Lead Software Engineer - Backend
OverviewAs Lead Backend Engineer in Moneyfarm’s Partners Engineering team, you own the architecture and delivery of the B2B backend that powers institutional partnerships. You will design complex integrations with partner banks and internal services, while guiding a team of backend engineers toward robust, scalable solutions. You translate business and regulatory needs into reliable platforms, shaping the API strategy and ensuring secure, high-quality delivery. You’ll work closely with product, business, and partners to balance risk, speed, and long-term quality. This role offers impact at scale in a fast-growing fintech with a strong client and partner focus.
Retribuzione / Benefits
bonusflexible ways of workingcompetitive salaryopportunity to work across Europesupportive, values-driven culture
Responsabilità
Own the technical architecture and system design for the Partners backend platformLead design and implementation of complex integrations with partner banks, third-party providers, and internal servicesAct as the primary technical lead for backend initiatives and strategic decisionsDefine and drive API strategy for partner-facing services including contract design, versioning, authentication, and documentationCollaborate with Product, Business,
and partner stakeholders to assess feasibility and risksCoordinate with the Engineering Manager to scope work and ensure predictable deliveryMentor backend engineers through code reviews and design guidanceContribute to engineering standards and patterns for the broader organizationParticipate in cross-team architectural discussions to ensure platform consistencyMonitor system stability and performance, proposing improvements
Requisiti fondamentali
7+ years of professional software engineering with a strong backend focusDeep expertise in Java or Go (willingness to work across the stack)Experience with agentic AI tools to accelerate development and generate specsProduct engineering mindset using AI to move from problem space to implementationExperience designing and integrating distributed systems and microservicesKnowledge of architecture patterns: fault tolerance, availability, scalability, security, data qualityExperience with AWS (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora) and CI/CD pipelinesTrack record leading projects end-to-end and delivering reliablyExperience in regulated environments is a plusFamiliarity with B2B integration patterns (SSO, partner API gateways, batch processing, data reconciliation)Effective communication across functionsMentorship abilityItalian language proficiencyeffective communicationmentorshipstakeholder collaborationJavaGodistributed systems
Retribuzione / Benefits
bonusflexible ways of workingcompetitive salaryopportunity to work across Europesupportive, values-driven culture
Responsabilità
Own the technical architecture and system design for the Partners backend platformLead design and implementation of complex integrations with partner banks, third-party providers, and internal servicesAct as the primary technical lead for backend initiatives and strategic decisionsDefine and drive API strategy for partner-facing services including contract design, versioning, authentication, and documentationCollaborate with Product, Business,
and partner stakeholders to assess feasibility and risksCoordinate with the Engineering Manager to scope work and ensure predictable deliveryMentor backend engineers through code reviews and design guidanceContribute to engineering standards and patterns for the broader organizationParticipate in cross-team architectural discussions to ensure platform consistencyMonitor system stability and performance, proposing improvements
Requisiti fondamentali
7+ years of professional software engineering with a strong backend focusDeep expertise in Java or Go (willingness to work across the stack)Experience with agentic AI tools to accelerate development and generate specsProduct engineering mindset using AI to move from problem space to implementationExperience designing and integrating distributed systems and microservicesKnowledge of architecture patterns: fault tolerance, availability, scalability, security, data qualityExperience with AWS (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora) and CI/CD pipelinesTrack record leading projects end-to-end and delivering reliablyExperience in regulated environments is a plusFamiliarity with B2B integration patterns (SSO, partner API gateways, batch processing, data reconciliation)Effective communication across functionsMentorship abilityItalian language proficiencyeffective communicationmentorshipstakeholder collaborationJavaGodistributed systems