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🕒 March 27

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Wayflyer

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501 - 1000 employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $1G Debt Financing on 2023-09

Finance • Fintech • eCommerce

Wayflyer is a financial services company that accelerates growth for eCommerce businesses by providing them with fast, flexible, and unsecured funding solutions. By addressing the critical issue of working capital, Wayflyer empowers founders to pursue their ambitions and achieve significant goals. Since its inception in 2019, Wayflyer has funded over 1,500 eCommerce businesses, delivering over $1 billion in capital and contributing to sales exceeding $13 billion for its clients in 2021 alone. With a global presence and offices in multiple countries, Wayflyer is dedicated to supporting ambitious eCommerce founders worldwide.

📋 Description

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Python and Django, focusing on our core financial products. • Build and maintain RESTful APIs that power our customer-facing applications and internal tools. • Implement robust data models and database schemas to support our financial services infrastructure. • Write clean, testable code with comprehensive unit and integration tests. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features and improvements. • Optimize application performance and ensure high availability of our services. • Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical documentation. • Monitor and maintain production systems, ensuring reliability and security.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 5+ years of professional experience in backend development with Python. • Strong proficiency in Django, or other Python API frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Flask). • Experience with SQL databases (preferably PostgreSQL) and ORM frameworks. • Knowledge of API design principles and microservices architecture. • Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms. • Solid understanding of version control with Git. • Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., pytest, unittest). • Understanding of security best practices and data protection. • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. • Excellent communication abilities and proven track record of successful team collaboration.

🏖️ Benefits

• Recharge with 25 days of paid annual leave, plus public holidays. • Access support and resources to support your wellbeing, including our *Wellbeing @ Wayflyer* ERG. • Stay covered with private healthcare, life insurance, and critical illness cover. • Our pension plan helps you build a strong foundation for tomorrow, starting today. • We provide a generous parental and adoptive leave program for both Primary and Secondary caregivers, ensuring you have the dedicated, fully paid time you need to focus on your family. • With our equity scheme, you're not just an employee; you're a stakeholder in our journey. • Enjoy the freedom to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 60 calendar days a year.