Backend Technical Lead, Monese
Banking
Offers stock options
Mobile-only digital banking alternative
Job no longer available
Mobile-only digital banking alternative
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
Offers stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make global banking accessible to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of Senior Engineering experience
- Excellent knowledge of Java and JVM ecosystem
- Practical experience with Cloud (AWS preferred)
- Good knowledge of testing
- Experience in CI and CD
- Provable expertise in designing large-scale systems
- Good communication skills, both technical and with stakeholders
Desirable
- Exposure to the full stack, from frontend UI to the server side, business logic and database, and awareness of the leading technologies in each domain
- Advanced hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services and its core architectural components/utilities
- Database management skills like scaling, performance management, capacity planning, etc., PostgreSQL
What the job involves
- Technical Lead has all the responsibilities of a regular backend engineer, plus some additional technical and management responsibilities
- You will act as the line manager for the backend engineers in your function, help build a team and work with Product teams:
- Contribute with analysis and solutions to fulfil business requirements
- Design and develop reliable, fast, flexible and decoupled systems
- Providing day-to-day support to the engineers
- Giving technical guidance/direction as required
- Making sure the team is adequately resourced and trained
- Defining architectural principles
Our take
Most banks haven't innovated their consumer offering for decades, but in recent years the tide has been turning. Fast-moving disruptors have brought numerous consumer-first banking products to market, with valuable and innovative features - and one of these is Monese.
Monese's differentiator is that it targets customers with a ‘thin’ credit file, which makes it attractive to recent migrants or other customers that don’t have a full financial history. These people can find it cumbersome to apply for accounts with high street banks, but with Monese accounts can be opened in just 2 minutes with minimal documentation.
In 2023, the company launched its XYB banking platform, aiming to improve the way banks make financial services available for UK and European clients. The next year, Monese was acquired by Pockit (another business serving underbanked people). The companies remain in a transitionary period as the combination of their operations is finalised, both continuing to deliver their valuable services.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2022
$35m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$90m
SERIES C
Total funding: $209.1m
Company benefits
- 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays, plus an extra day every year worked
- Hybrid working and 30 days work abroad per year
- Sports compensation with Stebby or direct discount from a gym
- 10 paid sick days per year
- Learning & development budget and 10 paid learning days per annum
- VIP Pockit & Monese accounts
- Share options (exact details depending on your role and level)
- Social events throughout the year
- Bupa personal private healthcare
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Virraj Jatania
(CEO (Pockit))CEO and Co-founder of Monese's parent company, who has been involved with leading the company since its acquisition in 2024. Previously worked for a multinational company in the cosmetics and personal care space.
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