Senior Backend Engineer

We have an outstanding benefits package which includes:

• Company-provided healthcare
• A competitive annual leave allowance
• Flexible working options, including hybrid working arrangements
• Generous pension provisions
• Income protection
• Health and wellness benefits
• Volunteering days
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life insurance

Your Team

We’re a team of finance and technology enthusiasts who enjoy revolutionizing the investment industry through digital products & services. We’re building the next generation investment management platform for our financial professional customers so they can build better investment portfolios & help their clients retire in style.

Your Role

We’re looking for a Backend engineer to be part of a team of talented engineers and help us build high quality financial products that we launch to the market via partnerships with banks and broker-dealers. The candidate should be an innovator, highly technical, and passionate about speed, quality, and building amazing products. The candidate should also have demonstrated success in scaling platforms. Our team operates in a start-up environment with the backing of a large, industry leader and we actively cultivate a culture of innovation and excellence. The ideal candidate should enjoy working in this setting.

What you will be doing

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain highly performant API-driven web applications on our stack (Angular, React, SASS, Java SpringBoot, Mulesoft).
• Design and implement REST APIs to industry/company standards.
• Lead the design, development and maintenance of scalable and reusable components within the team’s design system.
• Drive adoption of the design system across the teams by creating clear documentation and guidelines.
• Work with our amazing product design team to develop and iterate on user interfaces that bring simplicity to complicated financial data.
• Interact with engineering members across the organization to ensure consistency in engineering practices and foster active exchange of ideas.
• Perform peer code reviews.
• Review performance, security and flexibility of the code.
• Participate in agile ceremonies (e.g. daily standup, release and sprint planning, demos, scrum of scrums).

What you will bring

• Proven years of experience in backend software development.
• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot.
• Extensive experience building RESTful APIs (JSON, HTTP, OAuth, JWT, etc.).
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Proven problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead technical initiatives.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Mentorship mindset and leadership qualities.
• Hands-on experience with AWS S3, RDS/DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, IAM.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Proven knowledge of software design principles, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes is a plus).

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience working with or integrating AI/ML services.
• AWS AI services (e.g., SageMaker, Rekognition, Comprehend).
• LLM integrations, AI-powered APIs, or data-driven applications.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS).
• Exposure to DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with security best practices in cloud applications.
• Prior experience in high-scale or distributed systems.

Disability Confident Scheme

Applicants who opt in to the Disability Confident Scheme and meet the ‘minimum criteria’ for the role will be offered an interview. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates who make an application.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time Worker Type Employee Job Exempt Yes Workplace Model Pursuant to Invesco’s Workplace Policy, employees are expected to comply with the firm’s most current workplace model, which as of October 1, 2025, includes spending at least four full days each week working in an Invesco office.

Recruitment Agencies

Invesco has an in-house recruitment team, which focuses on sourcing great candidates directly. Invesco will not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.

Regulatory

This position may fall in-scope of one or multiple regimes/directives.

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