Job DescriptionSenior Backend Engineer
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000
Location: London (2 days in office – Central London)
Role Overview: Join our client as a Senior Backend Engineer to work within cross-functional squads. Enhance the event-driven microservices architecture and collaborate with Application Development, Data Engineering, and Technical Operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and enhance financial product functionalities in a scale-up environment.
- Develop and improve a microservices platform using Kotlin/Java on the Spring stack.
- Participate in two-week delivery cycles and scrum ceremonies.
- Ensure software meets technology operational requirements securely and cost-efficiently.
Requirements:
- Technical Experience:
- 5+ years as a professional software engineer (Java or Kotlin).
- Experience with Microservices patterns and Cloud Native approaches.
- Proficient in Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, Spring Kafka, Spring Security).
- Experience with RDBMS (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis).
- Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and automated cloud-based CI/CD pipelines.
- Preferred Experience:
- Large-scale project experience.
- Fintech domain experience.
The Person:
- Comfortable taking the lead and well-organized.
- Passionate about technology and eager to learn.
- Independent thinker and effective collaborator.
- Excellent written and verbal English skills.
Benefits:
- Outcome-led, flexible work environment with hybrid working policy.
- 25 days annual leave with flexible hours for appointments.
- Regular team socials and dog-friendly London office.
- Support for mental and physical health with online fitness classes and gym access.
- Salary sacrifice scheme options for future savings.