Staff Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid in London (Moorgate); engineering teams work from the office two days per week. The final interview is onsite.

Company

hirify.global is a profitable fintech platform serving small businesses with business credit cards, spend management, savings, and other financial products.

What you will do

• Lead cross-group technical projects from initial design through production, including recovery when projects go wrong.
• Design systems that can handle approximately ten times the current load without a rewrite.
• Write production code, review designs, and build technically difficult components.
• Own the shared technical roadmap for the assigned product pillar, platform, or ecosystem.
• Align multiple engineering groups, evaluate options, and own decisions with broad technical impact.
• Coach Lead and Senior Engineers and support senior hiring and promotions.

Requirements

• Track record of leading technical work across teams.
• Deep experience with complex distributed systems and API design, including sound technical judgment.
• Hands-on experience with .NET or a similar backend stack.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability and comfort influencing people who do not report to you.

Nice to have

• Experience with web or mobile frameworks.
• Fintech or regulated financial services experience.
• Experience using AI tools to improve engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working from the London office two days per week in an inclusive, dog-friendly environment.
• Private healthcare including dental and optician services, worldwide travel insurance, and enhanced parental leave.
• 28 days of holiday plus bank holidays, a pension scheme with up to 7% matching, and anniversary rewards including a fully paid sabbatical.
• Annual learning and wellbeing budget, six free therapy sessions per year, Cycle to Work Scheme, and Season Ticket Loan.
• Office amenities include a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, free drinks and snacks, and office dogs.

Hiring process

• 30-minute introductory call with a Talent Partner.
• 60-minute Tech Chat and Values Interview with an Engineering Manager, followed by 60-minute Code Pairing with two Senior Engineering team members.
• Final stage: 60-minute Case Study with Product and Engineering plus a 60-minute Good to Great Interview with the CTO, conducted onsite.