Senior Staff Backend Engineer

Monzo Bank
Cardiff, London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving"]

Senior Staff Engineer leading complex, high-impact backend systems across multiple squads (30–70+ engineers), shaping technical direction, and mentoring engineers. You’ll code and architect, partner with product/design to craft roadmaps, and drive scalable, reliable designs while aligning with business goals and ensuring long-term sustainability in a distributed UK context.

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Monzo Bank
Monzo Bank
2 years ago

Senior Staff Backend Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Staff Engineer leading complex, high-impact backend systems across multiple squads (30–70+ engineers), shaping technical direction, and mentoring engineers. You’ll code and architect, partner with product/design to craft roadmaps, and drive scalable, reliable designs while aligning with business goals and ensuring long-term sustainability in a distributed UK context.
Location: Cardiff, London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and influence architectural direction for the most complex systems, ensuring cohesive, scalable designs across multiple teams.
  • •Partner with Engineering Directors to shape technical and product direction across a collective of squads.
  • •Be hands-on in coding and architecture, leading from the front.
  • •Mobilise teams to tackle high-impact problems with clarity, alignment, and momentum.
  • •Mentor, sponsor and develop senior engineers and future leaders to multiply impact.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:RelocationVisa SponsorshipRemote WorkLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •Must have a track record of leading complex, high-impact systems and driving technical direction across multiple teams.
  • •Experience delivering scalable backend, distributed or data-intensive systems.
  • •Ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces and help teams define direction and execution.
  • •Strong technical judgment paired with product and business awareness for pragmatic trade-offs.
  • •Experience mentoring and developing senior engineers and future leaders.
Experience:FintechSaaSOpen source
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationStakeholder managementProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoCassandraKafkaKubernetesDockerAWSGCPReactFeast

Eligibility

Visa:Visa sponsorship
Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Monzo Bank
Monzo is a UK-based digital bank offering mobile-first current accounts, savings, business banking, and financial tools focused on transparency, low fees, and real-time money management for consumers and small businesses.
Industry: Neobanking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2015
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