Backend Engineer - Java & Spring Boot | Fintech with Stock Options

DolarApp; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Sign-on stock options

Discretionary performance bonus

Paid annual leave

Own the development process

Latest technology

Strong team

Job summary

ARQ is a fast-growing fintech redefining how people move money across borders. We seek a Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems powering our innovative products.

You will work on greenfield development, REST APIs, and microservices, using Java on the backend with PostgreSQL, and Spring Boot to ensure rapid, quality delivery. Embrace TDD, DDD, and CI/CD in a pragmatic development approach.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in Backend development, with fluency in Java
• Bachelor's Degree (or above) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other Engineering / Science disciplines
• Quick learner with an ambitious and results driven personality, with excellent communication skills (english fluency, verbal and written)
• Track record of building complex products that millions of people use in hypergrowth startups

Responsibilities

• The work will focus on greenfield development and improvement of existing systems
• Projects will include building REST APIs, engineering microservices and evolving a number of systems that our business depends on (e.g. card payments, treasury management, transactions booking, crypto liquidity)
• Our technology stack is based predominantly on Java 25 on the backend with Postgres database
• We rely on Spring Boot for quick and quality delivery
• We have a pragmatic approach to develop our business logic, focusing on clean code, with emphasis on maintainability and fast turnaround with TDD, DDD and continuous integration & delivery

Skills

Java

Backend development

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Job description

ARQ is a fast-growing fintech redefining how people move money across borders. We seek a Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems powering our innovative products.

You will work on greenfield development, REST APIs, and microservices, using Java on the backend with PostgreSQL, and Spring Boot to ensure rapid, quality delivery. Embrace TDD, DDD, and CI/CD in a pragmatic development approach.