Software Engineer, International
Build backend and platform infrastructure for international payments, multi-currency operations, banking integrations, and new-market launches. The role requires 5+ years of high-scale production engineering experience, strong systems design, and comfort with distributed systems and ambiguous ownership.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build payment infrastructure that works across multiple countries, currencies, and regulatory regimes.
- Design multi-currency accounting and reconciliation systems at scale.
- Integrate with international banking systems and payment rails, including SEPA, BACS, and SWIFT.
- Take on both 0-to-1 work, launching new markets, and 1-to-N work, scaling existing markets.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with compliance, product, operations, and external partners to navigate complex regional requirements.
- Own problems end to end, from architecture to production reliability and partner integrations.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend or platform engineering experience in high-scale production environments.
- Strong systems design skills, including the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into reliable, maintainable solutions.
- Experience working in fast-moving environments with high ambiguity and independent ownership.
- Comfort with distributed systems, performance optimization, and production reliability.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience in fintech, payments, or capital markets, including international payment rails, foreign exchange, or multi-currency ledgers.
- Familiarity with multi-currency accounting, reconciliation, cross-border compliance, or related financial concepts.
- Experience integrating with third-party financial APIs or international banking partners.
- Interest in or exposure to international regulatory environments and compliance requirements.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: 106400–146300.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Budget for intra-office travel.
- Weekly coffee stipend.
- United Kingdom benefits include private medical insurance through Freedom Elite, virtual GP and at-home care via eMed x Livi, a workplace pension through Penfold with salary sacrifice option, and parental leave of up to 16 weeks at 100% pay for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only, with additional time available at reduced pay.
Skills
Backend Engineering, Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems, System Design, Payment Infrastructure, Multi-Currency Accounting, Reconciliation, Sepa, Bacs, Swift, Foreign Exchange, Financial Apis, Production Reliability, Performance Optimization
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