Senior Software Engineer

Aveni; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first UK

Work abroad policy

Co-working spaces

34 days holiday

Company off-sites

Personal development plan

Flexible benefits

Life Insurance

Income protection

Private health care

Dental care

Share options

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Aveni is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale the FinLLM-based products and related AI-enabled workflows for financial services. You’ll design platforms, services and front-ends that bring models to life for advisers and banking teams, working with Node.js/TypeScript, React and AWS.

This remote-first UK role collaborates with product and AI specialists to ship reliable features and unlock scalable, compliant AI-powered solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience building production systems using Node.js / TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience developing UIs with React.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native engineering on AWS.
• Experience with microservices, messaging patterns and distributed systems.
• A commitment to clean code, testing, observability and operational excellence.
• A proactive and motivated mindset — someone who wants to build, ship and iterate quickly.
• Interest in AI-powered products and a drive to learn.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing robust event-driven microservices and APIs.
• Building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS.
• Developing modern, responsive React front-ends.
• Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into real-world workflows.
• Collaborating closely with product and AI specialists to turn ideas into reliable, customer-ready features.

Skills

Node.js / TypeScript

React

AWS

Microservices

Distributed systems

Clean code & testing

Observability

AI interest

Tools

NestJS

Job description

Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows.

We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded Best Specialist Technology Service at the Professional Adviser Awards 2025. Backed by leading investors including Puma Private Equity, and commercially supported by Lloyds Banking Group and Nationwide Building Society, we previously completed one of Scotland’s largest Series A rounds. Since then, we’ve continued to grow rapidly as adoption of AI in financial services accelerates, and we’re now scaling our engineering organisation to meet that demand.

Our engineering team includes experienced software engineers and PhD-level AI specialists, with strong ties to the University of Edinburgh, giving you access to exceptional expertise and opportunities for continuous learning as part of the day-to-day work.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Aveni, you’ll be responsible for building and scaling the products that sit on top of FinLLM (the UK's first LLM for the Financial Services industry) and other LLMs, enabling financial institutions to adopt AI safely and effectively.

You won’t be expected to build or train the LLMs themselves, instead you’ll be engineering the platforms, services, user interfaces and integrations that bring those models to life in the hands of advisers, analysts and banking teams.

Your work will focus on:

• Designing and implementing robust event-driven microservices and APIs
• Building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS
• Developing modern, responsive React front-ends
• Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into real-world workflows
• Collaborating closely with product and AI specialists to turn ideas into reliable, customer-ready features

What you’ll be working with

You should be comfortable with most of our core technologies:

• Node.js and TypeScript
• React and modern front-end tooling
• AWS (e.g., Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, RDS)
• NestJS or equivalent back-end frameworks
• Microservices and event-driven architectures

We also actively embrace AI coding assistants (such as Claude Code) to speed up development, improve code quality and reduce repetitive work — and we encourage engineers to use these tools effectively.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience building production systems using Node.js / TypeScript
• Hands‑on experience developing UIs with React
• Solid understanding of cloud-native engineering on AWS
• Experience with microservices, messaging patterns and distributed systems
• A commitment to clean code, testing, observability and operational excellence
• A proactive and motivated mindset — someone who wants to build, ship and iterate quickly
• Interest in AI-powered products and a drive to learn

Benefits at Aveni

What you’ll love

• Remote‑first working across the UK.
• Work abroad policy for when you want a change of scenery.
• Co‑working spaces available if you want an office buzz sometimes.
• 34 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays) and your birthday off.
• Company‑wide off‑sites (yes, karaoke may happen).
• Optional Personal Development Plan.
• Flexible benefits platform: you choose the benefits that matter most to you (not the company).
• Protection essentials, because we know they matter - Life Insurance, Income protection, critical illness cover, Pension (up to 5% matched employer contribution and optional increased contributions).
• Private health‑and dental care for your peace of mind.
• Potential share options, have a stake in what you’re building.
• Enhanced family leave.

Join Us in Making a Difference

At Aveni, we believe that diversity drives innovation. We've built our business to ensure an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best work. If you're passionate about technology and its ability to drive positive change for the future of financial services, we'd love to hear from you.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of requirements, we’d like to hear from you anyway if you believe you’d fit in.