Requisitions / REQ-014

Senior Backend Engineer

Open Engineering London · Hybrid £90k – £120k Approved 2026-04-08

Pipeline · 18 candidates

4
Sourced
5
Screen
6
Interview
2
Assess
1
Offer
0
Hired
CandidateStageDays in stageOwnerLast update
Aisha Khan
Senior, ex-Monzo
Interview9dSara P.Today
Lewis Carter
Mid-senior, ex-Wise
Screen2dSara P.Today
Maria Costa
Senior, contract → perm
Interview4dSara P.Yesterday
Daniel Wong
Senior, ex-Revolut
Offer3dSara P.2d ago
Sofia Marin
Mid, referral
Screen1dSara P.Today
Owen Pritchard
Senior
RejectedSara P.5d ago

Activity

Today, 10:24
Aisha Khan moved to Final Interview by Sara P.
Today, 09:08
Lewis Carter applied via referral (Priya Shah)
Yesterday
Daniel Wong – offer drafted, awaiting CFO sign-off
3 days ago
Owen Pritchard rejected after technical – feedback logged
2 weeks ago
Requisition reopened – previous offer fell through

Details

Hiring manager
Sara Patel
Recruiter
Sara Patel
Department
Engineering
Location
London · Hybrid 2d/wk
Headcount
1 of 1
Salary band
£90,000 – £120,000
Target start
2026-06-15
Approved by
James Ortega (CTO)
Created
2026-04-08

Job description

We're hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Core Banking team. You'll own services that move money, work with Java/Kotlin and a bit of Go, and partner closely with risk & compliance.

Full JD attached · jd-senior-backend.pdf

Scorecard

  • Distributed systems experience
  • Mentorship of mid-level engineers
  • Production ownership / on-call
  • Regulated environment exposure