You will join a newly forming engineering pod to build and scale a next-generation financial platform. This role involves designing elegant, idiomatic Kotlin solutions for complex challenges across lending and credit products. You will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver robust APIs and internal tools that support rapid expansion into major international markets.
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London, United KingdomNot Disclosed + Equity
Kotlin Back-end Engineer at VC-backed consumer fintech startup
Are you a Kotlin expert looking to disrupt traditional finance? Join a highly profitable, VC-backed fintech startup in London that is rebuilding consumer banking from the ground up. You'll work in an autonomous, high-growth environment building next-gen lending platforms while enjoying best-in-class compensation, equity, and a culture that invests in your personal growth with dedicated 10% time and expert-led engineering guilds. If you want to solve complex engineering challenges and ship code to production daily, this is the role for you.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
VC-backed consumer fintech startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and develop scalable backend services using Kotlin, AWS, and GraphQL to power new product launches and international expansion.
- Lead collaborative design discussions and architectural forums to help shape the engineering team's approach to complex system design.
- Implement comprehensive automated testing and maintain a high-quality codebase through continuous deployment and modern DevOps practices.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Possesses strong commercial experience with Kotlin and a deep understanding of writing simple, clean, and idiomatic code.
- Demonstrates expertise in relational databases and modern software architectures, including experience with Kubernetes and distributed systems.
- Exhibits a pragmatic mindset with the ability to balance code quality with delivery while thriving in a collaborative, agile environment.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work in small, highly autonomous teams of exceptional engineers where you are trusted to take ownership and make rapid technical decisions.
- Join a well-funded, profitable organization backed by top-tier global VCs that has successfully disrupted traditional banking with high-speed, customer-centric technology.
- Enjoy a high-performance culture that balances technical excellence with a human-centric environment, including a 10% dedicated time for personal growth and engineering guilds.
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