Backend Developer (Data)

Backend Engineer (JVM) in a B2B FinTech Startup
£1-day a week in the office, Central London

Join a B2B FinTech startup backed by a global bank, that is transforming the financial advisory space!

They’ve created a unified, scalable, AI-driven platform that’s moving the industry away from using outdated data storage and communication systems like spreadsheets

You will work directly with and learn from a Staff Engineer and CTO, being instrumental in designing & implementing backend services, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability
You will work on projects ranging from API development, integrations, to new feature development, providing a rich experience for customers
You will follow best practices in testing, documentation & maintainability, ensuring a clean & scalable codebase

⚙️ Kotlin, Grails, Vert.x, gRPC, microservices, event-driven architecture, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, BigQuery, PostgreSQL

3+ years commercial experience building complex systems using a JVM language (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
~ Experience building scalable microservices with gRPC and / or REST APIs
~ Experience working on data-driven, or message-queueing systems, using tech like Kafka
~ Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field