Senior Backend Engineer in London

About the company: Vega is unlocking scale for alternative asset managers. Private markets are shaping into one of the most important forces in the global economy over the coming decades, with more than $20 trillion in AuM today and expected to already triple by 2032. Today, the industry is at an inflexion point as it enters an era of hypergrowth, increased complexity, and brand new demands. To competitively service and scale their client base across the entire investment lifecycle, managers need a technological transformation. Vega is delivering the industry's purpose‐built infrastructure with AltOS – the client & distribution operating system for alternatives.

Vega's founding team consists of alternatives specialists from KKR, Blackstone, Elliott, and Goldman Sachs, along with top product and engineering talent from successful fintech scale‐ups like Revolut and Trade Republic. Vega has raised over $28M in funding from Apollo, Motive Ventures, Picus Capital, and 60 senior executives from the alternative investment industry. To learn more, please visit www.vega-alts.com.

Key responsibilities:

• Technical Architecture: lead the design and development of backend services for our SaaS B2B platform, focusing on creating an open architecture that integrates various players in the private equity ecosystem.
• Microservices: build and maintain microservices using Java 21 and Spring Boot, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• API Development: develop and optimise RESTful APIs to support our frontend applications built with React and TypeScript.
• Platform Integration: ensure seamless integration of our platform with third‐party systems used by PE firms, distributors, private banks, and fund administrators.
• Performance & Optimisation: proactively identify performance bottlenecks, optimise data flow, and ensure backend services operate with maximum efficiency.
• Best Practices & Code Quality: advocate for clean code, automated testing, and DevOps best practices, ensuring high‐quality software development and deployment processes.
• Mentorship & team growth: provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, building a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous learning.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in back‐end development, with a strong focus on Java and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience in designing and developing microservices‐based architectures.
• Hands‐on experience with AWS services, including EC2, and a strong understanding of Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration is a big plus.
• Strong experience in building RESTful APIs, especially OpenAPI‐generated interfaces.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Proficiency with SQL including migrations (Flyway), ensuring data integrity and optimal performance.
• Excellent analytical and problem‐solving skills with a focus on delivering scalable solutions.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non‐technical stakeholders.

Technologies:

• Back‐end: Java 21, Spring Boot, REST, Postgres/Jooq/Flyway, JUnit/TestContainers/Mockito, AWS (EC2, RDS, Cognito, S3, KMS), Containerization (Docker / Kubernetes).
• Front‐end: TypeScript, React, and Tailwind CSS.

Why join us?

• Opportunity to work at a high‐growth company backed by world‐class investors.
• Competitive salary + equity.

Benefits: private medical insurance, gym membership, learning budget.

Location: London

Office attendance: 4 days per week in-office (Paddington).