Apron
Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Join Apron’s Engineering Team—Shaping the Future of SMB Payments
About Apron
Apron is revolutionising how small businesses (SMBs) manage payments. Founded in 2021, we address a critical gap: the inefficient, manual systems that slow down cash flow—a major threat to business survival. Our mission? To digitise and simplify the entire payments ecosystem—capturing invoices, issuing expense cards, facilitating bill payments, and streamlining receipts—all in one platform.
We’ve grown rapidly, employing ~100 team members across the UK, Germany, Spain, and beyond, backed by ventures like Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Zinal Grow, and Tony Fadell. With a $50m funding round, we’re not just scaling—we’re defining the future of global fintech.
About Our Engineering Culture
Engineering is at the core of Apron’s success. Here’s what drives us:
- Customer obsession: Every product is designed to elevate real-world business challenges.
- Ownership: From planning to prototyping, you’ll execute on complex problems.
- Finance mastery: Navigating business logic intricacies—prerequisite for precision, security, and scalability.
- Code with pride: Speed meets maintainability; our platforms must be fast, secure, and ready for the long term.
- AI integration: Leverage cutting-edge tools to build efficiency and smarts into our systems.
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What You’ll Own
We’re expanding our core product teams, and you’ll lead innovation across platforms like:
- Key Product Verticals: Capture (invoice management), Bill Pay, Apron Card, and GetPaid.
- Horizontal Priority: FinCrime (fraud and compliance). Collaborate with frontend teams, product managers, and designers to develop solutions that drive new features and systems. Design secure, high-performance financial integrations with iron-clad transactional speed. Mentor peers and champion advanced architectures for the next-gen fintech ecosystem.
What You’ll Need
- 6–15 years as a backend engineer (or a backend-leaning fullstack expert).
- Proven track record in product-led, fast-growth environments (startups or tech companies).
- Strong grasp of relational databases and their optimisation.
- Cloud expertise, with strong preference for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Precision focus:ingly for code quality, performance, and scalable architecture. Our primary stack is Kotlin; while proficient in Kotlin isn’t mandatory, we require flexibility to learn quickly.
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Highly Preferred (if applicable):
- Kotlin excellence for server-side development.
- Kubernetes & Terraform deployment knows.
- Postgres mastery: Familiarity with advanced features (GIST indexes, partitioning, clustering, and replication).
What We Offer
We prioritise work-life balance, growth, and ambition with:
✅ Competitive salary + performance stock options ✅ Nest pension plan ✅ Comprehensive benefits
- Health coverage (including optical & dental)
- Life insurance
- Enhanced parental leave ✅ £15 weekly Deliveroo meals credit ✅ 29 paid holiday days (plus public holidays) ✅ Flexible work hours, with a flexible 3-day hybrid (office) model in London (Liverpool Street). ✅ Cycle-to-Work & EV subscription schemes ✅ Visa sponsorship (if applicable)
Our Hiring Process
We move at your pace with clear feedback and transparency:
- Recruitment chat (30 mins) → Get to know our vision.
- Live coding challenge (45 mins).
- System design discussion (60 mins).
- Leadership final round (60 mins).
- Offer in 24 hours (yes, we move quickly).
Ready to build a global leader in fintech? Apply now.
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