Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer — Hybrid/Remote

Zopa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Work abroad up to 120 days

Job summary

Zopa is seeking a Software Engineer to tackle real financial problems for millions of customers. You will build resilient distributed services and ship code frequently, enabling simple experiences for complex financial products.

In a fast-moving fintech environment, you’ll collaborate with product, design and other engineers, applying test-driven or behavior-driven development while owning quality and stakeholder alignment. Hybrid work from London applies.

Qualifications

• Experience building distributed systems at scale.
• Depth in test-driven or behavior-driven development is a plus.
• Proven ability to operate in fast-changing, uncertain environments.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders to align technical work with business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Solve real financial problems for millions of customers by building resilient services.
• Develop distributed systems that process thousands of transactions daily.
• Ship code multiple times a week with quality measured by customer impact.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

Shipping mindset

Problem-oriented

Fast-paced

TDD/BDD

Distributed systems

Stakeholder communication

Adaptability

Team player

Tools

Kotlin

Kafka

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS Aurora Postgres

Job description

Zopa is seeking a Software Engineer to tackle real financial problems for millions of customers. You will build resilient distributed services and ship code frequently, enabling simple experiences for complex financial products.

In a fast-moving fintech environment, you’ll collaborate with product, design and other engineers, applying test-driven or behavior-driven development while owning quality and stakeholder alignment. Hybrid work from London applies.