Join a London-based fintech company as a Senior Backend Engineer to develop core banking and blockchain services, mobile API, and integrate with partners and services. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in Kotlin, FinTech, and FinCrime. Competitive salary, stock options, and private health insurance are offered.
Key Highlights
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Senior Backend Engineer (Kotlin - FinCrime
Remote
Salary
$115K - $130K
Location
Fully remote across Europe - they can do B2B or hire through EoR.
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Job Overview And Responsibility
Description
🔥 THIS IS A SENIOR/LEAD POSITION
🤑 Experience in FinTech and or crypto required
As a Backend Engineer, you’ll be directly working with the product team. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll be given complex banking and crypto problems to solve, develop and deploy. You are obsessed with our good architecture, efficiency, and resilience and want nothing but the best product for our customers.
Your speed, ability to deliver, and capacity to come up with the most elegant solutions will make you one of the pillars of our engineering team.
We want to revolutionise the FinTech and crypto industry. Create a new paradigm. And we need the best minds to do it 🧠 🚀
👀 What we are looking for
- Experience with Kotlin
- Enjoy working with the modern backend stack (Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, GCP)
- Experience in FinTech/Crypto
- Ability to develop, test and deploy microservices to support our core business
- Ability to develop, debug, test, and deploy APIs
- Team players: Credit the team & Blame no one
- Required Skills and Experience
- What will make you stand out
- 4+ years of experience as a Backend Engineer
- Experience working in FinCrime
🧑💻 What you’ll be working on
Develop the core banking and blockchain services
Develop the mobile API that feeds our mobile apps and web
Integrate with partners and services
Why Candidate should apply this position
What you’ll get
- Competitive salary + stock options
- Private dental + health insurance
- The best tech for your job
- 30 days of paid holidays (excl. bank holidays)
- Option to work 100% remotely or come to the office - your choice!
- Ability to work abroad for 4 months a year
Interview Process
1.Hiring Manager Interview
They are proposing to skip this stage and to move straight to home task to make the process more efficient. If the candidate would like an intro call it can be arranged.
2.Take Home Test
3.Technical Interview
4.Behavioural Interview
Recruiting Tips
The ideal candidate will have solid Kotlin experience and strong FinTech experience, ideally working within FinCrime.
They like to hire from reputable Web3 and FinTech companies.
Sweet spot for this role in terms of budget is $115k but will go up to $140k for top candidates.
This is an urgent hire.
Hiring Criteria
- Experience with Kotlin
- Enjoy working with the modern backend stack (Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, GCP)
- Experience in FinTech (in particular FinCrime)
- Ability to develop, test and deploy microservices to support our core business
About them
They are a London-based fintech company founded in 2022 that's building a financial platform to bridge the gap between traditional banking and decentralized finance. Their core mission is to give users complete ownership and control of their money and digital assets through a secure, self-custodial approach. Unlike many traditional fintech or crypto apps, They are regulated by the ACPR (Banque de France) and the AMF (Financial Markets Authority), providing a high level of credibility and security.
What They Do
They offer an integrated financial platform that combines the best of both traditional and decentralized finance. The service provides users with:
Non-Custodial Crypto Wallet: A multi-currency wallet that gives users full control over their private keys and digital assets.
Integrated Banking Services: Each account includes a European IBAN, a physical or virtual debit card, and instant SEPA transfers.
Seamless Crypto-to-Fiat Exchange: Users can easily convert cryptocurrencies to fiat and vice-versa directly within the app, which is a key differentiator from many traditional crypto exchanges.
Yield on Digital Assets: The platform provides opportunities to earn a competitive yield (up to 10%) on assets held in vaults.
Business Accounts: For businesses, They offer accounts with multi-signature wallets to enhance security and control over corporate funds.
The Team
The company was founded by a leadership team with deep experience in both traditional fintech and crypto:
Jean Meyer, CEO and Co-Founder (ex-Revolut Crypto Chief)
Aaron Beck, Co-Founder (ex-Revolut Payment Chief)
Mario Eguiliuz, Co-Founder (ex-Ledger Engineering Chief)
Adriana Restrepo, COO (Ex Revolut COO)
The team's background at major players like Revolut and Ledger highlights their expertise in building scalable, secure, and user-friendly financial products.
Funding
They have successfully raised a total of $26.1 million in seed funding across several rounds. A significant portion of this funding, a $14.3 million round in November 2024, was led by prominent venture capital firms including Headline, Hoxton Ventures, and 20VC. This funding demonstrates strong investor confidence in They are business model and vision.
Company Culture and Work Environment
They are a dynamic and globally diverse company with over 60 employees from 12 different countries. They've built a culture that values flexibility and talent, offering a number of benefits:
Remote-first: The company operates on a 100% remote basis.
Flexibility: Employees have the option to work abroad for up to four months per year.
Generous Leave: The company provides 30 days of annual leave.
Competitive Compensation: Compensation is structured to be in the top 1% for the European market.
Additional Benefits: Private health insurance is provided for all employees.