Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Fintech): Building event-driven solutions and democratizing data access across technology teams with an accent on cloud-native data and event streaming solutions, and safely replacing legacy workflows with event-driven architecture. Focus on full software lifecycle management, mentoring other engineers, and continuous improvement in a fast-moving environment.

Location: Hybrid in Manchester, UK. Minimum of 50% of working time per month in the office. New team members will initially work full-time in the office.

Company

hirify.global is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK, a FTSE 250 company, offering an award-winning range of solutions to manage investments for over 644,000 customers.

What you will do

• Build solutions that democratize access to data and events.
• Be responsible for the full software lifecycle.
• Deliver solutions in collaboration with Business Analysts and users in a complex and fast-moving environment.
• Mentor other engineers and agile teams to industrialize innovation.
• Engage in continuous improvement, refinement, and refactoring of solutions.

Requirements

• Strong experience developing services and APIs using C# and/or Java.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with secure development practices and Git-based source control.
• Knowledge of CI automation systems such as Jenkins.
• Proficiency in Agile and SCRUM methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent communication.

Nice to have

• Experience with event streaming (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis) and change data capture (CDC).
• Knowledge of messaging systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, SQS), Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with solution and architecture design and Test-driven development (TDD).
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure (ECS, EKS, CodePipeline, RDS, CloudWatch).
• Previous experience working in e-commerce and/or financial services.
• Experience using GenAI tools, such as GitHub Copilot.

Culture & Benefits

• Starting holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing up to 31 days, with a holiday buy and sell scheme.
• Choice of pension schemes with matched contributions and a discretionary bonus scheme.
• Annual free share awards scheme and a Health Cash Plan provided by Medicash.
• Free gym membership with on-site gym classes and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave policies.
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts, support for attending conferences, and ongoing technical training.
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas and summer parties.