Backend Engineer III

monzoreferrals; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 99.000 - 128.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

UK remote flexibility

Visa sponsorship

Relocation support

£1,000 learning budget

Flexible hours

Zusammenfassung

monzoreferrals is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to design and evolve the in-house banking platform. You will build backend services powering everyday banking features, collaborating with product, data, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes.

The role involves distributed systems, resilience, and writing reliable software in a strongly-typed language such as Go, Java, C, or Scala. London HQ with UK-remote flexibility and visa sponsorship available.

Qualifikationen

• Strong backend engineering experience on a production technology product.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-paced team.
• Interest in distributed systems, resilience, and writing reliable software.
• Familiarity with a strongly-typed language (Go, Java, C, or Scala).

Aufgaben

• Design and develop backend services powering everyday banking features.
• Collaborate with product, data, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes.
• Build resilient distributed systems using asynchronous messaging and event-driven patterns.
• Operate and evolve services running on container orchestration infrastructure.
• Make data-informed decisions that improve customer experience.
• Participate in technical discussions including system design, pairing, and code reviews.

Kenntnisse

Backend engineering

Team collaboration

Distributed systems

Typed languages (Go/Java/Scala)

Tools

Go

Cassandra

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

Envoy

AWS

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

Role overview

A digital banking organisation is hiring a senior backend engineer to help build and evolve its in-house banking platform. The engineering organisation spans roughly 650 people working across disciplines, tackling challenges that range from customer-facing products through to infrastructure, security, payments, financial crime, and data. The role suits someone who wants broad impact and is comfortable working across a regulated financial product, with flexible working options across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services that power everyday banking features
• Collaborate with product, data, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end outcomes
• Build resilient distributed systems using asynchronous messaging and event-driven patterns
• Operate and evolve services running on container orchestration infrastructure
• Make data-informed decisions that improve customer experience
• Participate in technical discussions including system design, pairing, and code reviews

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience on a production technology product
• Comfort working in teams that navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Interest in distributed systems, resilience, and writing reliable software
• Familiarity with a strongly-typed language such as Go, Java, C, or Scala
• A product mindset focused on customer outcomes
• Genuine enthusiasm for a product used daily by a large customer base

Nice to have

• Hands-on exposure to Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy, AWS, or GCP
• Experience building public web apps or internal tooling with React

Benefits and work setup

• £85,000–£110,000 base salary plus performance-linked incentive awards
• London headquarters with UK-remote flexibility and reimbursed travel for occasional in-person gatherings
• Visa sponsorship and UK relocation support available
• Flexible hours and part-time arrangements considered where feasible
• £1,000 annual learning budget for books, training courses, and conferences
• Structured interview process averaging around four weeks: an initial call, a take-home task or pair coding exercise, and a final round covering system design and behavioural fit