Backend Engineer - Digital Lending Platforms

EC1 Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EC1 Partners is seeking a backend engineer to build lending platforms involved in credit decisioning, origination, and servicing. You will own core services and APIs, working closely with product teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

Applicants should have backend experience in finance, with API development and cloud exposure. The role offers growth in a dynamic, customer-impacting environment in the UK.

Qualifications

• Back-end engineering experience required in finance or lending domains.
• Experience designing and building APIs for high-throughput systems.
• Familiarity with transactional systems and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services for lending platforms
• Build scalable APIs and workflows
• Collaborate with product teams
• Improve system reliability
• Support integrations with third parties

Skills

Backend engineering

API development

Cloud platforms

Financial services exposure

Job description

Role Overview

A backend engineering role building lending platforms that support credit decisioning, loan origination, and servicing. You’ll work on systems that directly impact customer access to finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop backend services for lending platforms

• Build scalable APIs and workflows

• Collaborate with product teams

• Improve system reliability

• Support integrations with third parties

Required Experience

• Backend engineering experience

• Financial services or lending exposure

• API development skills

• Experience with transactional systems

• Cloud platform exposure

Nice to Have

• Credit decisioning systems

• Event-driven architectures

• SaaS platform experience

Why Join

• Customer-impacting technology

• End-to-end system ownership

• Strong growth sector