Founding Software Engineer – Fintech Platform (Hybrid London)

Investa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private medical insurance

Hybrid flexibility

Team socials

Gym access

MacBook Pro setup

Job summary

Investa in London is hiring a Software Engineer with 3+ years of commercial experience to join the founding engineering team. The role involves end-to-end ownership, contributing across the stack, and delivering robust services for a FCA-regulated platform.

You'll work in a lean, autonomous environment with founders, shaping engineering culture and architecture as the platform scales. Hybrid office location in Temple, London.

Qualifications

• +3 years of commercial software engineering experience.
• Strong coder who ships clean, readable code.
• Proficient in at least one modern language and comfortable with cloud environments.
• Pragmatic mindset balancing elegant code and business value.
• Curious, first-principles thinker with interest in finance domain.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end features as part of the founding engineering team.
• Build scalable, robust services with a focus on reliability.
• Collaborate with founders on product roadmap and architecture.
• Contribute to system design and high-level architectural decisions.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation.
• Provide on-call production support to ensure always-on platform.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Java

Go

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Investa in London is hiring a Software Engineer with 3+ years of commercial experience to join the founding engineering team. The role involves end-to-end ownership, contributing across the stack, and delivering robust services for a FCA-regulated platform.

You'll work in a lean, autonomous environment with founders, shaping engineering culture and architecture as the platform scales. Hybrid office location in Temple, London.