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Salary: £75,000 - 95,000 per year
Requirements: At least eight years of commercial software development experience.Strong development experience with Java, Kotlin or Scala.Experience building asynchronous, event-driven systems.A track record of mentoring and supporting small engineering teams.Strong database experience with technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB or Cosmos DB.Experience integrating third-party services.Regular use of AI coding tools in an enterprise production development workflow.Strong knowledge of automated testing, version control, CI/CD and secure coding.Confidence taking ownership and making technical decisions in an early-stage environment.An interest in fintech, payments or improving access to financial services.Desirable: experience designing, developing and supporting payment processing platforms; building new platforms from the ground up; working in banking, fintech or another regulated sector; cloud development using AWS, Azure or GCP; containers and infrastructure as code; or establishing engineering practices within a growing team.Must have the right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship. Responsibilities: Design and build payment services using Java, Kotlin or Scala.Develop asynchronous, event-driven systems for card and payment processing.Remain actively involved in coding while providing technical direction to the team.Resolve technical blockers, review code and mentor engineers.Work with colleagues to meet compliance obligations and card scheme requirements.Integrate third-party services and address the technical challenges of connected payment systems.Shape architecture decisions and establish engineering standards.Collaborate with platform engineers to improve CI/CD pipelines and provide fast development feedback.Guide the teams use of AI coding tools.Own features through design, development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.Work closely with product, design and the wider engineering team. Technologies: AIAWSAzureCI/CDCloudCosmos DBCTOGCPSupportJavaKotlinMySQLPostgreSQLSQLScalaSecurity More:
We are recruiting a Technical Lead for a fintech business developing a new card and payments processing platform. Reporting to the CTO, youll join an early engineering team with established backing and help shape the architecture, contribute production code and guide delivery of the platform. The role is based in Manchester with hybrid working and offers a salary of £80,000–£95,000, a generous holiday allowance plus bank holidays, a pension scheme, continued learning support and career progression opportunities. Youll also have significant input into the technical direction of the new payments platform.
last updated 42 week of 2026