Staff Backend Engineer — Card Issuance Platform (Remote)

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing fintech in London to hire a Staff Backend Engineer. You will own the backend for a new card issuance platform, ensuring secure handling of funds and seamless integration with wallets for customers and partners.

You will shape architecture, collaborate with product, legal and compliance, and drive the product from first version to launch and continuous improvement. This role offers remote flexibility and a London office option.

Qualifications

• Experience building card issuance platforms.
• Strong backend ownership of systems handling funds.

Responsibilities

• Shape the architecture and build the backend for a new card issuance platform.
• Work with product, legal and compliance to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Design how funds move through the system, anticipating failure scenarios and operational risks.
• Take the product from its first working version through launch and ongoing development.
• Share your card issuance expertise and guide technical decisions across the team.

Skills

Card issuance

Backend architecture

Regulatory awareness

Production code

Job description

Understanding Recruitment is partnering with a fast-growing fintech in London to hire a Staff Backend Engineer. You will own the backend for a new card issuance platform, ensuring secure handling of funds and seamless integration with wallets for customers and partners.

You will shape architecture, collaborate with product, legal and compliance, and drive the product from first version to launch and continuous improvement. This role offers remote flexibility and a London office option.