Senior Java/Kotlin Software Engineer

Our Software Engineers dont just write code, they solve real financial problems for millions of customers. Youll work on distributed systems processing thousands of transactions daily, build resilient services that handle peoples money, and create experiences that make traditionally complex financial products feel simple.

Your Impact

• Designing, building and running scalable backend systems using Kotlin and AWS

• Contributing to technical direction, team practices and architectural decisions

• Collaborating closely with product managers, designers and other engineers

• Mentoring junior engineers and helping to raise the technical bar

• Owning your team's code, quality and delivery

• Strong backend engineering experience using Kotlin or Java in a production environment

• Passionate about building reliable, high-quality products - not just writing code

• Comfortable working on distributed systems with scale and complexity

• Advocates for testing, clean code, and automation throughout the development process

• Understands trade-offs in product delivery and values pragmatism

• Enjoys solving problems collaboratively and mentoring others

• Clear communicator with experience working cross-functionally

• Excited by fast-moving environments and full ownership of your work

Our Engineering Culture

• Customer impact over unnecessary complexity

• Team success over individual heroics

• Operational ownership, not just feature delivery

• Continuous improvement through honest feedback

Added Bonus

• Experience with fintech or banking is a plus, but we value problem-solvers from all backgrounds

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don't like about finance and does the opposite. We're redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre - we've built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. We're incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It's not just industry awards we're winning, we've also been named in the top three UK's Most Loved Workplaces.