Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Fintech): Designing and scaling critical identity, KYC verification, and decisioning services for a global financial platform with an accent on architectural strategy and technical sustainability. Focus on building highly available distributed systems, influencing core platform evolution, and managing complex regulatory requirements for international market expansion.

Location: Remote, must be based in the UK

Salary: £140,000–£180,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a financial technology company reinventing credit by providing flexible, honest payment options for consumers without hidden fees.

What you will do

• Set multi-year technical strategy and align team efforts with high-impact business projects.
• Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to ensure technical sustainability and manage project trade-offs.
• Act as a force multiplier by defining technical solutions, design standards, and operational processes.
• Take ownership of system operations, including monitoring, triage, testing, and on-call rotations.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews, technical advocacy, and mentorship.
• Provide guidance and feedback to develop talent within the engineering team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in designing and launching backend systems at scale.
• Proven expertise with Python or Kotlin.
• Extensive track record building highly available distributed systems using AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the UK.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to define execution plans for major features and architectural changes.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage with premiums 100% subsidized for you and dependents.
• Generous flexible spending wallets for technology, lifestyle needs, and food.
• Competitive vacation and holiday schedules to support work-life balance.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to buy company shares at a discount.
• Inclusive and remote-first work environment.