Allica Bank

Allica Bank is seeking a passionate Lead Platform Engineer to join their Platform team in Milton Keynes. In this role, you will design and maintain secure, high-performance platforms and lead a talented team. Responsibilities include managing Azure resources, implementing Infrastructure as Code, and driving automation through Azure DevOps pipelines. Allica is committed to flexible working environments and offers benefits that include private health cover and a discretionary bonus scheme.

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK's fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Department Description The Allica IT platforms team play a key role in the operation of the Bank and are responsible for all Cloud, on premise, and desktop services. Our mission is to provide the best-in class infrastructure services to support Allica. We live and breathe the Allica values and deliver services intelligently using automation, intelligence, and innovation. Role Description Elevate your career with Allica Bank, where we're driving innovation in the fintech industry. We're seeking a passionate Lead Platform Engineer join our dynamic Platform team-your chance to make a real impact at the forefront of financial technology. As our Lead Platform Engineer, you'll design, build, and maintain stable, secure, and high-performance platform across our organisation. Leading a talented team, you'll provide technical leadership and mentorship, setting new standards in platforms excellence. With a focus on continuous improvement, you'll shape the future of Allica Bank's IT platforms. Collaborate cross functionally with software developers, security experts, and system administrators to seamlessly integrate network solutions with our cutting edge services. Embracing an Infrastructure as Code philosophy, you'll work with the latest technologies like Terraform and Azure DevOps to automate and enhance our infrastructure. Your role involves innovative platform design and delivery, enabling exceptional service across multiple teams while upholding the highest standards of secure best practices. While predominantly home based, you'll occasionally collaborate in person at our Milton Keynes or London offices. Principal Accountabilities Primary responsibilities will include the design/planning, management, support, and oversight of the cloud environment. You will be responsible for any technological duties associated with cloud compute, including design, planning, management maintenance and support. Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of Platforms within Allica's Cloud environments, primarily Azure, GCP experience is desirable. Oversee the deployment and management of Azure resources using Terraform, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure scalable, consistent, and secure cloud environments. Lead the development and optimisation of Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure deployments, driving automation, enhancing deployment reliability, and improving overall delivery performance. Collaborate cross functionally with software developers, security teams, and system administrators to integrate solutions seamlessly with other platform services. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the Platform engineering team. Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends related to Platform engineering and cloud platforms. Personal Attributes & Experience Extensive experience in platform engineering and design within Azure Cloud environments. Hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform. Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipeline management. Proven leadership experience in leading teams and managing projects. Demonstrated ability to work effectively in cross functional teams and environments. Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex platform/infrastructure issues. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. Working at Allica Bank At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind: Benefits Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities Options for flexible working Regular social activities Pension contributions Discretionary bonus scheme Private health cover Life assurance Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave Don't tick every box? Don't worry if you don't have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you'll be a good fit, we'd still love to hear from you! Flexible working We know the '9-to-5' isn't right for everyone. That's why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. Diversity We're a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

About Allica Bank Allica is the UK's fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs, one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech. Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. Senior Mobile Engineer (Flutter) Role As a Senior Mobile Engineer (Flutter), you will have strong commercial experience using Flutter across primarily mobile platforms. Ideally with native iOS/Android development experience. You will use your wider technical experience to collaborate with your peers and other teams. You will be expected to write well designed, testable and efficient code to implement new features and improvements to Allica mobile applications. You will have an architectural approach to your code. Making sure code is scalable, easy to maintain and well thought out. You will share your passion and experience with others and encourage a collaborative culture as well as supporting less experienced teammates to grow and develop. Responsibilities Work as part of multidisciplinary teams, developing our Flutter app and collaborating with other teams Plan and prioritise your work, with the appropriate input from others Build up a solid understanding of the domain you are working in, and proactively identify and clarify new requirements Help run your community of practice, encouraging broad participation Use your understanding of Allica and its goals, to identify ways to enhance client relationships & develop new capabilities Mentor and support more junior colleagues e.g. through pair programming, answering questions Collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders to drive alignment, build trust, and foster engagement across multiple areas Strong Flutter/Dart commercial experience used in applying good design patterns resulting in highly testable code Swift/ObjectiveC/Java/Kotlin language skills or experience in a strongly typed modern language Experience with different architectures such as MVVM, MVP, VIP etc., modularising features and application structure Hands on experience with mobile UI development Collaboration with designers using tools like Figma Developing within a design system Accessibility/Localisation/Responsive UI Qualifications Git source control (e.g. git flow, trunk-based development, interactive rebasing) Testing frameworks covering Unit, Integration, UI Snapshot (golden) testing Code quality and formatting tools Working in an Agile environment (Scrum/KANBAN) Collaborating with designers, test engineers and 3rd parties SOLID principles and TDD/BDD Continuous integration and setting up of a CI/CD environment Assuring quality gates and policies met on pull requests to trunk Mobile apps security (networking and certificate pinning, storage, code obfuscation, anti-tamper protections) REST APIs and microservices architectures Benefits Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities Options for flexible working Regular social activities Pension contributions Discretionary bonus scheme Private health cover Life assurance Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave Flexible working We know the '9-to-5' isn't right for everyone. That's why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate. Diversity We're a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Allica Bank is seeking a Senior Mobile Engineer (Flutter) based in Milton Keynes. This role involves strong commercial experience with Flutter, ideally with native iOS/Android skills. You will enhance mobile applications, mentor junior staff, and collaborate across teams. Allica Bank offers flexible and hybrid working along with various benefits like private health cover and a discretionary bonus scheme. Join a diverse team committed to innovation in the Fintech space.