Senior Software Engineer (Backend): FinCrime

Accountabilities

• • Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend services and APIs supporting cross-border financial products.
  • Build reliable solutions for workflows involving fiat and digital currencies, including trading processes, liquidity management, and automation.
  • Collaborate closely with product teams to iterate quickly, prioritize effectively, and deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, accessible explanations for non-technical stakeholders across the business.
  • Evaluate technical approaches and advocate for simple, effective solutions that address customer and business needs.
  • Develop future-proof products with a strong focus on code quality, maintainability, reliability, and efficient delivery.
  • Contribute to engineering standards, practices, documentation, and initiatives that improve the wider engineering culture.
  • Use data and analytical insights to identify problems, evaluate solutions, and make pragmatic technical decisions.
  • Work effectively within an autonomous squad, taking ownership of technical decisions and execution.
  • Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation to help maintain the reliability and availability of critical services.

  Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, ideally within FinTech or another highly regulated technology environment.
  • Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
  • Proven experience building, operating, and maintaining APIs and backend services at scale.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team.
  • Good understanding of financial services, particularly banking, payments, cryptocurrency, or related financial infrastructure.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Data-driven mindset with the ability to use analytical information to make pragmatic engineering decisions.
  • Experience working in autonomous, fast-paced engineering teams with high levels of ownership and accountability.
  • Familiarity with blockchain or distributed ledger technology is an advantage.
  • Interest or experience in financial crime prevention, compliance, or related financial technology domains is valuable for this role.
  • Comfortable participating in an out-of-hours on-call rotation.
  • Ability to balance technical quality, delivery speed, simplicity, and long-term maintainability.

  Benefits

  • Competitive salary aligned with experience, skills, and relevant certifications.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Hybrid/remote working approach.
  • Flexible approach to holiday.
  • Culture centered around passionate, growth-minded people.
  • Opportunities to travel to offices around the world.
  • Open and creative working environment with opportunities to contribute to company culture and future direction.
  • Opportunity to work on modern cross-border payment infrastructure spanning fiat and digital currencies.
  • Collaborative environment with autonomous engineering squads and significant ownership.