Remote Principal Backend Engineer – Lead Big-Scale Systems

Joinhorizon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives and share options

Relocation support

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Monzo is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead architectural direction for the company’s most complex systems. You will partner with engineering and product leaders to shape the technical and product roadmap, staying hands-on to maximize leverage.

You will mentor senior engineers and drive cross-team initiatives with a multi-year horizon. The role offers base salary discussions plus incentives and share options, with visa sponsorship and UK relocation support available.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading complex, high-impact systems across multiple teams or domains.
• Strong ability to shape technical and product direction with engineering leaders.
• Hands-on coding and architectural leadership to influence leverage.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and product leaders to shape Monzo's technical direction.
• Remain hands-on in coding and architecture where it adds leverage.
• Mentor senior engineers and develop future leaders within the engineering organization.

Skills

Go

AWS

GCP

Feast

Architecture

Job description

Monzo is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead architectural direction for the company’s most complex systems. You will partner with engineering and product leaders to shape the technical and product roadmap, staying hands-on to maximize leverage.

You will mentor senior engineers and drive cross-team initiatives with a multi-year horizon. The role offers base salary discussions plus incentives and share options, with visa sponsorship and UK relocation support available.