Senior Backend Engineer – Payments Team, Python

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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InvestEngine

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2019

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

💰 $3M Equity Crowdfunding - InvestEngine on 2023-03

Finance • Fintech • B2C

InvestEngine is an award‑winning, industry‑leading online investment platform that champions low-cost, long-term investing using exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Founded in 2016, it provides accessible, user-focused digital investment products and account management for individual investors, with emphasis on simplicity, low fees, and analytics-driven product design.

📋 Description

• Design, develop and maintain backend services in Python 3.11 using Django / DRF • Contribute to the architecture and long-term technical development of 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 architecture and internal engineering tools

🎯 Requirements

• 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 • Nice to have: Familiarity with AWS and Docker • Nice to have: Experience with RabbitMQ, Kafka or other message brokers • Nice to have: Experience with payment providers or financial integrations • Nice to have: Contributions to open source or personal side projects

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote-first and flexible — work from anywhere, at your own pace • Unlimited vacation — take time off when you need it, no fixed limits • 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 • Supportive team — thoughtful, skilled colleagues who care about quality and results