Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

About the Role

We are looking for a highly specialized Senior Backend Engineer to join our team as a technical cornerstone for one of our key UK-based fintech partners. In this role, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of high-quality, production-grade server-side logic designed to empower and scale small businesses globally.

Responsibilities

• Embed in a global product team building and operating the microservices that power financial services for hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the UK and India.
• Build on top of existing platform infrastructure with the reliability, security, and correctness that fintech demands.
• Write code that is correct in adversarial conditions, at scale, and in the context of financial data.
• Justify every architectural decision with depth, explaining why something breaks and how to fix it properly.

Requirements

• Experience with distributed systems patterns such as idempotency, saga patterns, and circuit breakers.
• View backend development as a craft and demonstrate deep technical expertise.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, global team environment.