Front-End Engineer Lead - Relay Financial
Who Is Relay & How Are They Changing the World?
Relay was founded in October of 2018 by Paul Klicnik and Yoseph West.
They have spent their career working with small businesses and believe that banking should be a growth enabler.
The Story, Mission and Values:
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and banking, if built with them in mind, can be core to their success. For too long, small business has been an afterthought for the big banks.
Mission-Driven
Automating financial management for small business
Banking is the nerve center of small business and yet, it has long been a tax on small business. We’re building banking that automates financial management and helps small business owners get back to doing what they love!
Financial Institution
Partnered with Evolve Bank & Trust
We’ve partnered with Evolve Bank & Trust; Member FDIC. They’ve been around since 1925 and provide our financial infrastructure. It’s through this partnership that we’re able to offer FDIC insured bank accounts.
Customer-Focused
Customer service is everything
We believe that business is personal. That’s why it’s our goal to deliver world-class customer service alongside world-class technology. Ping us anytime - we’ll jump on a call, screenshare, etc. and help!
Venture-Backed
Working with world-class investors
We’re big on people and vision. And, we’re lucky to work with great investors who believe in the small business ecosystem and the important role banking plays in it!
Simply put, we believe in empowering small business
How Will I Make An Impact?
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We’re looking for an incredible Front-End Engineer Lead, who loves building and scaling teams, architecting, designing, and providing technical mentorship. You’ll make high impact decisions daily and shape the future of Relay.
As part of our Features team, you’ll be contributing directly to our user-facing web and mobile apps, helping deliver new features that make a meaningful impact to our customers.
You will:
Grow and scale their frontend team, providing technical mentorship
Architect their solution + design work!
Develop and ship functionality that meaningfully improves our customers’ lives for both our mobile and web application
Provide input to product design and help optimize UX flows for our customers
Support availability and performance of production systems
Develop testing strategies to ensure product quality
Participate in agile project planning and estimation
Work with product management to plan features and estimate their complexity
Fix bugs as and when they come up
Support customer service if there’s a pressing issue
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How Do I Know If This Is For Me?
You want:
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The opportunity to help shape Relay and its engineering practices as it scales
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To build a rockstar team, and mentor developers to become the best they can be
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To have a huge impact building solutions with the potential to reach 29 million small businesses across North America
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Personal and professional growth. We care about getting better everyday and leveling up. Our goal is to make Relay a step-change career opportunity.
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An outstanding work environment that is passionate about getting stuff done, collaboration, learning and having fun
Our Ideal Candidate Looks Like:
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You:
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Have led frontend teams, either formally or informally
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Are an experienced front-end software engineer/developer
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Have experience with Javascript - we’re a Node.js, Typescript, React (web and native) shop
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Have working knowledge of AWS services (ECS, S3, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda) and continuous deployment pipelines using CircleCI. You will asked to own features end-to-end, and working knowledge of the backend systems is required
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Are perpetually curious and always learning - whether about the latest languages, frameworks, best practices or the tech industry in general
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Rise to a challenge and can handle change and uncertainty, at times
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Are a team-player - our team is small and mighty, and we collaborate constantly - we want someone who is always willing to pitch in and isn’t afraid to ask for help
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Are a self-starter, a problem-solver, and a creative thinker
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We understand, accept, and value the differences between people of different backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, ages, beliefs, and abilities. We aim to create an inclusive environment and encourage diverse individuals to apply.
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We’d love to hear from you - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements! Send a note to negin@artemiscanada.com if you or someone you know if interested!