Senior Software Engineer

Odin; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Odin is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus to drive innovation and maintain system reliability. You will build features, mentor peers, and influence technical direction while working in a remote-first environment. Ideal candidates are product-minded and collaborative, with proven backend expertise, preferably in Go.

Benefits

Private health insurance

Paid sick leave

Flexible working hours

Home office support

Social budgets

Annual team retreat

Stock options

Pension contributions

Learning budget

25 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in backend development, designing scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with Go preferred, Ruby or Java also valuable.

Responsibilities

• Build and deliver new features end-to-end, ensuring high quality.
• Drive architectural decisions and mentor peers.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership.

Skills

Product-Minded

Ownership Mentality

Urgency with Focus

Creative Problem-Solving

Strong Communication

Collaborative & Growth-Oriented

Tools

Go

Ruby

Java

Terraform

Job description

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Odin helps people to raise and deploy capital seamlessly

We envision a world where people can vote with their money on what the future looks like, and participate in creating it.

Our first product makes it radically easier for anyone, anywhere, to launch & run an investment firm - think "Shopify for asset managers".

We handle all the “plumbing” and paperwork through one seamless platform - everything from setting up the legal structure for an investment vehicle through to processing exits.

We’re already trusted by over 10,000 VCs, angels and founders, and we're one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the UK, tripling income YoY. We've raised $3m in seed funding from top angels, family offices and VCs to support our own growth, and we are just getting started.

The Role

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus to join our team. This role is essential in driving innovation within our engineering team while maintaining the reliability and scalability of our systems.

Reporting to Claire, our VP of Engineering you’ll:

• Build and deliver new features end-to-end, from concept to deployment, ensuring high quality and performance
• Drive major architectural and data model decisions, influencing the technical direction of our projects
• Shape and refine engineering processes to enhance development velocity, delivery quality, and the developer experience
• Balance innovation with maintaining legacy systems, iterating thoughtfully to solve real user problems
• Mentor peers through technical knowledge-sharing while prioritising delivering impactful work
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to align technical decisions with business goals
• Play a key role in hiring, helping to identify and attract top technical talent

Your Must-Have Qualities

We value engineers who combine technical excellence, a proactive mindset, and strong collaboration skills. In this role, you’ll succeed if you demonstrate the following qualities:

• Product-Minded: You think about the “why” behind building things, empathising with users to deliver what they truly need. You care about outcomes over processes and understand the trade-offs involved in product development
• Ownership Mentality: You take responsibility for the success of the product and overall engineering goals, not just your specific area of focus. You embrace flexibility, contributing across the stack to drive impactful solutions
• Urgency with Focus: You know how to prioritise what matters most, focusing on high-impact work while avoiding distractions on less critical issues. You balance speed with thoughtful decision-making, ensuring sensitive systems like finance remain stable while iterating quickly elsewhere
• Creative Problem-Solving: You bring fresh ideas, challenge existing approaches, and balance creativity with practicality to deliver quality solutions
• Strong Communication: You excel at explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and translating business needs into scalable, secure solutions
• Collaborative & Growth-Oriented: You value accountability, see feedback as a tool for growth, and actively contribute to a culture of shared knowledge and mutual respect

Your Experience

Must-Have:

• Proven expertise in backend development, including designing and operating highly available, scalable distributed systems. Go is preferred, but experience with Ruby, Java, or similar is also valuable

Nice-to-Have:

• Expertise in Go
• Experience in fintech or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with REST and GraphQL APIs
• Proficiency with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with frontend development. React experience is a plus but not required

This role isn’t the right fit if you:

• Struggle to adapt, learn quickly, or are unwilling to work across different parts of the stack. While the role has a strong backend focus, we need someone flexible enough to contribute wherever the need is greatest, ensuring the team’s overall success
• Focus excessively on processes at the expense of outcomes. While structure is helpful, delivering meaningful results for the business and users is our ultimate priority
• Fail to bring urgency to high-priority work. You should know how to prioritise effectively and act with purpose, ensuring the most critical work is tackled first without sacrificing quality
• Rely on big-company mindsets without understanding startup agility. This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You’ll need to thrive in ambiguity and adapt quickly, balancing speed and thoughtful decision-making
• Undermine team morale by avoiding accountability, dismissing feedback, or failing to collaborate effectively. We value humility, respect, and teamwork
• This is a backend-focused role. We don’t use the term “full-stack,” but we do value engineers who are comfortable jumping into the frontend when needed – whether it’s debugging an issue or shipping something simple to unblock the team

The Hiring Process

Interviews:

• Intro with Imani, our People & Talent Lead - Here, you’ll unpack the role, learn more about us, and she'll ensure you're the right fit for the position (30 mins)
• Interview with Claire, our VP of Engineering - Now that you're in the running, it's time to spend some time unpacking your experience with the hiring manager (1hr)

Task:

• Tech Review with Lluis & Kieron, our Senior Engineering Team - Now that you're in the running, it's time to spend some time assessing your coding ability with our team (1hr)
• Live System Design Interview with our Senior Engineering Team (1hr)

Final:

• Final Interviews with Mary & Paddy, our Founders – At this stage, we're genuinely excited and believe you should spend some time with the founders, learning more about each other and our values. (2 hrs)

Before each interview, we'll prepare you for what to expect. Regardless of the outcome, once you’re in our process, we'll provide detailed feedback within 24 hours of the interview. Our process typically takes two weeks, sometimes shorter, or perhaps a bit longer; we'll accommodate your availability and are happy to make any hiring adjustments along the way.

Your Location

We operate as a remote-first team, and for this role, you can work remotely within Europe. If you’re based outside the UK, we can still hire you as a permanent full-time employee via an EOR (we use Deel).

We encourage a balanced way of working. We’re a fast-growing startup building something very ambitious, and we expect you to work hard, and relish this challenge. However, we also offer flexibility, and we support your life outside of work so you can bring your best to the table.

Our benefits include:

• Remote-First – Work from anywhere in the UK, with the flexibility to use our London office or co-working spaces when it suits you
• Health & Wellbeing – Private health insurance (Vitality), paid sick leave, and free access to Spill for mental health support
• Parental Leave – Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity, and partner leave, plus support for pregnancy loss and fertility treatments
• Flexible Working – Work remotely with flexible hours between 7 AM and 10 PM
• Home Office Support – £900 budget for setup + co-working space options
• Expense Card – Your own company card for work-related spending
• Social Budgets – Monthly budget to meet teammates in person or remotely
• Work From Anywhere – The freedom to work from anywhere in the world
• Summer Offsite – Annual team retreat to connect and collaborate
• Equity – Share in Odin’s success with stock options for all permanent employees.
• Cycle to Work – Save on a bike and accessories through the Cycle to Work scheme
• Pension – 4% employer contribution, with salary sacrifice options and NI savings reinvested into your pension
• Learning & Wellness – £1,000 annual budget for courses, training, therapy, or fitness
• Time Off – 25 days of annual leave, 2 wellness days, and flexible bank holidays (33 days total)

We’re committed to removing invisible barriers. If there are any adjustments we can make to better support you, please let us know when you apply.

At Odin, we truly value the power of diversity and inclusion. We warmly invite applications from individuals of every gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, and anything else that makes you who you are. Your walk of life, background and experience brings a unique perspective that matters to us, as it helps us create products that resonate with and serve everyone.

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