Tontine Trust is a fintech trust company, specializing in offering lifetime income pensions & trust funds. Our globally patented platform re-introduces a popular, safe alternative type of savings scheme to the world, the fundamental design of which has been endorsed by organizations like the OECD, the EU, the UK, and Canada, providing more sustainable and more rewarding lifetime income trusts for governments, institutions, and savers.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in functional programming with Haskell. You will be responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining our Haskell backend.
Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain our backend using the Beam ORM for PostgreSQL.
Implement RESTful APIs with Servant framework.
Write comprehensive tests using QuickCheck.
Set up and maintain a robust CI/CD pipeline using Nix, Cabal, Docker, GitHub Actions, and custom runners.
Utilize Cachix
Coordinate and communicate with the product and frontend team to fulfill business requirements for upcoming features
Requirements:
Strong knowledge of Haskell and functional programming principles.
Experience with Beam ORM for PostgreSQL.
Familiarity with the Servant framework for building RESTful APIs.
Proficiency in writing tests using QuickCheck.
Experience with GHC 2022 will be considered an advantage
Familiarity with DevOps practices, including Nix, Cabal, Docker, GitHub Actions, and Cachix.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous learning.
Experience in fintech is considered an advantage
Experience with applied mathematics and economy is considered a plus
Responsibilities will be communicating with the product and frontend-team to build easy to use APIs for our cutting edge mobile and web app. Building and maintaining backend services, and ensuring that the backend services adhere to best practices for performance and security.
You should have a strong interest in the Haskell programming language and be eager to learn more about the finance and retirement industry, as well as a good sense of functional programming principles. This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and ambitious individual to gain valuable experience and build their skills in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
If you are passionate about functional programming and are excited about the opportunity to learn and grow as part of an up-and-coming technology company, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
Cool to see another job posting from a company I don’t recognise, that’s a healthy sign for industry. It also makes me feel a bit more comfortable when I hear of Fintechs building their offerings on solid primitives.
That said, it’s hard to get a read on what level this position is at. The ad asks for skills in some very modern and high-powered tooling like Nix and Beam, but also asks for understanding of “functional programming principles” which sounds more like a fundamental skill that a strong junior could express. There are also a lot of “nice to have”-s included in the “requirements” section, which feels like a resume type error. Perhaps split into “hard requirements” and “nice to have”? Similarly, there are both bulleted and prose forms of the “responsibilities” and “requirements” section that might warrant consolidation.
I think also an explicit indication of the level that you’re looking to hire at will help you find candidates who can match your expectations and help candidates know whether or not they should apply. I hope you find someone who is an excellent mutual fit; best of luck.
Hello again everyone, we were not able to answer every individual application, we have received a lot applications. This position has already been filled.
In the near future we will be recruiting more haskellers, so we will notify everyone by email and make a post here again when we have another haskell position open.
This job posting is still active, and we are looking for another Haskeller to join our team, this time with a bit more focus on devops basically 75% haskell, 25% Devops. Not having any devops experience is not a deal breaker.
Those who have already applied can apply again by sending your CV at haskellers@tontine.com. Keep in mind we cannot reply to every mail. Thank you everyone.
What is the problem to answer to applicants that you will not proceed with them? Instead you are asking to apply people again.
I understand that currently the job market is on employer side, but… I wouldn’t spend my time on companies who are unable to sort out their processes - highly likely the processes inside the company are unorganized as well.
I don’t want to tell people how to conduct their business, but my experience is that if you do not even acknowledge applications by “Thanks, your application has been received” (potentially followed by “After careful consideration we decided not to proceed with your application”) you are doing yourself a disservice by reducing number of applicants in each subsequent round, because they are extremely unlikely to apply ever again. You can automate such emails, if you like, although even most hotly contested Haskell positions rarely gather more than 100 applications, which is still well within limits of manual processing.
