Backend Engineer - Up to £70k

Backend Engineer (JVM) in a B2B FinTech Startup

A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.

£60,000 - £70,000 + Equity + Benefits

1-day a week in the office, Central London

Join a B2B FinTech startup backed by a global bank, that is transforming the financial advisory space!

They’ve created a unified, scalable, AI-driven platform that’s moving the industry away from using outdated data storage and communication systems like spreadsheets

The Role

• You will work directly with and learn from a Staff Engineer and CTO, being instrumental in designing & implementing backend services, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
• You will work on projects ranging from API development, integrations, to new feature development, providing a rich experience for customers
• You will follow best practices in testing, documentation & maintainability, ensuring a clean & scalable codebase

Tech you will work with: Kotlin, Grails, Vert.x, gRPC, microservices, event-driven architecture, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, BigQuery, PostgreSQL

Ideal Candidates will have:

• 3+ years commercial experience building complex systems using a JVM language (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
• Experience building scalable microservices with gRPC and / or REST APIs
• Experience working on data-driven, or message-queueing systems, using tech like Kafka
• Experience working in a startup or smaller company, moving at a fast pace and owning as much as possible in the SDLC
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field

No VISA Sponsorship is offered for this role

Please apply with an updated CV displaying your impact & we’ll be in touch!