{"id":86,"date":"2025-01-10T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradefinder.help\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:03:09","slug":"monzo-senior-backend-engineer-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradefinder.help\/?p=86","title":{"rendered":"Monzo: Senior Backend Engineer I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/we-work-remotely.imgix.net\/logos\/0160\/1940\/logo.gif?ixlib=rails-4.0.0&amp;w=50&amp;h=50&amp;dpr=2&amp;fit=fill&amp;auto=compress\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> London, England<br \/>\n    <br \/><strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/monzo.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong>Your day-to-day\u00a0 \u00a0<br \/><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div>This role is all about collaborating with your team to make a difference to your customers. As a backend engineer you\u2019ll work in a squad alongside other disciplines like product managers, marketers, user researchers, designers, mobile engineers, web engineers, data analysts, business analysts, writers and more!\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>Together you\u2019ll build and support a particular part of Monzo. Our squads belong to our wider <em>collectives<\/em> (a word we use to describe self-governing business units of ~100 people). They are; Core Banking, Business Banking, Wealth, Borrowing, Growth, Payments, Platform, Fincrime, Security &amp; Expansion.\n<\/div>\n<div>They\u2019re all looking for additional Backend Engineers right now, we do a standard interview process across all our collectives and at the end we will find the best match for you based on your skills, experience, preferences and aligning with the business need!\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>Our backend engineers have a variety of different backgrounds. As long as you enjoy learning new things, we\u2019d love to talk to you. We do not ask for formal qualifications or degree requirements for any of our engineering roles.\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>You should apply if:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>you have strong experience working on the backend of a technology product<\/li>\n<li>you want to be involved in building a product that you (and the people you know) use every day<\/li>\n<li>you have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data-informed decisions<\/li>\n<li>you\u2019re comfortable working in a team that deals with ambiguity<\/li>\n<li>you\u2019re interested in distributed systems and writing resilient software<\/li>\n<li>you have some experience with strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, C, Scala etc.).<\/li>\n<li>you think you\u2019d enjoy the kind of work we\u2019re doing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<br \/>We&#8217;re on the look out for L50 Engineers at the moment, you can read more in our <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/documents\/engineering-progression-framework-v3-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Engineering Progression Framework<\/a> &#8211; we will interview you across the whole frame work, so if you are not sure what level you are aiming for please chat to your recruiters!\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<em><br \/>Not ticking every box? That\u2019s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we\u2019re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you\u2019re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply\u2014 even if you don\u2019t have everything thats listed just yet. Drop us your application, we\u2019d love to hear from you!<br \/><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>What you\u2019ll be working on:\u00a0<br \/><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div>We hire very technically agnostic so whilst we use the below technologies we do not expect prior knowledge, you will be fully supported in our organised onboarding to get up to speed in the below:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/golang.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Go<\/strong><\/a> to write our application code (there\u2019s an excellent interactive Go tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/tour.golang.org\/welcome\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cassandra.apache.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cassandra<\/strong><\/a> for most persistent data storage<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kafka.apache.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kafka<\/strong><\/a> for our asynchronous message queue<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kubernetes.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kubernetes<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Docker<\/strong><\/a> to schedule and run our services\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.envoyproxy.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Envoy Proxy<\/strong><\/a> for RPC<\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AWS<\/strong><\/a> for most of our production infrastructure and<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>GCP<\/strong><\/a> for most of our data infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>React for our public web apps and internal tools<\/li>\n<li>We also have physical datacenters with actual cables to connect to various third parties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<strong><br \/>The Interview Process:<br \/><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div>Our interview process involves three main stages:\u00a0<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Initial Call\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Take home task or pair coding exercise\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Final interview: including a system design and a behavioural interview\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<br \/>Our average process takes around 4 weeks but we will always work around your availability.\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process but if you do have any specific questions ahead of this please contact us on tech-hiring@monzo.com\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>One of our engineers has written a detailed blog on their experience through this process, for extra details, hints and tips please see <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/23\/demystifying-the-backend-engineering-interview-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong><br \/>What\u2019s in it for you:<br \/><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udcb0 \u00a395,000 &#8211; \u00a3130,000 base salary\u2795 plus stock options\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>\u2708\ufe0fWe can help you relocate to the UK\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<div>\u2705We can sponsor visas.\n<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udccdThis role can be based in our London office, but we&#8217;re open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London).<\/div>\n<div>\n<br \/>\u23f0We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, at times that suit you and your team.\n<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udcdaLearning budget of \u00a31,000 a year for books, training courses and conferences\n<\/div>\n<div>\u2795And much more, see our full list of benefits <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<em>We&#8217;re usually always hiring for Backend Engineers, so there&#8217;s no closing date for this job.<br \/><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<strong><br \/>Equal opportunities for everyone<br \/><\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<div>Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we\u2019re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we\u2019re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/blog\/diversity-and-inclusion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/blog\/our-2023-diversity-and-inclusion-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diversity and Inclusion Report<\/a> and 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/monzo.com\/blog\/an-update-on-our-gender-pay-gap-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gender Pay Gap Report.<br \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>We\u2019re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.\n<\/div>\n<div>If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don&#8217;t need full or birth names at application stage \ud83d\ude0a\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>To apply:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/monzo-senior-backend-engineer-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/monzo-senior-backend-engineer-i<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headquarters: London, England URL: https:\/\/monzo.com Your day-to-day\u00a0 \u00a0 This role is all about collaborating with your team to make a difference to your customers. 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