Senior Backend Software Engineer

Overview

In this role you drive end-to-end delivery of complex features for a fast-growing fintech platform. You’ll work within a cross-functional engineering team to scale a reliable, cloud-based backend used by thousands of investors daily. You’ll lead design, development, and post-production activities while mentoring others and upholding coding standards. The role offers visibility, impact on customer experience, and the chance to shape a modern, AI-aware investing platform.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• bonus scheme
• 25 days holidays + birthday and anniversary day
• enhanced pension (5% matched)
• private health insurance including mental health and dental/vision
• life insurance (5x salary)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of new features from design to post-production
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge through team discussions and workshops
• Set and enforce code review standards and software engineering best practices
• Maintain and improve coding documentation and development standards
• Serve as on-call escalation point for high-priority issues and triage as needed
• Participate in technical interviews to assess talent and support growth objectives
• Identify opportunities to increase efficiencies across the engineering team
• Contribute to technical strategy and landscape assessments to support scalable delivery

Key requirements

• experience delivering complex, scalable backend features
• strong problem-solving skills under pressure
• ability to mentor engineers and raise the bar for quality
• familiarity with cloud-based environments and on-call reliability
• comfort with interviewing and talent assessment
• deep attention to detail and passion for the investments domain

• collaboration
• mentoring
• clear communication
• Typescript
• cloud-based architecture
• on-call incident management

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