Senior Product Engineer (Backend)

Build technology that solves real problems I Senior Product Engineer (Backend)

We're working with a growing fintech that's changing how insurance businesses manage their financial operations.

The platform simplifies payments, reconciliation, reporting, payouts and integrations , replacing fragmented processes with smarter, more efficient technology.

We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer (Backend) to take genuine ownership of the product as it continues to grow.

This isn't a traditional ticket-driven role. You'll be involved in understanding the problem, challenging requirements, making technical decisions and taking features from idea through to production .

What you'll be doing

• Build scalable backend services, APIs and workflows.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering to solve real customer problems.
• Own features from design through to production.
• Shape backend architecture, service boundaries and data models.
• Work across payments, reconciliation, reporting and integrations.
• Debug production issues and improve reliability and performance.
• Contribute to technical direction and engineering standards.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve development, testing and code review.
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• NestJS
• MySQL
• AWS
• Docker
• REST APIs
• Automated testing / CI/CD
• AI-assisted development tools

What we're looking for

We're looking for a strong backend engineer who enjoys ownership, problem-solving and having an impact beyond writing code .

You'll ideally have:

• Strong commercial Node.js and TypeScript experience.
• Experience building and supporting production backend systems.
• Strong API and relational database experience, ideally MySQL .
• Solid AWS and cloud development experience.
• Experience with Docker and modern engineering practices.
• A strong understanding of software architecture.
• Experience taking features from concept through to production.
• The confidence to challenge requirements and suggest better solutions.

Think like a product engineer. We're looking for someone who doesn't simply ask:

"What do you want me to build?"

Instead, you'll ask:

"What problem are we actually trying to solve?"

You'll have the freedom to challenge assumptions, suggest alternatives and influence what gets built.

What's on offer?

• Hybrid, up to 3 days remote per week
• London office in the City
• Team lunches and international offsites
• 22 days holiday + UK bank holidays
• High level of ownership and autonomy
• Meaningful fintech products