Back End Developer

Role: Backend Engineer

Salary: £65,000–£75,000 basic + Bonus

Location: Remote in UK/Germany

Work Pattern: Remote

About the Company

Wedo is collaborating with a fast-growing, private-equity-backed FinTech company that has expanded rapidly in recent years. The company recently acquired a multi-billion-pound credit card portfolio and, under the strategic leadership of a new CEO, is set for substantial growth in 2025. Their vision is to offer innovative consumer finance solutions in partnership with leading consumer brands. With around 200 employees, including 70 in tech, the product team is expanding from 10 to 13 members, and they are now looking for a Product Manager focused on customer engagement.

About the Role

• Build and evolve high-performance, scalable RESTful APIs and backend services in Java (Spring, JPA, Kafka, JUnit).
• Own the full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of microservices.
• Collaborate in agile squads with product owners and engineers to refine, estimate, and prioritise work (Jira).
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code; contribute to code reviews, pair programming, and shared standards.
• Design and maintain data models in relational databases (SQL), ensuring performance and reliability.
• Apply solid engineering practices: SOLID principles, clean code, design patterns, and effective refactoring.
• Contribute to platform observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and security (data protection, access control).
• Deploy and operate services in a modern cloud environment (AWS context), using CI/CD (Git, Jenkins) and automation.

About You

• Several years of hands-on backend development with Java and Spring, plus experience with JPA/Hibernate, Kafka, and JUnit.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, API design, and distributed systems trade-offs.
• Confident with relational databases and SQL performance considerations.
• Fluent in engineering fundamentals: SOLID, clean code, design patterns, testing strategies (unit/integration), and debugging complex issues.
• Practical exposure to cloud (any major provider; AWS a plus) and containerised deployments.
• Mindset for observability (structured logging, correlation IDs, metrics, tracing) and security best practices (least privilege, encryption, secrets management).
• Comfortable in agile environments (scrum/kanban), with pair programming and thorough code reviews.
• Excellent communicator who takes ownership, keeps things simple, and collaborates effectively.
• Based in the UK or Germany with the legal right to work in your location.

What’s in It for You

• Competitive salary with annual bonus.
• Remote-first flexibility (UK/Germany).
• 25 days annual leave (FTE) plus UK bank holidays and your birthday off.
• Private medical cover (UK), pension, and 4x life assurance.
• Family-friendly policies, employee perks, recognition schemes, and access to an EAP.
• The chance to make a tangible impact in a high-growth fintech where engineering quality matters and your voice shapes the platform.

Ready to Apply?

If this role aligns with your experience and aspirations, we’d love to hear from you. Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, there may be other opportunities that could be a great fit.

How to Apply

• Email your CV to Pierrick Rodriguez at [email protected]
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