Senior Software Engineer (Backend) Full Time

Modulr Finance Limited

Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things? Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on, payment-building experience? Do you want to join the Engineering powerhouse of Modulr, constantly challenging the status quo to push our technology to the extraordinary?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking to hire high-energy, value-adding talent to join Modulr, the fastest growing payments business in the UK and Europe, to drive the evolution of our backend systems, ensuring they meet the highest standards of scalability, reliability and performance. This role will be pivotal in crafting innovative solutions that will impact millions of transactions daily. We are looking for a London-based candidate to leverage our office-first strategy.

The Role

The Senior Software Engineer is a vital role within Modulr and this role will support the continuous improvement and innovation of our backend systems, ensuring they are robust, efficient and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and analyse scalable backend services, APIs, and subsystems, ensuring comprehensive documentation and testing procedures are supported.
• Collaborate with other squads, teams and stakeholders to identify and implement effective software solutions.
• Take a lead in design and code reviews, ensuring high-quality standards and best practices.
• Continuously improve engineering standards, tooling and processes.
• Proactively identify and address issues, bottlenecks or areas for improvement.
• Work in an agile environment, using Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
• Coordinate with QA teams to ensure thorough testing and quality assurance.
• Document best practices and system designs to facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Analyse and troubleshoot existing systems to optimize performance.
• Participate in on-call rotations to address urgent platform issues.

The Team

The Backend Engineering team at Modulr is a dynamic and innovative group that is at the core of our technology stack. This role will report to the Engineering Manager and will work closely with Product Managers, QA Engineers and other cross-functional teams. You will have the opportunity to mentor junior developers and contribute to the growth and development of the team. The Backend team collaborates regularly with the Frontend, DevOps and Data teams to deliver cohesive and cutting-edge payment solutions.

At Modulr we are focused on building autonomous squads that are committed to working in the best possible way. We operate in a tribes and squad model with each area focused on a particular growth area and each squad being small and cross-functional. We have big ambitions and have many interesting challenges ahead. Our strategy is to provide our customers with seamless connectivity into payment schemes both domestically and overseas no matter where they’re based.

About You

A successful Software Engineer will have a track-record in delivering results in a fast-moving business and hence be comfortable with change and uncertainty. Excellent stakeholder management experience is essential to being successful in this role.

The Ideal Candidate

• Expert in Java (or similar object-oriented languages with a willingness to learn Java) and experience with open-source technologies, including Spring and Hibernate.
• Demonstrated ability to work with Microservices architecture.
• Experience in designing, building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Previous experience working with AWS systems and frameworks is a bonus, but not essential.
• You are a self-starter and collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• As a strong problem-solver, you have the ability to apply analytical, critical thinking to identify key solutions.
• Strong understanding of quality concepts and practices, ensuring high standards in all deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in managing code reviews and providing feedback.

What can Modulr offer you?

You’ll be part of a cross disciplinary team(s), some might be in Edinburgh, London, or Amsterdam. We are friendly and sociable, challenging but rewarding. We want you to push yourself and for us to support you in your future as we scale up and grow. Our culture and values are putting you first and are about investing in your future.

• Share Options Incentive Scheme
• Company Bonus – the more successful we are together, the more company bonus we offer
• Enhanced Pension
• Flexible benefits – £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs
• Perkbox – enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + your birthday off – choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones
• Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But, we don’t want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels and platforms to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr.
• Modulr hands-on – join your colleagues for our company wide events throughout the year.
• Great workspace – Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We have state of the art offices located in WeWork in Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.

ModInclusion

We believe that by seeing Modulr, and the world, from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all. We want you to know that the things that make you, you – like your identity, age, ability, and background – are things that we will always celebrate and support with open arms. As such, we are keen to maximise the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.