Staff Software Engineer – Backend & Payments Platform

Maven Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-driven financial services company in Greater London seeks a talented Software Engineer to join their X Money team. The role focuses on backend development, designing robust microservices for a global payment network. Applicants should have proficiency in distributed systems and 2+ years of experience in large scale applications. This is a unique opportunity to work on greenfield projects at the intersection of AI and finance, driving innovation in a startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in distributed systems for high-scale, low-latency environments.
• 2+ years of experience working on large scale consumer applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services, APIs, and data models for high-volume environments.
• Collaborate with client engineers to ship products.
• Design microservices for payments and transactions.
• Build fullstack features, including dashboards and real-time analytics.
• Lead architecture and scalability decisions.
• Ensure engineering excellence through testing and monitoring.

Skills

Distributed systems

Rust

Go

Python

Java

Job description

A tech-driven financial services company in Greater London seeks a talented Software Engineer to join their X Money team. The role focuses on backend development, designing robust microservices for a global payment network. Applicants should have proficiency in distributed systems and 2+ years of experience in large scale applications. This is a unique opportunity to work on greenfield projects at the intersection of AI and finance, driving innovation in a startup-like environment.