Mid Backend Engineer, Octopus Money
Golang
£65-80k
3 days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Making advice and investing accessible for all
Posted today
Making advice and investing accessible for all
101-200 employees
Posted today
£65-80k
3 days a week in office (Holborn, London)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To become the most recommended financial services business in the UK.
Role
Who you are
- This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated self-starter to accelerate their career, taking a broad and varied role within a rapidly growing company. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated
- As an Engineer, you should be an expert in at least one aspect of software development and skilled in other areas. You have learned that delivering great software takes a team and has plenty of pitfalls to avoid
- 3+ years’ expertise in software development using strongly-typed languages (e.g. Go, Java, or similar), with at least 1+ year of commercial experience using Golang
- Product-engineering experience (e.g. solving customer problems, delivering on business goals, working with product managers and frontend teams) with Golang
- Strong experience writing easily-testable and thoroughly-tested code
- Data modelling and DB design experience with SQL or NoSQL DBs
- Experience delivering cloud-based REST or GraphQL API solutions
- Empathetic, proactive and constructive communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams
- Able to work three days a week onsite at our London office in 33 Holborn, EC1N 2HT #li-hybrid
- Please note, as a regulated business we are required to run background checks for all employees which covers adverse financial and unspent convictions. These will only take place upon a successful job offer
Desirable
- Microservice and integrating distributed systems with messaging and event-driven architectures
- AWS Architecture experience
- Experience using Terraform, or other infrastructure as code tooling
- Educated to Bachelor's or Master's degree level in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Backend Engineer with solid Golang and database skills to help us build the scalable operations, technology, and processes needed to transform 5 million lives by making high-quality financial support affordable and accessible to employees everywhere
- We are looking for a product minded engineer who wants to deliver meaningful features to our end users. You’ll be a part of a multidisciplinary product engineering team and can collaborate closely with other backend engineers, frontend engineers, product, design and devops
- As the company continues to scale, there will be opportunities to be involved in the technical architecture and strategy for our products and tech stack
- Writing, testing and deploying great software
- Collaborating with the tech leads and other Engineers on deciding future technologies and processes
- Working with modern and new technologies and frameworks
- Working in an Agile team
- Building relationships with product and devops
- Conducting code reviews and pairing with other colleagues
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Money shapes every part of life. Yet most people never get the support they need: Half of Brits reach retirement age without enough to live the the life they want, financial stress is a leading cause of poor mental health, only 8% of people have access to 1-to-1 financial advice. There's no shortage of information and what people actually need is clarity, guidance and a plan that makes sense to them.
That's where Octopus Money comes in. They bring together financial planning, investment expertise and smart technology so people can understand their options and take action with confidence.
They help build a clear plan for their savings, investments and pensions and make investing simple with managed portfolios built by experts. On top of this, they also support employers who want their teams to feel more secure and comfortable. So while some people may need regulated advice, others coaching, or both, their service adapts to every use case.
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Company benefits
- 18 day “work from anywhere” allowance every year (you can choose to work from home or anywhere, including other countries)
- 6% company pension
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave, if you’ve been with us for at least 15 months: 6 months fully paid leave for primary carers, 2 months fully paid leave for secondary carers
- Private health insurance through Aviva
- Employee Assistance Programme offering a 24/7 confidential advice line for you and your immediate family members
- Discretionary up to 10% bonus at the end of each financial year, based on the performance of the company
- Access to the Octopus Group Share Incentive Plan
- Paid therapy via Spill
Company values
- Make Every Conversation Matter - We care deeply about how we make customers and colleagues feel – on every call, email, screen and event. It won’t always be perfect, but we’ll always work harder to keep making it better.
- Move with Urgency and Focus - We’re impatient to make remarkable things. We focus on what matters most, make fast initial progress and then iterate forward.
- Own It - We take full ownership of our work – from the smallest detail to the final outcome. We have the courage to break new ground, to hold ourselves and each other accountable, to tackle challenges head-on and find solutions that make a lasting impact.
Company HQ
Holborn, London, UK
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Leadership
Dan Marsh
(CEO)Dan joined Octopus in 2014 and quickly progressed through sales leadership roles to board level positions across the portfolio. Made CEO of Octopus Money in 2026.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Money
- We believe in equal financial education for everybody, no matter their background. We pride ourselves on building an inclusive working environment where diversity is celebrated. We do not and never will discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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