Principal Engineer

Onfido is the new identity standard for the internet. That means we only need an image of your ID and a selfie to prove that you’re you. In doing so, we help millions of people connect to the services they need and love more easily, speedily and safely than ever before, whether it’s renting a car or opening a bank account.

Our vision is to create an open world where identity is the key to access.We’ve received over $200 million in funding from world-class tech investors including TPG Growth, Microsoft, Salesforce to back our vision. And we’re just getting started.

The OpportunityWe’re looking for a Principal Engineer to join our team and help design, scale and innovate our world-class platform for verifying identities globally. We have a unique set of exciting engineering challenges with a fast-growing customer base. As a key member of our engineering team, you will help define the evolution of our technical architecture and our product.

You will be instrumental in driving key innovation to our platform over the coming years. As a principal engineer you’ll be interacting with many parts of our technology and the wider organisation.As a Principal Engineer at Onfido you will be involved in:Architecture – take a leading role in defining and building the technical architecture that underpins our platform.

Scale, Stability & Performance – design and deliver solutions that will scale with significant volumes, be highly available, performant and resilient. We’re on a rapid growth trajectory and have interesting problems to solve to ensure our service stays robust and delivers a good service to our customers. Ownership – take ownership of solutions, taking them all the way through delivery to adoption by engineering teams.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement – identify and drive areas for technical innovation through activities like building proof of concepts. Drive a culture of continuous improvement whether that be through process or new technologies.Advisory and Leadership – be a technical expert that the team can refer to for advice or validation of a solutionTechnical Standards – help to set some of the engineering standards and best practices to be followed by engineers.

Our team is growing as is the codebase – we want to set the best standards as early as possible – helping our developer productivity and making code easy to read and understand. Our Technology Stack:Python, Ruby, and Elixir for our service codeReact and Redux for frontend workTensorflow for ML/CVKubernetes and Docker to package and run servicesAWS and Terraform for underlying infrastructureAs an architect, you will help influence some of these decisions, create solutions using these and also help us set best practices for these tools. You can learn more about our product engineering team and the work we do on our blog.

We’re looking for a Principal Engineer who has:Strong background as a Software EngineerExtensive Experience of designing complex solutions and microservice architecturesProven experience of leading engineers on large, cross-cutting projectsExperience of leading the implementation and adoption of new solutionsAn expert in at least one and a broad exposure to software languages including Python, Ruby, Javascript and moreSolid background deploying large applications over multiple regions/globally with high availability and consistency in mindExperience designing complex data architectures and pipelinesFamiliarity with designing containerized cloud environments, preferably in AWS using docker/KubernetesExperience as a thought leader/standard-bearer for engineersGood Communication and organization skillsExperience with mentoring othersAbility to influence without positional authorityOur Technology:We use a lot of exciting technology. Our engineers are flexible about technology and pick the right tool for the job:- Python, Ruby and Elixir for our service code.- React and Redux for frontend work.

– TensorFlow for Machine Learning / Computer Vision.- Kubernetes and Docker to package and run services.- AWS for underlying infrastructure.

You can learn more about our product engineering team and the work we do on our Onfido Tech blog.BenefitsWe’re committed to making Onfido a fantastic place to work, so we go to great lengths to give you what you need to succeed. You will receive:- Share options in Onfido, through our equity schemes.

Share options have a one year cliff and start vesting after probation over a four year period- 25 days holiday- Two paid volunteering days per year.- Private Medical and Dental Insurance through Alan – Onfido pays 60% of the cost. – Life Assurance (3x Annual Base Salary)- 50% commute reimbursement up to €40 per month.

– Generous paid parental leave- Free mental health coaching provided online.- Life enrichment allowance of up to €95 per month to use for services including gym, yoga, fitness classes, massages, childcare and therapy.- Dedicated learning opportunities, a team training budget for training and conferences- Our open and transparent culture is reflected in our “Better Together” motto and we bring this to life by meeting once a week for our global weekly roundup (OnFriday); holding quarterly team socials; with our annual company launch week where we all gather from across the globe in London to regroup for the year ahead.

Check out Life at Onfido via our LinkedIn Careers PagePlease note: Onfidoers are all working from home for the time being. We also have switched to a virtual recruitment process and all our Newfidos will be onboarding remotely. Stay SafeOnfido is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We’re always on the lookout for talented, passionate people and encourage applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race or religion. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.Paris /Technology – Engineering /Full-Time