Backend Engineer, Java, Kotlin, AWS | Fintech, Payments Platform (B2B) | Leeds, Hybrid (2 days [...]

Owen Thomas | Pending B Corp™; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 58,500 - 71,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Hybrid working (2 days/week)

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

A leading fintech firm in Leeds is seeking a Backend Engineer skilled in Java, Kotlin, and AWS. This hybrid role requires designing and maintaining backend services for their innovative payments platform. The company offers a competitive salary of up to £65,000 plus bonuses, along with health insurance and two days of hybrid working per week. Candidates should have strong backend experience and familiarity with tools like Kubernetes and SQL. This is an opportunity to contribute to a rapidly growing fintech start-up.

Qualifications

• Strong experience working as a Backend Engineer.
• Experience with Java, Kotlin, Typescript & AWS.
• Experience with SQL, SQS & NoSQL is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Drive the delivery of mid‑level features.

Skills

Backend Engineer experience

Java

Kotlin

Typescript

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

SQS

Kubernetes

gRPC

Job description

Backend Engineer, Java, Kotlin, AWS | Fintech, Payments Platform (B2B) | Leeds, Hybrid (2 days per week) | Salary Up to £65,000+ Bonus & Benefits

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The Company

We are working with an international Fintech Start‑Up in the payments space who are completely changing the game for how payments work for small businesses. They have built a platform that massively reduces costs giving small merchants a bigger chance of success and much more flexibility.

This rapidly scaling company is founded by entrepreneurs with a serious background in building businesses, they have secured millions of funding from some of the UK’s most well‑recognised venture capitalists and are now building out the Backend Engineering team to support the growth.

The Product has a strong presence around Europe and the UK, they have also recently launched in America.

About The Role

You will be joining the small but scaling backend engineering team, you’ll play a key role in building the services that power the payments platform.

With the company’s product growing at such a rapid rate, you will be taking on complex technical challenges and building a system that is robust and able to scale. You will be working with the latest cloud‑native technologies in a cross‑functional team and delivering real value to customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services supporting a customer‑facing platform and third‑party system integrations.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and team standards.
• Drive the delivery of mid‑level features from initial design to deployment, ensuring quality and stability.
• Develop and maintain a robust suite of unit and integration tests to support service reliability.
• Help improve automation efforts, testing frameworks, and continuous integration/delivery pipelines.
• Work cross‑functionally with product teams, analysts, and engineers to deliver well‑rounded, effective solutions.
• Participate in architectural and technical discussions, contributing ideas for system design and process improvements.
• Support the growth of junior team members through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Stay current with modern development tools, technologies, and industry standards.
• Actively engage in team retrospectives and knowledge‑sharing sessions to foster continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Strong experience working as a Backend Engineer
• Experience working with either Java, Kotlin, Typescript & AWS
• Experience with SQL, SQS & NoSQL
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Understanding of platform engineering / DevOps
• Experience using gRPC is a bonus
• Experience using other languages is also a bonus

What They Can Offer:

• Up to £65,000+Bonus & Benefits
• 2 Days Hybrid Working in the central Leeds Office
• Health Insurance

If you are interested in hearing more about the Backend Engineer, Java, Kotlin, AWS | Fintech, Payments Platform (B2B) | Leeds, Hybrid (2 days per week) | Salary Up to £65,000+Bonus & Benefits then apply for the role and if we think you are a good fit, we will be in touch!

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Banking