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Few&Far

Backend Engineer - Up to £70k

Hybrid

London, United kingdom

£ 70,000 /year

Full Time

15-04-2025

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Job Specifications

Backend Engineer (JVM) in a B2B FinTech Startup

£60,000 - £70,000 + Equity + Benefits
1-day a week in the office, Central London

Join a B2B FinTech startup backed by a global bank, that is transforming the financial advisory space!

They’ve created a unified, scalable, AI-driven platform that’s moving the industry away from using outdated data storage and communication systems like spreadsheets

The Role
You will work directly with and learn from a Staff Engineer and CTO, being instrumental in designing & implementing backend services, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
You will work on projects ranging from API development, integrations, to new feature development, providing a rich experience for customers
You will follow best practices in testing, documentation & maintainability, ensuring a clean & scalable codebase

Tech you will work with: Kotlin, Grails, Vert.x, gRPC, microservices, event-driven architecture, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, BigQuery, PostgreSQL

Ideal Candidates will have:
3+ years commercial experience building complex systems using a JVM language (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
Experience building scalable microservices with gRPC and / or REST APIs
Experience working on data-driven, or message-queueing systems, using tech like Kafka
Experience working in a startup or smaller company, moving at a fast pace and owning as much as possible in the SDLC
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field

No VISA Sponsorship is offered for this role

Please apply with an updated CV displaying your impact & we’ll be in touch!

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