Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud Microservices for FinTech

Thought Machine; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive salary

Pension plan (match up to 5%)

Life Insurance- 3 times annual salary

Competitive Maternity and Paternity-le

Shared parental leave

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Learning materials and courses

Sports and hobby clubs

Job summary

Thought Machine is seeking a seasoned Back End Engineer to help scale and perfect Vault, our cloud-native core banking engine. You will craft scalable microservices, steer deployments, and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver robust features.

A passion for banking tech, client-facing scope, and cloud experience are essential for this fast-paced, high-excellence environment. Join a company that values learning, performance, and an engineering-driven culture.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience with Python or Golang.
• Automated testing should be part of the development cycle.
• Interest in client-facing projects, scoping and delivering deliverables.
• Knowledge of banking/finance domain.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers.
• Familiar with SQL or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with client/server architectures or microservices.
• Experience with orchestration tools (Kubernetes or Mesos).
• Experience managing a team or wishing to move into management.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices.
• Interface with other engineering teams to ensure features are added coherently.
• Manage and debug deployments from testing environments to production.
• Translate customer requirements into trackable tickets.

Skills

Python

Golang

Automated testing

AWS

Kubernetes

NoSQL/SQL

Microservices

Networking

Team leadership

Client-facing

Tools

Kubernetes

Mesos

Job description

Thought Machine is seeking a seasoned Back End Engineer to help scale and perfect Vault, our cloud-native core banking engine. You will craft scalable microservices, steer deployments, and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver robust features.

A passion for banking tech, client-facing scope, and cloud experience are essential for this fast-paced, high-excellence environment. Join a company that values learning, performance, and an engineering-driven culture.