Since the Stone Age, human beings have been getting to know each other by having a conversation. It's the original way to engage with someone. Inconvo, part of the YouGov family, is a well-funded start-up building a new platform for people to talk about the things they love and care about.

Combining chatbot technology with editorial flare, we offer our 1.5 million users a uniquely engaging way to chat about the things they’re interested in — from sport and music to TV and gaming.

Using the familiarity, privacy and intimacy of messaging platforms, our vision is to become the biggest and best place on the internet for people to have great conversations about the things they’re passionate about,

You can check out the Inconvo website here: https://www.getinconvo.com/channels

The Role:

We are looking for an experienced Backend Software Engineer to help us build a conversation media platform. The platform is cloud native and uses different components to support third party integrations and our own messaging gateway.

The candidate will be part of a wider technical team following the product road map using Agile software development methodologies. We offer the opportunity of working with the latest PaaS cloud technologies on a strategic greenfield project.

The right candidate understands the value of simple and maintainable code and the perils of emerging complexity.



We’re looking for candidates with:

5+ years of commercial experience with backend development.

3+ years cloud experience. AWS experience required. Terraform experience is a plus.

Commercial experience with HTTP APIs, using statically typed languages (C#, Java, Typescript, Golang). Reactive programming experience is a plus.

Experience with at least a few common Node.js frameworks and libraries (Express, Fastify, etc..)

Experience and understanding of code testing methodologies.

Our stack:

Frameworks: Node.js

Languages: Typescript

Databases: MySQL, Kinesis, Redis, Elasticsearch

Ops: Docker/ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Cloudfront, Terraform

We value:

Appreciation for a test-driven, code-review culture

A strong work ethic and a focus on delivery.

Positivity, determination to succeed, high energy with humility and a strong personal drive.

Sound judgment along with a desire to challenge traditional thinking.

Highly organised with a flexible approach to working.

This is a contract role, based in our awesome office in Shoreditch.