Senior Backend Engineer — Payments Team (Python)
关于 InvestEngine 我们是一个位于伦敦的金融科技公司，我们的使命是让 ETF 投资变得简单和可访问。超过150,000名客户已经信任我们，拥有超过30亿英的资产，我们刚刚开始了。我们被 MoneyWeek,Finder 和 Forbes 介绍，并且我们正在迅速发展，具有巨大雄心壮志。关于角色 我们正在寻找一名高级后端工程师加入我们的支付团队并帮助我们加强和扩大平台的一个关键业务部分。你将在支付流程，集成和系统可靠性方面解决复杂的后端挑战。你将为架构做出贡献，提高系统稳定性和可扩展性，并帮助发展我们的支付领域的技术基础。你将与工程，产品，合规，运营和其他业务团队密切合作，建立可靠解决方案并改善关键操作流程。你会做的什么 · 用 Django / DRF 设计，开发和维护 Python 3.11中的后端服务 · 促进我们支付系统的建筑和长期技术发展 · 建设和改进 RESTful API 和集成 · 与复杂的后端和传统系统合作，识别技术问题的根源原因 · 持续提高系统性能，可靠性和扩展性 · 研究并解决生产问题和重复的问题 · 与 MySQL 和 Redis 合作 · 参加建筑讨论并做出技术决策 ·识别和减少技术债务 ·改善开发流程，代码质量和工程实践 ·与产品，合规性，运营和业务团队协作 · 我们正在寻找的结构和内部工程工具进化 · 4年以上后端开发经验 ·强大的技能和深入了解 Django 或类似框架 · 熟悉 RESTAPI,服务设计和分布式系统的经验 · 与复杂或旧系统的工作经验 · 自主研究复杂技术问题并确定根本原因的能力 ·与生产系统工作经验以及提高它们的稳定性 ·强有力的拥有能力和做出合理的技术决策 ·对 Git,CI/CD 实践和现代工程工作流程的熟悉 ·沟通和解决问题的良好技能 ·英语 B2+和流利的俄罗斯尼斯到尼斯
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About InvestEngine
We’re a London-based fintech on a mission to make ETF investing simple and accessible. Over 150,000 clients have trusted us with over £3 billion in assets — and we’re just getting started.
We’ve been featured by MoneyWeek, Finder and Forbes, and we’re growing fast with big ambitions.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Payments Team and help us strengthen and scale a business-critical part of our platform.
You’ll work on complex backend challenges across payment flows, integrations and system reliability. You’ll contribute to architecture, improve system stability and scalability, and help evolve the technical foundations of our Payments domain.
You’ll collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Compliance, Operations and other business teams to build reliable solutions and improve critical operational processes.
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop and maintain backend services in Python 3.11 using Django / DRF
- Contribute to the architecture and long-term technical development of our Payments systems
- Build and improve RESTful APIs and integrations
- Work with complex backend and legacy systems and identify root causes of technical problems
- Continuously improve system performance, reliability and scalability
- Investigate and resolve production issues and recurring problems
- Work with MySQL and Redis
- Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to technical decisions
- Identify and reduce technical debt
- Improve development processes, code quality and engineering practices
- Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Operations and Business teams
- Contribute to the evolution of our architecture and internal engineering tools
What We’re Looking For
- 4+ years of experience in backend development
- Strong Python skills and deep knowledge of Django or similar frameworks
- Solid understanding of relational databases, caching and high-performance backend systems
- Experience with REST APIs, service design and distributed systems
- Experience working with complex or legacy systems
- Ability to independently investigate complex technical problems and identify root causes
- Experience working with production systems and improving their stability
- Strong ownership and ability to make sound technical decisions
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD practices and modern engineering workflows
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- English B2+ and fluent Russian
Nice to Have
- Experience working in fintech, payments or another regulated industry
- Familiarity with AWS and Docker
- Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka or other message brokers
- Experience with payment providers or financial integrations
- Contributions to open source or personal side projects
How We Work
We’re a lean, collaborative team where engineers have a real influence on architecture, technical decisions and engineering culture.
We value ownership, curiosity and continuous improvement. You’ll have the autonomy to make technical decisions and work on meaningful, business-critical systems without micromanagement or unnecessary bureaucracy.
Within the Payments team, you’ll help build systems that remain stable, reliable and scalable as the business grows.
What We Offer
- Impact from day one — work on business-critical Payments systems
- Technical growth — influence architecture and technical decisions
- Hands-on engineering — solve complex backend challenges across production systems
- Modern tech stack — Python 3.11, Django, MySQL, Redis, AWS, GitHub, TeamCity
- Remote-first and flexible — work from anywhere, at your own pace
- Unlimited vacation — take time off when you need it, no fixed limits
- Supportive team — thoughtful, skilled colleagues who care about quality and results
Hiring Process
- Intro call with our Talent team
- Technical interview with the Backend team
- Gamified cognitive assessment to understand how you think and problem-solve
- Final conversation with our CTO
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