Software Engineer - Java
On site
London, United Kingdom
Full Time
03-03-2025
Job Specifications
Software Engineer - Java
FinTech scale-up
Full-time on site - Central London
£65,000 - £100,000 + full package + equity
About the company
After raising over $50m in seed funding from 3 of the largest VC funds in the world, this finTech is now scaling up their team to add a host of new features to the platform, as well as deploying their platform to new international markets. This company are building out service for intercontinental money transfers, coupled with market leading investment options, and has enabled over $500m of transfers to date.
About the role
As an early stage hire within the Engineering department (currently 7 people), you will play a key role in building out new features, iterating on them, whilst also contributing to architectural decision making and system design.
You'll work closely with the founding team to bring the product vision to life, shipping code frequently and learning as you go while satisfying all critical security, performance, and uptime requirements for clients and users
Design & Develop scalable backend systems in Java / Spring
Hands-on Coding - write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, ensuring high performance and security
Optimize for Scale - build resilient, fault-tolerant systems that handle millions of transactions.
Implement robust API architectures, distributed systems, and database optimizations.
Improve Performance & Reliability - monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize backend processes.
System Design—architect backend services that are modular, extensible, and scalable.
About you
3+ years in experience in Software Engineering, with experience in FinTech or at a scale-up being advantageous
Commercial experience with Java / Spring preferred, but Python, Golang or Typescript candidates will be considered if willing to work in Java
Desire to work in a startup / scaleup organisation, and an understanding of how this will differ from an established org
History of making major contributions to system design and architecture, as well as shipping high quality code in TDD
Software Engineer - Java
FinTech scale-up
Full-time on site - Central London
£65,000 - £100,000 + full package + equity
About the Company
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