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Senior Backend Engineer - FinTech

Senior Backend Engineer - FinTech

Open Select • Greater London, England, GB
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Senior Backend Engineer

Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £130k + competitive equity Industry: Fintech, SaaS, B2B

What You’ll Drive

Join a fast-growing fintech scaleup revolutionising billing, CPQ, and revenue recognition for the world’s leading SaaS, AI, and fintech companies. Backed by a16z, Salesforce Ventures, and top global fintech investors, over $21M has been raised to date, fueling new product development, team growth, and international expansion.

With hundreds of clients and over $500M in revenue processed, you’ll build mission-critical financial tools, architect core backend systems, and help shape both product and engineering culture at a pivotal moment of growth.

What You’ll Focus On

  • Design, build, and optimise scalable backend services using Kotlin for complex billing and revenue automation workflows
  • Collaborate with product, data, and design teams to deliver seamless, user-friendly financial tooling
  • Architect robust APIs and data models with best practices for high performance and reliability
  • Drive backend technical direction and mentor engineering peers
  • Contribute to building a strong engineering culture and operational excellence in a high-growth startup environment

Who You Are

  • 3+ years of backend or full-stack engineering experience building product-focused applications
  • Strong proficiency in Kotlin or equivalent JVM languages
  • Proven experience designing scalable, reliable backend systems in SaaS or fintech settings
  • Comfortable working in a hybrid environment with regular presence in London
  • Autonomous, collaborative, and passionate about solving complex infrastructure challenges
  • Experienced in fast-paced, user-centric startup or scaleup environments

Tech Stack

Kotlin

Why You’ll Thrive Here

  • Explosive growth: 600%+ YoY revenue increase, multimillion-dollar funding, and global customer reach
  • High ownership: Shape product and engineering strategy with immediate impact
  • Experienced team: Engineers and leaders from top-tier fintech and SaaS companies
  • Product and user focus: Build automation and financial tools that transform how leading companies operate
  • Flexible and inclusive culture: Results-driven, hybrid work, direct leadership access
  • Fast career progression: Opportunities for technical leadership and broad ownership
  • Security and compliance: Work in SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified environments, gaining deep domain expertise

This role is open to UK citizens only.

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