Senior Backend Engineer

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

About The Role:

This is a position within one of our product development teams, where you will be working on the delivery of a diverse number of e-commerce projects.

It would be a technical and hands-on role that would suit a backend engineer looking to use their experience in various web technologies, as you will be working on products built predominantly on Node.js using Typescript, Mulesoft and PHP.

Our Tech Stack:

We use a variety of tools and technologies but you are not expected to have worked with all of them. Our technology stack includes; NodeJS, TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Amazon Web Services, Mulesoft , PHP and Snowflake

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Develop microservices using AWS Lambda and Typescript
• Contribute towards the development of API’s in Mulesoft
• Work on a variety of cutting edge AWS services
• Use various tools to log and monitor the performance of our applications
• Use Snowflake to analyse and query our data
• Pair programming with other developers and code reviews
• Use CI/CD and create automated pipelines for the deployment of our applications
• Develop software following DDD+BDD practices and working in an Agile Kanban environment
• Come up with creative solutions to develop performant and scalable applications

What You’ll Bring:

• Solid software engineering experience
• Background in developing node.js applications using JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience in writing high quality PHP code following TDD principles
• Understanding of Rest API's
• Adherence to always writing your test first and code against that failing test
• A passion for learning and desire to help others learn together

• Knowledge of AWS or other cloud technologies
• A keen understanding of software design patterns and where each can be applied
• Worked with Mulesoft or have developed REST API’s using any other technologies
• Good understanding of Agile Project Management (Scrum or Kanban)

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• Summer Hours - 3pm Friday finish
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• RetailTrust support
• And so much more!

Our Culture  

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963.  Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness |  For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism