Senior Software Engineer, Form3
Payment technology platform
Job no longer available
Payment technology platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To become the world's most trusted provider of payment technology.
Role
Who you are
- Experience in designing and building complex distributed systems
- Familiarity with cloud and containerisation technologies, test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
- Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production
- Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best-practice
- A passion for learning and an interest in Go (previous experience isn’t required), along with a “right tool for the job” mentality
- Exceptional communication skills who enjoy sharing knowledge and collaborating with others
- Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
- Platform: CockroachDB, Elasticsearch, PostgresDB, Vault, Consul, Linkerd, NATS
- Tools: Terraform, GitHub, Prometheus, Pact.io
- Code: Go, containerised microservices, CQRS, open-source
- Ways of working: TDD/BDD, Pair Programming, 100% remote, DevSecOps
What the job involves
- At Form3 you will have the opportunity to design, develop and deploy backend cloud-native services within a containerised microservices architecture
- The work is cutting edge, constantly changing and focused on building and operating critical, highly available, low latency, scalable solutions
- Play an active role in introducing new technologies and ways of working to stay ahead of the competition, without ever compromising on quality. Contribute and collaborate with other engineers on technical and architectural decisions
- Enjoy end-to-end ownership from concept to deployment, including building and operating infrastructure, toolset and deployment pipelines
- Develop your skills, work on cool projects with the latest tech, all whilst working with a talented, diverse and friendly group of people
Our take
Form3 provides a complete end-to-end Payments-as-a-Service for financial institutions and regulated fintechs. It allows businesses to offer direct payment services via a simple interface, modernising their payment technology to make it more reliable and secure.
People expect their user experience with financial transactions to be fast and secure. Modern businesses require money to be transmitted instantly, securely, and with the promise of being available worldwide in real time. Form3 has capitalised on this modern demand, offering a comprehensive but straightforward service which gives customers greater control of their payments.
The company's partnerships have been a strong part of its growth strategy, with its technology used by major enterprise including GOldman Sachs, Nationwide and Clarency. Recently, Nationwide Building Society has made a further strategic investment in Form3, alongside a debt facility from BlackRock, supporting the company's path to profitability and continued US expansion.
Form3 has also delivered some new solutions, such as Verification of Payee for European payments provider Mollie, helping clients meet evolving regulatory requirements while strengthening fraud prevention and operational resilience. Backed by leading financial institutions and reporting record performance in 2025, Form3 is sharpening its focus on scaling its cloud-native payments platform across the US and Europe.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$160m
SERIES C
Total funding: $277.3m
Company benefits
- Flexible working aragmeents
- 30 days annual leave
- Home office equipment allowance
- Learning & Development
- Long term incentive plans
- Mental health support
- Primary caregiver leave
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Mike Walters
(Co-Founder & CEO)Mike initially served as the company's CPO after co-founding it in 2016, moving into the role of CEO in 2023. Previously, he was a Product Director of Global Payment Acceptance at Barclaycard. Before that, he spent 10 years at Barclays in various Director roles and as Head of Corproate Payuments.
David Scola
(CPO & US Chief Executive)Prior to joining Form3 in 2022, David was the Head of North America/Chief Executive of America, UK and Ireland at SWIFT. He also spent nearly 7 years at Barclays as a Managing Director, Global head of Bank Coverage (Corp Banking) and Global Head of Financial Institutions (Barclays Corporate) and 7 years at Deutsche Bank as a Managing Director.
Benyam Hagos
(CFO)Prior to joining Form3 in 2023, Benyam was a VP, European Finance Director and COO of Europe and Middle East at Nium. He also served as the CFO at Ixaris and as a Director, UK Controller at Mastercard.
Mark Fieldhouse
(CRO)Prior to joining Form3 in 2025, Mark was a Strategic Advisor at GAINZ.AI and Future Resilience forum. He was also the VP and GM, Americas and EMEA at Rescale and GM, EMEA at NS1.
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