J&T Recruitment has been exclusively retained<\/b> by a high -growth FinTech company in Bristol to appoint a Principal Software Engineer<\/b> to lead the development of highly scalable microservices powering next -generation financial products.
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Salary£115,000 – £165,000 base + bonus + equityResponsibilitiesDesign and build scalable microservices using GoLead architectural decisions across backend systemsMentor and support senior and mid -level engineersBuild resilient distributed systemsCollaborate with product and infrastructure teams to deliver new platform capabilitiesRequirements7+ years software engineering experienceStrong experience with Go, distributed systems, and microservicesExperience with event -driven architecturesCloud experience (AWS preferred)Strong leadership and architectural design skillsBenefitsCompetitive salary and annual bonusHybrid working flexibilityOpportunity to shape platform architecture in a scaling FinTech environmentInterview Process (5 Stages)Recruiter Introduction – 30 minutes Overview of the role via J&T Recruitment and discussion of architecture experience.Technical Coding Interview – 60 minutes Backend coding and distributed systems problem solving.Microservices Architecture Interview – 90 minutes Designing scalable backend platforms and event -driven systems.Technical Leadership Interview – 60 minutes Discussion around mentoring engineers and technical leadership.Executive Interview – 45 minutes Final discussion with the CTO or Head of Engineering.
