At OakNorth, we’re on a mission to empower the UK’s most ambitious businesses. Since 2015, we’ve lent over $18 billion across the UK and US, helped create more than 58,000 new homes and 36,000 new jobs, and supported hundreds of thousands of personal savers — all while fuelling the UK economy.
Team Mission 🚀
Role
Have a strong technical background, including 5+ years of experience designing and engineering large scale systems Measure your success in terms of business impact, not lines of code Internalise the best ideas from across the organisation, humbly setting a vision that others can get behindEmbrace DevOps culture: You build it, you run it Work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels Care deeply about mentorship and growing your colleagues Prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different areas of expertise.You challenge the existing approach when you see the cliff edge racing towards us, but also get on board once the options have been debated and the team has made a decisionYou're comfortably organised amongst chaosYou’re a broad thinker and have the capability to see the potential impact of decisions across the wider business Utilise GenerativeAI: Leverage GenAI tools to increase productivity and enhance decision making processes within the role
Desired Technology 🧱
We're pragmatic about our technology choices. These are some of the things we use at the moment:🗃 Python🗄️ PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MySQL🎨 TypeScript, React, styled-components🔧 Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, pytest☁️ AWS, GCP🚀 ECS Fargate, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions
Nice-to-Have Skills
Experience with AI/LLM integrations and Generative AI applicationsKnowledge of intelligent document processing and NLP techniquesFamiliarity with vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate) and search platforms (e.g., OpenSearch, Elasticsearch)Exposure to agentic workflows or orchestration frameworks for multi-step AI reasoning, and familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol)
