Backend Engineer III at Monzo | Cardiff | Rezi

Backend Engineer III at Monzo

Backend Engineer III

Monzo · Cardiff

2 weeks ago

Backend Engineer III

Monzo · Cardiff

17 days ago
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About the Role

We are looking for an Engineer III to join our team and contribute to building a product that customers use every day. You will solve interesting challenges across the company, from customer-facing products to underlying infrastructure, security, payments, and finance.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build the in-house banking platform.
  • Collaborate across disciplines to solve interesting challenges.
  • Contribute to areas including customer products, infrastructure, security, payments, finance, customer operations, financial crime, and data.
  • Write application code using Go.
  • Manage persistent data storage using Cassandra.
  • Utilize Kafka for asynchronous message queuing.
  • Schedule and run services using Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Implement RPC using Envoy Proxy.
  • Manage production infrastructure on AWS and data infrastructure on GCP.
  • Develop public web apps and internal tools using React.
  • Connect to various third parties via physical datacenters.

Requirements

  • Strong experience working on the backend of a technology product.
  • A product mindset with a focus on customer outcomes and data-informed decisions.
  • Comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity.
  • Interest in distributed systems and writing resilient software.
  • Some experience with strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, C, Scala etc.).
  • Ability to work in a way that suits you and your team, allowing for personal commitments.
  • Willingness to relocate to the UK.
  • Ability to attend ad hoc meetings in London if based remotely.

Skills

  • Go
  • Cassandra
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Envoy Proxy
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • React
  • Distributed Systems
  • Resilient Software
  • Strongly-typed languages

Location

  • London
  • UK Remote

Work Type

  • Remote
  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Engineer III
  • L40

Salary/Compensations

  • £85,000 - £110,000
  • Incentive Awards tied to performance

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance to the UK
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Flexible working hours
  • £1,000 annual learning budget
  • Twice-weekly Monzo lunches & treat Thursdays

About the Company

  • We are on a mission to make money work for everyone, moving away from traditional banking complexities.
  • Our product offering has grown significantly over 10 years, including personal and business accounts, joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a kids account, credit cards, savings, investments, and pensions.
  • We focus on solving problems and changing lives through our products, known for hot coral cards, get-paid-early features, financial education, and award-winning customer service.
  • We have around 400 engineers designing and building our in-house banking platform with ambitious goals for the future.
  • We value meeting in person but offer flexibility in work location and schedule.
  • We prioritize connections, flexibility, and wellbeing, maintaining work/life balance with core hour meetings.
  • We empower employees to manage their work in a way that suits them and their team.
  • We support part-time work arrangements when possible.

Equal Opportunity

  • All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.
  • We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team.
  • We foster an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives.