Join Yonder to redefine consumer finance by building a seamless membership experience that combines credit, rewards, and lifestyle. As a Senior Product Engineer, you will own the end-to-end development of backend services in Scala, managing everything from core banking systems to global flight rewards, while shaping the engineering culture of a fast-growing startup.
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Senior Product Engineer at Yonder
Yonder is building the financial membership of the future, and they're looking for a Senior Product Engineer to lead the charge. You'll dive deep into Scala, Kafka, and GCP to build everything from core banking systems to a unique rewards platform that lets members book flights with any airline. If you're a high-ownership engineer who loves solving complex consumer problems and wants to shape the technical foundation of a growing category leader, this is the role for you.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£91k-£101k + Equity
Company
Yonder
Role overview
Software
Yonder combines credit and debit in one membership, designed to be fair, flexible, and actually enjoyable to use. No confusing terms. No dusty points system. Just rewards that actually feel rewarding - from bao to beer to a boarding pass.
We’re building the financial membership of the future. One that works for how you live now. Not how your parents banked in the ‘90s.
What you will do
- Build and scale production-grade microservices using Scala and Kafka to power real-time payments and rewards.
- Design resilient, event-driven architectures and RESTful APIs that integrate with internal systems and external lifestyle partners.
- Manage and optimize containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and performance across the stack.
Who this is a fit for
- Expert-level proficiency in Scala with a deep understanding of functional programming patterns and event-driven architectures like Kafka.
- Extensive experience building and operating distributed microservices within cloud environments, specifically GCP and Kubernetes.
- A product-first mindset that prioritizes solving customer problems and delivering business value over technical perfection in isolated silos.
Why this role is remarkable
- Impact a rapidly scaling product that customers actually love, evidenced by a 4.5 TrustPilot rating and unique features like Yonder Flights.
- Work within a high-ownership engineering culture where you manage the full lifecycle, from distributed system architecture to cloud infrastructure on GCP.
- Join a well-capitalized mission following a £23.4M funding round in September 2024 to fuel international expansion and product innovation.
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