Senior Backend Engineer

A bit about us...

Please allow us to celebrate our own success for a moment... We've built a customer-centric product that is market-leading, and we are smashing it!

We're a multi-award-winning digital payments and insight platform within the automotive industry. We work with over 5,000 automotive retailers, helping drivers to pay for motoring costs, accessories, and other services through a variety of different payment options. Our purpose is to build a solution that gives drivers peace of mind while enhancing customer experience and assisting with dealer profitability.

Bumper is a fast-growing payments scale-up and we’re excited to continue building on our growth having completed a successful Series B funding round in 2024. We’re looking to hire a dynamic and passionate  Senior Backend Engineer , based in Ankara .

Our Head Office is in Sheffield City Centre, with offices also based in London and Turkey. We've also expanded further, bringing retailers in Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands on board, with the vision of being the leading automotive payment and insights platform!

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will report directly to the Team Lead and play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining our backend systems to ensure the functionality and scalability of our platform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating closely with teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions,
• Design, develop, and implement high-quality, scalable, and maintainable backend systems and APIs,
• Conducting code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to best practices,
• Providing timely solutions to troubleshoot complex technical issues, debug them, and minimize their impact on the platform,
• Being able to divide work into small outputs and actively delegate work to more than one team member,
• Mentoring young engineers by encouraging a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team,
• Staying abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends by proposing and implementing innovative solutions to enhance the capabilities of our platform.

Qualifications

Now a bit about you…

We are a passionate and professional team, and we’re excited to welcome a Senior Backend Engineer who shares our vision of making Bumper the leading automotive payment and insights platform!

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where data-driven decision-making is at the heart of everything we do . You’ll play a key role in designing scalable systems, improving our architecture, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust backend solutions.

If you thrive on solving complex technical challenges, enjoy working with modern technologies, and have a proactive mindset when it comes to building efficient systems , we’d love to hear from you!

What you'll get from us...

Perks are nice, but we know perks don’t make up the whole package of a great job. By joining our Bumper team, you'll have the opportunity to be an ambassador for our product & brand, and help us to continue on our winning streak!