Principal Backend Engineer

Teya is a payment and software service provider looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to lead development on an organisational level, design, implement, and operate customer experiences, complex workflows, and operational task management applications. The role involves working with a diverse team to shape the future of their technology and using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, and Golang to write maintainable, performant, and high-quality code.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Ability to solve problems in code using data structures and algorithms and be able to analyze the time and space complexity of those solutions
• Proven ability to document and communicate technical decisions to a diverse audience
• Professional experience leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability, scaling) of multiple new and existing systems
• Professional experience growing peer engineers through mentorship and guidance
• Ability to work with problems of extreme ambiguity and lead others through ambiguous situations

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Physical and mental health support
• Extended and improved maternity and paternity leave choices
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• Health and Life Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays)
• Office snacks every day