IT & Software

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Freetrade

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you drive end-to-end delivery of complex features for a fast-growing fintech platform. You’ll work within a cross-functional engineering team to scale a reliable, cloud-based backend used by thousands of investors daily. You’ll lead design, development, and post-production activities while mentoring others and upholding coding standards. The role offers visibility, impact on customer experience, and the chance to shape a modern, AI-aware investing platform.

Pay / Benefits
  • competitive salary
  • bonus scheme
  • 25 days holidays + birthday and anniversary day
  • enhanced pension (5% matched)
  • private health insurance including mental health and dental/vision
  • life insurance (5x salary)
Responsibilities
  • Lead end-to-end development of new features from design to post-production
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge through team discussions and workshops
  • Set and enforce code review standards and software engineering best practices
  • Maintain and improve coding documentation and development standards
  • Serve as on-call escalation point for high-priority issues and triage as needed
  • Participate in technical interviews to assess talent and support growth objectives
  • Identify opportunities to increase efficiencies across the engineering team
  • Contribute to technical strategy and landscape assessments to support scalable delivery
Key requirements
  • experience delivering complex, scalable backend features
  • strong problem-solving skills under pressure
  • ability to mentor engineers and raise the bar for quality
  • familiarity with cloud-based environments and on-call reliability
  • comfort with interviewing and talent assessment
  • deep attention to detail and passion for the investments domain
  • collaboration
  • mentoring
  • clear communication
  • Typescript
  • cloud-based architecture
  • on-call incident management

Reference: WJ-747_30169911

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