Title: Software Engineer - Authentication
Location: Hybrid/Remote - London, Waterloo (UK)
About iProov:
iProov is the world leader in face biometric verification. We establish trust in remote users and deliver effortless, customer centric, device independent authentication tied to trusted ID credentials. We are on a mission to make the Internet a safer place for businesses and consumers.
Our unique facial biometric technology allows banks, governments, healthcare and travel providers to verify customer identity online and provide simple access to secure services. In 2020 we were recognised as a Gartner Cool Vendor and as the 5th fastest growing technology company in the UK by Deloitte. We work with fantastic customers across a number of industry sectors - organisations using our technology include the US Department of Homeland Security, the UK Home Office, the NHS, Eurostar, the Australian government, the Singapore government, ING and many more.
Our flagship Genuine Presence Assurance technology solidified its global market leadership, with verifications growing at a consistent rate of 25% per month worldwide. This has been driven by demand from organisations needing to verify the identity of online users to prevent fraud. iProov’s patented technology assures the genuine presence of an online user to ensure they are the right person, a real person, and authenticating right now.
Diversity at iProov is about reflecting the customers we serve, holding the principles of equality and inclusion at the heart of everything we do and all that we stand for, embracing differences, creating possibilities, and growing together. We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our purpose.
iProov has continued to scale rapidly this year and is currently looking for a Senior Python Engineer to join the growing Innovation function in our talented Product & Innovation team based in London. You will be responsible for working on greenfield ideas within the biometric authentication and verification space.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Design, develop and help maintain new greenfield product solutions
- Evaluate new tech and select those best suited to the problems at hand
- Proactively troubleshoot complex issues and provide solutions to solve them
- Contribute to the broader research and technology strategy of the company
We tend to look for people with:
Qualifications:
- Strong Python experience
- Exposure to OAuth, OpenID Connect or decentralised auth systems.
- An understanding of Verifiable Credentials
- Experience with Single Sign-On (SSO) technologies (e.g. SAML)
- Comfortable with building and using APIs over HTTP/REST, or other approaches like gRPC, WebSockets, or development SDKs.
About you:
- You have good interpersonal skills and the confidence to state a clearly reasoned and articulated viewpoint
- You should be happy to take initiative in your tasks and be relatively self-organising
- You’re eager to ship releases and new features
- You’re able and willing to debate to put forward improvements to processes
Company Benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays
- 3200 Share Options allocated after passing probation (6 months of service)
- Vitality Health Insurance - a range of options available on this below
- Life Assurance
- SmartHealth - Access to private GP, Psychologist, Nutritionist along with tailored fitness plans for both you and your family
- Award winning L&D platform to continue your development with personal allocated training budgets
- Enhanced Maternity leave package
- Pension - 4% employee, 3% employer
- Flexible working – remote/office etc.
- Free Barista Coffee/Tea, biscuits and fruit in the office
- Free access to WeWork discounts and free online well-being sessions
The Vitality Programme includes a number of reward benefits that all employees have access to as part of the plan, for example:
- 50% off monthly gym memberships
- Apple watches significantly discounted based member vitality status
- Half price trainers with Runners Need
- Weekly rewards – Free coffee with Café Nero
- Monthly rewards – Free Cinema ticket
- Discounts on travel with Expedia (hotels) and Mr & Mrs Smith with discounts getting greater throughout the year based on a members vitality status
- Amazon prime free months based on activity
- Up to 25% cashback at Waitrose when buying healthy foods
- 75% off stays at Champneys Health Spas
- Allen Carr’s £299 no smoking programme for free
- Access to Vitality Healthy Mind with 30% off Headspace subscriptions and the ability to earn Vitality points for using Buddhify, Calm and Headspace
- Discounts on Weight Watchers
- 50%-80% off Comprehensive Private Health screenings