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# Backend Engineer III

- **Company:** Monzo
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £85,000.0 - £110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Web Applications, ReactJS, Backend, Kubernetes, Docker
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/backend-engineer/monzo-job107850525

## About the Role

* you have strong experience working on the backend of a technology product
 * you want to be involved in building a product that you (and the people you know) use every day
 * you have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data-informed decisions
 * you're comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity
 * you're interested in distributed systems and writing resilient software
 * you have some experience with strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, C, Scala etc.).
 * you think you'd enjoy the kind of work we're doing

## Description

* Kubernetes and Docker to schedule and run our services
 * Envoy Proxy for RPC
 * AWS for most of our production infrastructure and GCP for most of our data infrastructure
 * React for our public web apps and internal tools
 * We also have physical datacenters with actual cables to connect to various third parties

The Interview Process:

Our interview process involves three main stages:

 * Initial Call
 * Take home task or pair coding exercise
 * Final interview: including a system design and a behavioural interview

Our average process takes around 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

One of our engineers has written a detailed blog on their experience through this process, for extra details, hints and tips please see here.

What's in it for you:

?? £85,000 - £110,000 base salary +Incentive Awards tied to your performance

?? We can help you relocate to the UK

? We can sponsor visas.

??This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).

?We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.

??Learning budget of £1,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences


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