Backend Engineer, Java, Kotlin, AWS | Fintech, Payments Platform (B2B) | Leeds,Hybrid (2 days [...]

The Company

We are working with an international Fintech Start-Up in the payments space who are completely changing the game for how payments work for small businesses. They have built a platform that massively reduces costs giving small merchants a bigger chance of success and much more flexibility.

This rapidly scaling company is founded by entrepreneurs with a serious background in building businesses, they have secured millions of funding from some of the UK’s most well-recognised venture capitalists and are now building out the Backend Engineering team to support the growth.

The Product has a strong presence around Europe and the UK, they have also recently launched in America.

About The Role

You will be joining the small but scaling backend engineering team, you’ll play a key role in building the services that power the payments platform.

With the company’s product growing at such a rapid rate, you will be taking on complex technical challenges and building a system that is robust and able to scale. You will be working with the latest cloud-native technologies in a cross-functional team and delivering real value to customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services supporting a customer-facing platform and third-party system integrations.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code, following best practices and team standards.
• Drive the delivery of mid-level features from initial design to deployment, ensuring quality and stability.
• Develop and maintain a robust suite of unit and integration tests to support service reliability.
• Help improve automation efforts, testing frameworks, and continuous integration/delivery pipelines.
• Work cross-functionally with product teams, analysts, and engineers to deliver well-rounded, effective solutions.
• Participate in architectural and technical discussions, contributing ideas for system design and process improvements.
• Support the growth of junior team members through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Stay current with modern development tools, technologies, and industry standards.
• Actively engage in team retrospectives and knowledge-sharing sessions to foster continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Strong experience working as a Backend Engineer
• Experience working with either Java, Kotlin, Typescript & AWS
• Experience with SQL, SQS & NoSQL
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Understanding of platform engineering / DevOps
• Experience using gRPC is a bonus
• Experience using other languages is also a bonus

What They Can Offer:

• Up to £65,000+Bonus & Benefits
• 2 Days Hybrid Working in the central Leeds Office
• Health Insurance

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Banking

• Strong experience working as a Backend Engineer
• Experience working with either Java, Kotlin, Typescript & AWS
• Experience with SQL, SQS & NoSQL
• Experience working with Kubernetes
• Understanding of platform engineering / DevOps
• Experience using gRPC is a bonus
• Experience using other languages is also a bonus

We are working with an international Fintech Start-Up in the payments space who are completely changing the game for how payments work for small businesses. They have built a platform that massively reduces costs giving small merchants a bigger chance of success and much more flexibility.

This rapidly scaling company is founded by entrepreneurs with a serious background in building businesses, they have secured millions of funding from some of the UK’s most well-recognised venture capitalists and are now building out the Backend Engineering team to support the growth.

The Product has a strong presence around Europe and the UK, they have also recently launched in America.