UK remote
Senior Backend Software Engineer
About this role
What will you be working on? Drive automation and centralisation across partner pricing and billing systems. Build and extend reconciliation systems that ensure pricing and billing accuracy for partners. Design and implement automated controls around pricing and billing, supporting compliance requirements and financial integrity. Deliver secure solutions for complex partner requirements with a long-term architectural perspective.
Technical responsibilities Design and build features end-to-end across pricing and billing services. Contribute to architectural decisions and code reviews, helping raise the bar on quality, reliability, and observability. Improve the resilience and scalability of systems that support external partners and financial operations. Work with event-driven architectures, including Kafka, alongside MongoDB and MariaDB to build auditable, extensible, and performant systems.
Use AI tooling in the development lifecycle to support delivery and code quality. We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you! Technical excellence Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of contributing significantly to impactful projects.
Experience with Java or a similar object-oriented programming language. Ability to design systems with a longer-term approach, using patterns that allow safe iteration and scaling. Accountability within your team for the availability, reliability, and security of the systems you build. Good judgement in balancing speed, scalability, and risk, with resilience and safety in mind. Ability to address technical debt pragmatically and plan work within an appropriate risk appetite.
Commitment to engineering best practices across observability, security, testing, and responsible data and event usage. Ownership and product mindset Ownership of technical deliverables across projects from design through production. Ability to explain why something is being built, what partner or business problem it solves, and what outcome is expected. Comfort with long-term ownership of systems while collaborating to reduce single points of failure.