Staff Backend Engineer at Monzo – London or Remote (UK)

Looking for staff backend engineer jobs in the UK with visa sponsorship? Monzo is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for London or remote across the UK.

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Staff Backend Engineer Jobs in the UK: Overview

About the Employer

Monzo is a UK digital bank aiming to make money work for everyone, offering personal and business accounts, savings, investments, and more, with around 5,500 people including 650 engineers.

Job Responsibilities

• Build and support a particular part of Monzo in a squad with product, design, and other engineers
• Work on distributed systems using Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, and AWS
• Collaborate across disciplines to test hypotheses and deliver customer outcomes
• Contribute to open source and knowledge-sharing

Requirements

• Strong experience working on the backend of a technology product
• Product mindset focused on customer outcomes and data-informed decisions
• Comfortable with ambiguity and distributed systems
• Experience with strongly-typed languages such as Go, Java, or Scala
• No formal qualifications required

Visa Sponsorship and International Applicants

Monzo confirms it can sponsor visas and help with relocation to the UK. The role can be based in the London office or remotely across the UK with ad hoc meetings in London.

Salary and Benefits

• £130,000 to £170,000 base salary plus equity
• Learning budget of £1,000 a year
• Flexible working hours
• Relocation assistance available

How to Apply

Apply through Greenhouse. No closing date; Monzo is usually always hiring for backend engineers. Documents typically include a resume/CV.

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Application Tips

• Review the Engineering Progression Framework for L60 level
• Prepare for system design and behavioural interviews

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