical problems and is able to communicate problems and solutions with ease.

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Valiant Micro Site

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What You'll Be Doing

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As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll be instrumental in shaping the future of our platform. Your responsibilities will include:

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- Designing and building RESTful APIs for our front-end applications and partners

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- Integrating with a range of external services such as Salesforce, Auth0, Cloudflare, and more

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- Architecting solutions that meet our high availability, security, and performance requirements

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- Maintaining our infrastructure on a major cloud provider to support our rapid growth

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- Writing well-structured, tested, and documented code that's a pleasure to maintain

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- Working closely with our Product, Design, and other teams to refine deliverables and bring new features to life

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What We're Looking For

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We're seeking a passionate backend engineer who can solve complex technical problems and communicate solutions with ease.

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Required Experience:

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- Minimum 5 years of commercial Ruby on Rails experience

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- Proven experience integrating with multiple external APIs

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- Experience with database design and performance tuning, particularly with PostgreSQL

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- Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure with AWS, GCP, or Heroku

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- Experience with testing frameworks like Rspec

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- Experience with high-volume background job processing frameworks like Sidekiq

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- Robust experience designing and maintaining both public and private REST APIs

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- Proficiency with development tools like Linear or Jira

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- Strong written and verbal communication skills

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Bonus Points:

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- Experience with security best practices (e.g., OWASP, STRIDE)

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- Experience with synchronising data between distributed systems

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- Experience in high-volume production environments with strict availability SLAs

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- Knowledge of the financial services industry (lending or corporate finance)

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- A Computer Science degree

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- Experience navigating GDPR and/or SOC2

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Benefits & Culture

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We're a remote-friendly team, but if you prefer an office environment, our Surry Hills space is open, dog-friendly, and empowering. We foster a culture where innovation is recognised and rewarded.

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- Embrace your need for work-life balance with our hybrid working model

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- Celebrate the joy of starting a family with 8 weeks of paid parental leave

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- Bring your furry friend to hang out in our brand new, dog-friendly office

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- Company-wide events designed to honour and celebrate all the outstanding achievements of our amazing team

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Most importantly, we're looking for someone who is ready to embody our core values:

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- "Get S#!t Done"

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- Thrive in the Pride

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- Be customer champions

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Please apply via the link below or submit your resume to

Working Place: Sydney, NSW, Australia Department: Engineering

📌 Senior Backend Developer (Tamworth)
🏢 Valiant Finance
📍 Tamworth