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🏆 🎉 🏆 WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WE'VE WON ADVICE FIRM OF THE YEAR AT THE MONEY MARKETING AWARDS 🏆 🎉 🏆 We’re looking for a Backend Engineer with solid Golang and database skills to help us build the scalable operations, technology, and processes needed to transform 5 million lives by making high-quality financial support affordable and accessible to employees everywhere. This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated self-starter to accelerate their career, taking a broad and varied role within a rapidly growing company. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated. ABOUT OCTOPUS MONEY 🐙 We’re on a mission to transform millions of lives by building financial resilience and wealth for everyone  🐙 Money shapes every part of life. Yet most people never get the support they need: * Half of Brits reach retirement age without enough to live the life they want * Financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health * Only 8% of people have access to 1-to-1 financial advice There’s no shortage of information. What people actually need is clarity, guidance and a plan that makes sense for them. That’s where we come in. Octopus Money brings together financial planning, investment expertise and smart technology so people can understand their options and take action with confidence. We help people build a clear plan for their savings, investments and pensions and make investing simple with managed portfolios built by experts. We also support employers who want their teams to feel more secure and in control.  Some people need regulated advice. Others need coaching. Many need both at different points in life. Our service adapts to what each person needs.  We believe everyone deserves money support that works for real life. THE ROLE AND OPPORTUNITY  Our development team is composed of multiple squads, each taking ownership of a vertical within our product. Each squad is composed of a product manager, frontend and backend engineers.  Our front-end stack is built on React with Typescript and leveraging microfrontend deployments. Our backend stack is powered by Golang, providing REST and GraphQL APIs. We are looking for a product minded engineer who wants to deliver meaningful features to our end users. You’ll be a part of a multidisciplinary product engineering team and can collaborate closely with other backend engineers, frontend engineers, product, design and devops.  As the company continues to scale, there will be opportunities to be involved in the technical architecture and strategy for our products and tech stack. You will be responsible for: * Writing, testing and deploying great software * Collaborating with the tech leads and other Engineers on deciding future technologies and processes * Working with modern and new technologies and frameworks * Working in an Agile team * Building relationships with product and devops * Conducting code reviews and pairing with other colleagues We value people who Make every conversation matter You care about how you make people feel. You communicate clearly, listen well and build trust with customers and colleagues. You want every interaction to move things forward. Move with urgency and focus You like getting stuck in. You care about making progress, not perfection. You stay focused on what matters, learn quickly and find smart ways to keep things moving. Own it You take responsibility for your work and the outcomes it creates. You’re comfortable solving problems, making decisions and tackling challenges head on. You hold yourself to a high standard and want to make a real impact. About you Problem solver at heart with an analytical mindset You should be someone who gets excited by complex problems and can find creative ways to solve them no matter what your level of knowledge and experience with the subject matter. You should be able to digest complexity and develop a plan to move forward, without losing sight of the important details. Excellent technical knowledge As an Engineer, you should be an expert in at least one aspect of software development and skilled in other areas. You have learned that delivering great software takes a team and has plenty of pitfalls to avoid. Knowledge and experience required * 3+ years’ expertise in software development using strongly-typed languages (e.g. Go, Java, or similar), with at least 1+ year of commercial experience using Golang. * Product-engineering experience (e.g. solving customer problems, delivering on business goals, working with product managers and frontend teams) with Golang. * Strong experience writing easily-testable and thoroughly-tested code * Data modelling and DB design experience with SQL or NoSQL DBs * Experience delivering cloud-based REST or GraphQL API solutions * Empathetic, proactive and constructive communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams * Able to work three days a week onsite at our London office in 33 Holborn, EC1N 2HT  Nice to have (but not essential) * Microservice and integrating distributed systems with messaging and event-driven architectures  * AWS Architecture experience * Experience using Terraform, or other infrastructure as code tooling * Educated to Bachelor's or Master's degree level in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field In return we offer a base salary of £65,000 to £80,000 DOE + benefits  We want people to grow here, to feel supported and to feel proud of the impact they make! You’ll get: * 18 days a year working from anywhere (for non regulated roles) * Bonus for non-commission based roles * Company pension * Private medical insurance * Enhanced parental leave * Birthday day off * A supportive team who care about what they do * The chance to help people improve their lives Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions. These will only take place upon a successful job offer. About Octopus Group  We’re part of the Octopus Group: a privately-owned business that’s been doing things differently for 25 years. Octopus sets out to build businesses that will outlive us and create a better world for future generations, including brands such as Octopus Energy, Octopus Investments and Octopus Legacy. -- We believe in equal financial education for everybody, no matter their background.  We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated. We do not and never will discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you require support completing your application please contact applications@octopusmoney.com

Honor Technology’s mission is to change the way society cares for older adults. As a leader in aging care innovation, Honor provides the technology, tools, and services that empower older adults to live life on their own terms. Honor’s growing portfolio includes its consumer care brand, Home Instead, Inc., the world’s leading provider of in-home care for older adults. With a global franchise network and more than 100,000 Care Pros, Home Instead delivers over 50 million hours of personalized care annually. Together, Honor and Home Instead are setting a new standard for aging in place, backed by powerful technology, compassionate care, and a commitment to aging on your own terms. Join us to create a new and better aging experience for our clients, their families, and our Care Professionals.  ABOUT THE WORK This position is on our Applied AI team, which is responsible for helping Honor safely and pragmatically apply AI across our operating model, product systems, and internal workflows. The mission of the Applied AI team is to help Honor become an organization that learns faster, remembers more, and continuously compounds what it learns over time. We believe the most valuable use of AI at Honor is not isolated task automation, but building durable organizational intelligence: systems that retain operational context, surface relevant prior learning, support better decisions, and help teams turn fragmented insights into repeatable improvements. Honor operates in a deeply relationship-driven industry. The best home care operators personalize service because they remember the details, understand context, and adapt to the situation. At Honor’s scale, that requires thoughtful systems: reliable context, governed access, reusable AI patterns, traceable workflows, and product experiences that help humans and agents make better decisions together. As a Senior Engineer on Applied AI, you will help design, build, and productionize the foundations that make this possible. You may work on systems that power AI-assisted sales follow-up, operational defect analysis, reusable memory and retrieval patterns, internal agentic tools, AI-powered data analysis, schedulable workflows, or closed-loop feedback systems that connect audits, product changes, and measurable business outcomes. You will work closely with engineering, product, design, data, operations, security, and business stakeholders to move quickly while maintaining the discipline needed for production systems. This team is highly exploratory, but the work is not a lab exercise. We are looking for engineers who can turn ambiguous AI opportunities into safe, reliable, measurable product and platform capabilities. We have an exciting runway ahead of us. As AI becomes an operational layer across Honor, we need engineers who can help create the paved roads: secure model access, compliant data pathways, observability, cost controls, evaluation patterns, human-in-the-loop workflows, and reusable architecture that allows teams across Honor to adopt AI without creating long-term fragmentation. ABOUT YOU * You thrive in a diverse, cross-functional team, collaborating with design, product management, data, operations, security, and other engineering teams. * You are excited by ambiguous, high-leverage problems where the right answer requires both technical judgment and operational empathy. * You enjoy building production-grade systems that connect user-facing workflows, backend services, data pipelines, and AI/LLM capabilities. * You’ve built and maintained production-grade features in Python, or have transferable experience in common languages like Node.js and are willing to learn Python. * You know how to design reliable data models and have used relational databases at scale. * You have been a key contributor to the design and implementation of large, complex projects. * You are comfortable working in and refactoring legacy, monolithic systems while also designing new services and integration patterns. * You are a strong communicator, both verbally and in writing, and can explain technical tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences. * You think carefully about quality, observability, privacy, security, and operational risk. * You are excited to work with AI systems in a way that is pragmatic, measurable, and grounded in real business outcomes. * You are willing to participate in an on-call rotation in collaboration with our tier 1 support team. SOME, OR ALL, OF THESE ARE TRUE * You have experience building LLM-powered products, AI agents, retrieval systems, memory systems, or evaluation frameworks. * You have worked with model providers or platforms such as AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, or similar systems. * You have experience with secure data access patterns, RBAC, auditability, or compliant data workflows. * You have built internal tools, workflow automation, or systems that support operations teams at scale. * You are comfortable working with messy operational data and turning it into reliable product or platform capabilities. * You have experience designing systems that involve human-in-the-loop review, feedback loops, or measurable quality improvement. * You are knowledgeable about microservice architecture and best practices. * You have experience working with an RPC architecture. * You are comfortable with frontend development and have experience with JavaScript frameworks like React. * You have experience leveraging observability and monitoring tools like DataDog. * You enjoy mentoring and spreading knowledge to other engineers. * You are energized by building foundations that help other teams move faster and more safely. TECH YOU MAY USE * Python * Thrift * MySQL * AWS * AWS Bedrock * OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, or similar model platforms * JavaScript * React * Looker * GitHub * DataDog * Internal agentic tools and workflow automation platforms   #LI-Remote Our range reflects the hiring range for this position.  We use national average to determine pay as we are a remote first company.  Individual pay is based on a number of factors including qualifications, skills, experience, education, and training. Base pay is just a part of our total rewards program.  Honor offers generous equity packages that increase with position level and responsibilities, and a 401K with up to a 4% employer match. We provide medical, dental and vision coverage including zero cost plans for employees.  Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance are fully employer paid with a voluntary additional Life Insurance option.  We offer a generous time off program, mental health benefits, wellness program, and discount program.   Hiring Salary Range $160,000—$180,000 USD At Honor, we put people first. Our leadership culture is guided by Leadership Principles that prioritize integrity, compassion, and excellence. We offer a unique opportunity to lead with purpose and make a meaningful impact no matter your role. Honor is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or belief.