Senior Backend Engineer, Octopus Money
Golang
£75-95k
+ Share incentive plan. For those who are not commission based we offer a team bonus of up to 10% provided we meet our team goals. The % allocation is determined on the basis of our collective performance
More information about location
3+ days a week in office (Holborn, London)
Making advice and investing accessible for all
Job no longer available
Making advice and investing accessible for all
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£75-95k
+ Share incentive plan. For those who are not commission based we offer a team bonus of up to 10% provided we meet our team goals. The % allocation is determined on the basis of our collective performance
More information about location
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
- We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with excellent 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
- 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
- Collaborative and a great team player
- Problem solver at heart with an analytical mindset
- You should be someone who gets excited by complex problems and can find creative ways to solve them no matter what your level of knowledge and experience with the subject matter. You should be able to digest complexity and develop a plan to move forward, without losing sight of the important details
- Goal-driven and not afraid to get stuck in
- We like to set brilliant goals and find creative ways to hit them, even if that means rolling up our sleeves and doing manual tasks before we’ve managed to fully automate them. You should have a bias towards action and getting things done
- Excellent technical knowledge
- As a Senior Backend 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
- Over five years of expertise in software development using strongly-typed languages (e.g. Go, Java, or similar), with at least 1+ year of commercial experience using Golang
- Strong experience writing easily-testable and thoroughly-tested code
- Demonstrable experience acting successfully as a Senior Engineer, ie breaking down a refined User Story into deliverable tasks and delivering those tasks within a sprint
- Data modelling and DB design experience with with SQL or NoSQL DBs
- Distributed system and messaging event-driven architecture experience
- Experience delivering cloud-based REST API solutions
- Empathetic, proactive and constructive communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across teams
Desirable
- Fintech industry experience
- SaaS knowledge and experience
- 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
- As a Golang Backend Engineer, you will be working within one of our multi-disciplinary feature squads to design and implement new capabilities. You will be expected to improve the code quality and provide well-tested functionality that the business can depend on for success
- Our API service layer is written in Go, following a documentation-first mindset
- We use a service-oriented architecture to enable extensive unit testing with generated mocks. Our services are deployed via a CI/CD pipeline to our AWS cloud environments
- Demonstrate excellent Go development skills, with the ability to write high-quality, easily testable code
- Take refined User Stories and breaking them down into development sub-tasks
- Champion software engineering best practices, including automated tests, code refactoring, and code reviews where appropriate
- Ensure adherence to coding standards, security guidelines, and compliance requirements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, working closely with Product Owners
- Contribute to the development of technical roadmaps and long-term strategies, aligning with business goals
- Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement
- We’ve built a great team of top performers, and you’ll need to work with others from across the business to identify problems, agree solutions and implement changes
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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