Golang Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Go Software Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for a payments platform with an accent on API design, database performance, scalability, and ML integration. Focus on microservices architecture, solving complex concurrency challenges, ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic, and leveraging AI/ML for payment performance and fraud prevention.

Location: Hybrid in London, requiring three days per week in the office.

Company

hirify.global is a global fintech company powering billions of transactions annually for leading brands, focusing on seamless digital payments and continuous innovation.

What you will do

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management and engineering to achieve strategic goals.
• Define and design loosely coupled, scalable systems within a wider microservices architecture, adhering to industry best practices.
• Stay up-to-date with, use, and spread knowledge of the latest technologies across hirify.global.
• Write clean, maintainable, extendable, and testable code for hirify.global’s most impactful systems.
• Build, own, and operate your systems to the highest levels of resilience and service.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Expert proficiency in Go with a strong understanding of software development principles in a backend environment.
• Great communication skills and ability to interact effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience working in agile environments and delivering high-quality code within tight deadlines.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Someone who is AI proficient or AI curious, with a desire to embrace what the latest technology has to offer to enhance productivity.

Nice to have

• Payments or financial knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.
• High performers are empowered through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.
• Opportunities for career-defining growth are available, with personal growth largely in your hands.
• Work as one team, with mutual support for success, welcoming diverse backgrounds and identities.
• Commitment to setting candidates up for success and making the hiring process as accessible as possible.