Confidential company, Engineering
Senior/Staff Software Engineer at VC-backed fintech infrastructure SaaS
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Compensation
- Not Disclosed
You'll solve deep technical problems involving high-volume real-time transactions and complex system design across London and Zagreb. This is a high-impact role where you'll influence technical strategy, mentor teams, and shape the future of autonomous financial compliance at scale.
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Role overview
You will design and scale critical API infrastructure for a well-funded fintech platform. As a Staff Engineer, you will tackle high-impact, cross-team technical challenges, shaping system architecture across multiple domains. Your role involves simplifying complex systems, mentoring engineers, and establishing high technical standards to support millions of real-time transactions globally.
About the company
VC-backed fintech infrastructure SaaS
What you will do
- Architect and operate high-performance backend services capable of processing millions of transactions in real-time.
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives, turning ambiguous business requirements into clear architectural directions and execution plans.
- Improve organizational engineering standards by mentoring talent and refining internal tooling, observability, and deployment practices.
Who this is a fit for
- Extensive background in designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems in high-traffic production environments.
- Strong proficiency in modern backend languages like Go or Node.js and cloud-native infrastructure including Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical roadmaps and architectural decisions beyond a single team’s immediate scope.
Why this role is remarkable
- Take end-to-end ownership in a high-growth engineering organization where technical excellence is core to the business.
- Join a well-funded Series C startup backed by top-tier global VCs and expanding its market leadership rapidly.
- Solve deep technical challenges related to global scale, data correctness, and the development of autonomous financial systems.
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