Job Description
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Job Title Backend Engineer
Salary Not Disclosed
Company Description VC-backed high-growth London fintech scaling financial infrastructure
Job Description As a Backend Engineer, you will take ownership of production services for a rapidly scaling fintech platform. Working with Node.js, Postgres, and Redis, you will build and maintain robust APIs that handle critical financial data. You will play a key role in ensuring system reliability and performance while driving architectural decisions for the future.
Location London, UK or Remote
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct ownership of production services at a high-growth fintech where your architectural decisions have an immediate impact on scalability.
- Work within a sophisticated tech stack featuring Node.js, Postgres, and Redis, with the opportunity to influence the adoption of event-driven systems.
- Join a culture that prioritizes technical excellence and reliability, offering a clear path to leadership for engineers who drive high-impact projects.
What You Will Do
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance APIs and backend services using Node.js and Postgres.
- Architect and scale production infrastructure to ensure 99.9% uptime and low-latency responses for global users.
- Collaborate with product and frontend teams to define technical requirements and lead the implementation of complex features.
The ideal candidate
- Has 4+ years of professional experience building and maintaining complex APIs and production services in a fast-paced environment.
- Possesses expert-level knowledge of SQL and Postgres, with a proven track record of optimizing database performance and data integrity.
- Demonstrates a history of clear ownership over scaling or reliability projects, ideally with experience in AWS, Docker, or Kubernetes.
Who are Jack \& Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
How does this work?
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- Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
- If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.
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