Senior Backend Engineer - Platform

Job Description

We’re Atom bank

The bank that’s leading the fintech charge!

We’re not like the rest. We’re true innovators, and we’re redefining what a bank should be. Ours is a bank for today and the future, a mobile-first bank. Forget the stuffy branches, with Atom you can bank whenever, wherever, faster, and simpler.

Could you be the next innovator to join us?

What will your ‘typical’ day look like… (there’s no two days the same in Atom):

Technology is at the heart of the business, and we have a world-leading Technology stack that enables us to offer the most efficient, user-friendly app-based bank. The Technology team has end to end responsibility for all aspects of our Technology, from architecting the future, engineering solutions, to deploying and managing our technology services.

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform Value Stream team, where you will work on our core banking platform, as we look to continually enhance and improve this. You’ll contribute to the technical leadership of one of our Backend Engineering teams and mentor & support other team members

You will also:

• Work with Delivery Leads to deliver features, uphold ceremonies & work within SCRUM methodology.
• Provide technical steer for design & ensure associated artefacts have agreed standards of documentation.
• Develop various process solutions across business processes and systems using appropriate software languages/tools.
• Design and develop data models/structures and API contracts, data transforms, algorithms using appropriate software languages/tools.
• Be responsible for maintaining all associated design and document artefacts.
• Ensure developed components have the appropriate level of quality and governance (version control, documentation, unit testing)
• Be expected to support the software you have produced, ensuring stability not only in the resolution of defects while testing, but up to Production and future operation should incidents arise.
• Work closely with third parties to facilitate integration with our backend systems, API gateway contracts, security, and producing bespoke integration where required.

What do we need from you?

• Demonstrable, professional experience of Java & Python.
• Experience in an Agile environment.
• Deep understanding of full stack development.
• Understanding of typical integration technologies & RESTful APIs
• Exposure to and understanding of a standard Software Development Lifecycle.
• Experience in common software security principles and techniques.
• Experience in message queue patterns and technologies.
• Agile SCRUM/Kanban experience.

What you’ll get from us:

• Salary £60k-£70k
• Flexible Hybrid & Remote working.
• 4-day work week
• Annual Share Option – performance-related
• Incredibly generous company pension scheme (maximum of 13% of Atom input)
• ‘All About Me’ fund: £200 per year to spend on personal development
• 22.5 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Life Insurance & Critical illness cover
• Electrical Vehicle Scheme