At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and test backend services for an AI-powered savings app.
- Company: Exciting UK fintech startup with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, mentorship, and the chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for rapid career growth.
- Why this job: Join a pre-launch company and shape the future of finance.
- Qualifications: Solid Java skills and a passion for learning in fintech.
The predicted salary is between 28000 - 35000 £ per year.
A UK fintech building an AI-powered autonomous savings product - an app that automatically manages customers' money across accounts to help them earn a better return.
The company is pre-launch, well-funded by seed investors, and building core financial infrastructure from the ground up.
The company is hiring a graduate/junior backend engineer to work alongside the CTO on the systems that power the product, the money-movement engine, ledger and APIs.
The successful candidate will start on well-scoped, supervised backend work and grow into more responsibility as they prove themselves.
Hands-on, with real mentorship and real impact: code reaches customers quickly.
What you'll do
- Build and test backend services in Java/Spring on AWS.
- Work with event-driven systems (Kafka, event sourcing) while learning the architecture.
- Write clean, well-tested code and take feedback through code review.
- Contribute to APIs, data and integration work across the stack.
- What they're looking for
- Solid Java fundamentals (from a CS degree or equivalent self-taught experience).
- Evidence of building things and teaching yourself fast - a side project, dissertation, hackathon or open-source work.
- Care for clean, correct code and a willingness to learn payments/fintech.
- UK-based, with the right to work in the UK.
- Nice to have (not essential)
- Any exposure to Spring, AWS, SQL, Python, Flutter/Dart or event-driven systems.
- Interest in fintech, open banking or AI agents.
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Junior Backend Engineer employer: TRG
Join a dynamic and innovative AI-native SaaS platform in London, where as a Senior Rust Engineer, you'll enjoy a flexible, people-first culture that prioritises your well-being and professional growth. With opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology and take full ownership of your projects, you will be part of a lean team that values speed, decisiveness, and collaboration. Benefit from stock options, private medical insurance, and a supportive environment that encourages the use of leading AI tools in your daily workflow.
