Backend Engineer — Microservices, Testing & Production

Referment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is partnering with a banking technology company to hire a back-end software engineer responsible for the services behind its banking platform, focusing on production-ready code and automated testing. You'll build scalable microservices, ensure quality through tests, and contribute to deployments from test to production.

The role involves translating customer requirements into engineering tasks, collaborating across teams, and delivering software for banking clients in a hands-on

Qualifications

• Experience developing software in Python or Go.
• Experience writing automated tests as part of the development cycle.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement microservices, considering scalability and performance as part of the development process.
• Write automated unit and integration tests alongside the application code to support reliable releases.
• Work with other engineering teams to make sure new features fit coherently into the wider platform.
• Manage and debug deployments from testing environments through to production.
• Turn customer requirements into trackable tickets and contribute to project scoping and deliverable definition.

Skills

Python

Go

Automated testing

Client-facing

Tools

Kubernetes

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Referment is partnering with a banking technology company to hire a back-end software engineer responsible for the services behind its banking platform, focusing on production-ready code and automated testing. You'll build scalable microservices, ensure quality through tests, and contribute to deployments from test to production.

The role involves translating customer requirements into engineering tasks, collaborating across teams, and delivering software for banking clients in a hands-on