Cloud-Native Backend Lead Engineer

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TwinThread is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their team in London. The candidate will be responsible for delivering end-to-end solutions using cloud-native microservices architecture and ensuring secure, high-quality software development. Applicants should have recent experience in back-end software engineering, particularly in Java, along with strong skills in cloud technologies and distributed systems. The role offers opportunities to coach other team members and contribute to innovative banking solutions.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on professional experience as a back-end software engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Experience in designing and implementing effective tests (unit, component, integration, etc.).
• Coach team members on coding practices and design principles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end solutions in cloud-native microservices architecture.
• Develop secure code to protect customers from malicious actors.
• Ensure system reliability and ease of operation.
• Support products throughout their lifecycle and during incident management.

Skills

Back-end software engineering

Java programming language

Cloud technologies

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

Messaging frameworks

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Job description

TwinThread is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their team in London. The candidate will be responsible for delivering end-to-end solutions using cloud-native microservices architecture and ensuring secure, high-quality software development. Applicants should have recent experience in back-end software engineering, particularly in Java, along with strong skills in cloud technologies and distributed systems. The role offers opportunities to coach other team members and contribute to innovative banking solutions.