We are Heron Data, a Y Combinator-backed technology startup based in London, UK. We are hiring our first Frontend Engineer to own everything

Interested? Reach out to [email protected]!

About us

• Our mission is to enable better financial services for all by accelerating fintech innovation
• We are currently focused on helping innovative banks help companies generate insights or build new features, e.g., enabling companies to make faster and more accurate lending decisions based on bank data
• We are an established, humble and hungry team from diverse backgrounds and are backed by prominent investors
• We launched in fall 2020, and since then have consistently grown revenue 10% week over week, have customers who use us every day of the week, and process well over 1M transactions daily

The role

• As a Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for owning and understanding and solving complex customer problems relating to bank transaction data
• We envision that the primary way you could solve customer problems is by developing and deploying models, ranging from simple heuristic approaches to more advanced ML
• For example, we have multiple classification models deployed that help our customers categorise bank transactions; these models utilise NLP, text vectorisation and few-shot learning, and are deployed as FastAPI / Flask microservices as part of a serverless architecture on GCP
• You will also lead / contribute to designing the infrastructure needed to build, serve, and improve models at scale; this covers topics like experimentation, measurement, monitoring, and other tools to drive impact for customers
• If you enjoy solving tough problems by deploying code, being part of a high calibre and tight-knit team, and seeing real impact from your work, this role could be for you!

What we offer

• Ownership and autonomy over solving complex problems that are key to the success of the company
• Freedom to use any approach to solve problems; this includes investigating various types of models, reading research papers, experimenting with and implementing solutions to make a positive impact on our customers
• An outcome-focused, low-bureaucracy, engineering-first work environment with an emphasis on shipping code and high velocity engineering
• A supportive and inclusive culture; quarterly retreats, monthly gatherings, weekly meals, and impromptu BBQ / hot pot hangouts that are always vegan friendly