GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.
GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.
We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.
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You will be making sure that GC has a technology stack that supports our business goals for the next 3-5 years as the overall owner for the Technical Architecture at GoCardless.
As the ultimate point of escalation for Principal Engineers across GC, you will help to identify challenges and technical interdependencies and suggest solutions to address them.
You are expected to evangelise the successful adoption and use of tooling and technologies while taking a central role in decision-making for technical, business, and organisational issues.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will be running Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to drive the creation of standards across Engineering, as well as teaching/mentoring/growing/advising other domain experts, individual contributors, and teams.
You will also represent GoCardless externally when speaking at public events (conferences, user groups, meetups, webinars, etc), writing for our technical blog and contributing to open source software.
What excites you- Working through complexity, defining strategy and navigating change through methodical planning.
- Working with stakeholders across the business to solve technical issues.
- Leading conversations to encourage collaboration across teams.
- Building technology and organisational bridges to key partners
- Exemplifying GoCardless’ values through code, reviews, communications, and processes (following and setting).
- You are an expert and thought leader who helps accelerate the adoption of the very best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends and practices.
- Experience of leading the way in keeping both the technology and the technologists in the division up-to-date with modern architecture practices and helping to grow the talent within your division.
- Deep and broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies that affect the business.
- Expert in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting major portions of a production stack.
- An inclination towards communication, inclusion, visibility, and transparency.
- Somebody who has a measurable impact on the work of teams across the company.
Salary range: the expected base salary range for this position is between €96,000 - €144,000.
Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.
Please note, this role is initially being offered through an Employer of Record (EOR), our standard benefits package will be available upon transition to direct employment.
- Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.
- Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12-month period.
- Hybrid Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in-office days determined by your team.
- Equity: All permanently employed GeeCees get equity to share in our success.
- Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life's great adventure.
- Time Off: Generous holidays, 3 volunteer days, and 4 wellness days annually.
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Diversity & InclusionWe’re building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, here’s where we stand:
- 45% identify as women
- 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other
- 10% identify as LGBTQIA+
- 9% identify as neurodiverse
- 2% identify as disabled
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report
Sustainability at GoCardlessWe’re committed to reducing our environmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, we’re working towards a climate-positive future. Check out our sustainability action plan here.
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What We Do
GoCardless is on a mission to take the pain out of getting paid for businesses with recurring revenue.
We’ve created a global bank debit network, to rival credit and debit cards. On top of it, we’ve built a platform designed and optimised for taking invoice, subscription, membership and instalment payments.
We now process $13bn in transactions a year and we’re proud to count 50,000 businesses around the world as our customers, from small businesses to household names like TripAdvisor and the Guardian.
Our recurring payments platform integrates with the applications businesses use every day, giving businesses more visibility over payments and saving them huge amounts of time on tasks like payment reconciliation. We partner with more than 150 billing and subscription software partners globally, including Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Zuora and Salesforce.
GoCardless has offices in London, Paris, Munich, Melbourne and San Francisco. We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors including Adams Street Partners, Accel Partners, Balderton Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Notion Capital, Passion Capital, Salesforce Ventures Y Combinator.
