Backend Api Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Backend Api Engineer (Fintech): Build and maintain scalable APIs and backend services for global money movement and balance management platforms. Focus on designing reliable systems handling billions of requests and collaborating across teams to deliver innovative financial solutions.

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Salary: £81,200 - £121,800 per year

Company

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform enabling businesses worldwide to accept payments and grow revenue.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain APIs and large-scale backend systems for money movement.
• Debug and resolve critical production issues across multiple service layers.
• Mentor engineers and support their professional growth.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Infrastructure and Product.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Work effectively in a distributed and hybrid team environment.

Requirements

• Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid work format)
• 2-12+ years of professional software engineering experience (excluding internships/co-ops).
• Strong coding skills in any programming language.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across teams.
• Interest in working as a generalist across various technologies and stacks.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale financial tracking systems.
• Practical knowledge of cloud services such as gRPC, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.