Head of Engineering (full-time)

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TitleHead of Engineering (full-time)Company description EQUITY-X® is a financial technology company offering simple one-page equity valuation reports and data as actionable insights automatically generated by our proprietary software to traders on online trading applications for value investing. EQUITY-X® is a small and focused team who aims to help millions of traders find investment opportunities across the world at a glance, generate ideas to trade shares and gain benefit of global economic growth. EQUITY-X® was established in 2015, developed the prototype, got patents granted, won the first prize at Startup Grind Europe 2017 powered by Google, launched Software as a Service in 2019, signed license agreements with enterprise clients as well as the master data agreement with S&P Global.LocationCanary Wharf, LondonSpecific dutieso Taking a lead to develop, maintain and advance equity valuation software;o Building high-quality reusable codes and libraries for future use;o Writing and managing any software related documentation;o Delivering real-time and daily data in PDF, CSV and JSON formats to customers;o Integrating payment gateways such as Stripe and GoCardless into software applications;o Designing and building databases;o Storing and maintaining data on MongoDB;o Deploying software applications to AWS cloud platform;o Collaborating with third parties to integrate APIs (e.g., SendGrid);o Connecting the React JS application to the backend using REST API calls;o Using stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments;o Saving and maintaining source codes in Bitbucket;o Building automated testing features;o Writing tests to verify calculation results on financial data;o Supervising infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency;o Building quality assurance and implementing security and data protection;o Overseeing the Company’s data, security, maintenance and network;o Troubleshooting and debugging;o Carrying out stress testing, performance testing, functional testing and scalability testing;o Creating logs to document testing phases and defects;o Sharing updates on Jira;o Ensuring that production process runs smoothly;o Ensuring deadlines are met in line with time scopes;o Ensuring the product or any other technological related work meet regulations;o Reporting bugs and errors for correction and presenting key findings; ando Reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer on status of product development, operation, quality, resource usage and system performance on a daily basis.Key requirementso 5+ years of experience in full-stack development;o Team player;o Attention to detail;o Comfortable to solve challenging problems;o Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, NodeJS and Python;o Knowledge of ReactJS, PHP, Laravel, HTML, CSS and Bootstrap;o Knowledge of Express JS, Redux and Mongoose;o Knowledge of Passport Authentication;o Knowledge of REST API;o Knowledge of Google Chromium/Puppeteer;o Ability to work on the full stack;o Ability to pick up new frameworks and integrate;o Ability to debug problems;o Ability to build and deploy services on AWS;o Understanding of the differences between running an application on a laptop and doing so in an AWS EC2 docker environment;o Experience in deploying docker based applications to the cloud;o Solid web fundamentals (HTTP, Cache, Security, Cookies, etc); ando Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related.Compensationo Annual cash salary: £72,000 - £84,000; ando Annual stock option bonus