Backend Engineer (Node.js/TypeScript) — Scale FinTech & Own Impact

Emma - we are hiring!; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Dental care

Pension contribution

Holiday allowance

Paid sick leave

Emma Ultimate Subscription

MacBook

Referral scheme

Cycle to work

Sabbatical

Salary review

Regular socials

Job summary

Emma is building the first Finance App in the UK and is seeking a software developer with at least 2 years of professional experience. You will work directly with the CTO across backend infrastructure, data processing, and feature-rich integrations.

Expect a fast-paced, autonomous environment where ownership is rewarded and high standards are expected. You will join a high-performance team and help scale services for millions of users, using a modern stack including TypeScript, JavaScript, React

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional software development experience.
• Interest in building a financial app in the UK market.
• Ability to work with backend infra, data processing and scalable systems.
• Autonomy, ownership, and a strong drive to ship quickly.
• Willingness to learn new skills and contribute to product goals.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CTO on backend infrastructure challenges and data workflows.
• Contribute to an intense roadmap with new features and integrations.
• Help ensure reliability and performance at scale for millions of users.

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

Redux

React Native

Next.js

gRPC

Tools

Vitess

MySQL

CockroachDB

BigQuery

Redis

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Emma is building the first Finance App in the UK and is seeking a software developer with at least 2 years of professional experience. You will work directly with the CTO across backend infrastructure, data processing, and feature-rich integrations.

Expect a fast-paced, autonomous environment where ownership is rewarded and high standards are expected. You will join a high-performance team and help scale services for millions of users, using a modern stack including TypeScript, JavaScript, React