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London | Hybrid | £100,000–£115,000
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Senior Product Engineer (Backend)
We're working with a growing fintech that's changing how insurance businesses manage their financial operations.
The platform simplifies payments, reconciliation, reporting, payouts, and integrations, replacing fragmented processes with smarter, more efficient technology.
We're looking for a Senior Product Engineer (Backend) to take genuine ownership of the product as it continues to grow.
This isn't a traditional ticket-driven role. You'll be involved in understanding the problem, challenging requirements, making technical decisions, and taking features from idea through to production.
What you'll be doing
- Build scalable backend services, APIs, and workflows.
- Work closely with Product and Engineering to solve real customer problems.
- Own features from design through to production.
- Shape backend architecture, service boundaries, and data models.
- Work across payments, reconciliation, reporting, and integrations.
- Debug production issues and improve reliability and performance.
- Contribute to technical direction and engineering standards.
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve development, testing, and code review.
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Tech stack
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- NestJS
- MySQL
- AWS
- Docker
- REST APIs
- Automated testing / CI/CD
- AI-assisted development tools
What we're looking for
We're looking for a strong backend engineer who enjoys ownership, problem-solving, and having an impact beyond writing code.
You'll ideally have:
- Strong commercial Node.js and TypeScript experience.
- Experience building and supporting production backend systems.
- Strong API and relational database experience, ideally MySQL.
- Solid AWS and cloud development experience.
- Experience with Docker and modern engineering practices.
- A strong understanding of software architecture.
- Experience taking features from concept through to production.
- The confidence to challenge requirements and suggest better solutions.
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Think like a product engineer. We're looking for someone who doesn't simply ask:
"What do you want me to build?"
Instead, you'll ask:
"What problem are we actually trying to solve?"
You'll have the freedom to challenge assumptions, suggest alternatives, and influence what gets built.
What's on offer?
- £100,000–£115,000
- Hybrid, up to 3 days remote per week
- London office in the City
- Private healthcare
- Team lunches and international offsites
- 22 days holiday + UK bank holidays
- High level of ownership and autonomy
- Meaningful fintech products
- Modern engineering environment embracing AI-assisted development
Interested?
If you're a Senior Backend Engineer who enjoys solving problems, taking ownership, and having a real say in the products you build, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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