Senior Backend Engineer | Greenfield FinTech | Shape the future of a scaling platform🚀
💰 Up to £115,000 + benefits
🏡 Hybrid – Manchester CC based
☕Java | Spring Boot | Kafka | Microservices
Looking for more ownership, bigger technical challenges and the chance to build something from the ground up?
I'm partnered with a leading Manchester-based FinTech that's investing heavily in its engineering function and building an entirely new team to deliver the next generation of its platform.
This is a genuine greenfield opportunity where you'll help shape the architecture, influence technical direction and build resilient, high-performance systems that will support the company's future growth.
You'll be joining an engineering-led environment where you'll have the autonomy to solve complex technical problems, contribute to architectural decisions and help establish best practices from day one.
What you'll be doing
- Owning the end-to-end delivery of backend services, from design through to production
- Building scalable Java applications using Spring Boot, Kafka and modern microservice architecture
- Collaborating with Product, Design and Engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges
- Influencing architecture, scalability, reliability and performance across the platform
- Driving engineering best practices around testing, automation, CI/CD and DevOps
- Supporting and mentoring engineers while helping create a high-performing engineering culture
- Championing observability, resilience and secure software development
Why join?
- Greenfield products with plenty of technical ownership
- Shape architecture and engineering standards from the outset
- Build high-throughput distributed systems used at scale
- Work alongside experienced engineers in a collaborative, product-focused team
- Join a business investing heavily in technology, engineering and innovation
What they're looking for
You'll likely be a Senior Backend Engineer, Senior Software Engineer or Staff Engineer with experience building distributed systems and modern cloud-native applications.
You'll have strong experience with:
- Java and Spring Boot
- Event-driven or distributed architectures (Kafka or similar)
- Microservices and scalable backend systems
- CI/CD, automated testing and DevOps practices
Exposure to AI-powered products or integrations would be a bonus, but it's by no means essential.
If you're looking for a role where you'll have genuine influence over technical decisions, help shape a growing engineering team and build products from the ground up, I'd love to tell you more – reach out to me on [email protected]