Staff Backend Engineer - Scale, Leadership (London)

Socure; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Socure in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and help build the technology that powers our mission to eliminate identity fraud. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, building systems at scale, and influencing technical direction beyond a single team.

We’re looking for someone who combines hands-on engineering with Staff-level leadership, who mentors others and helps set engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating large-scale backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with Golang; Java or Scala also relevant.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and AWS.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Exposure to high-volume data, streaming, or event-driven systems.
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, and data protection.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and comfort working through ambiguity.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and driving impact across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly scalable, reliable backend services and APIs.
• Own complex technical problems from architecture through production.
• Work across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Data Science to deliver impactful solutions.
• Drive architectural decisions and improve engineering standards and practices.
• Build secure, observable, and resilient distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.
• Solve challenging production and performance problems at scale.

Skills

Backend systems design

Golang

Java

Scala

Distributed systems

REST APIs

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

Streaming systems

Security and privacy

Problem solving

Mentoring

Communication

Technical leadership

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability tools

Job description

Socure in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Engineering team and help build the technology that powers our mission to eliminate identity fraud. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, building systems at scale, and influencing technical direction beyond a single team.

We’re looking for someone who combines hands-on engineering with Staff-level leadership, who mentors others and helps set engineering standards.