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Backend Engineer at fast-growing accounting-tech SaaS

Join an award-winning accounting-tech startup as their 4th engineer and help eliminate the 'month-end nightmare' for finance teams globally. With revenue doubling and a strategic partnership with industry leaders, you'll work directly with experienced founders to ship high-impact code using Spring Boot and Ruby on Rails in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.

Overview

Role overview

You will join as a core engineer responsible for building automation and AI features that eliminate manual financial workflows. Working directly with the CPTO, you will design scalable, dependable backend systems and contribute to product hypotheses. This is a high-impact role in a lean team where your code ships to customers rapidly.

Company

About the company

Fast-growing accounting-tech SaaS startup

Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Develop and maintain core backend services using Spring Boot, Java/Kotlin, and Ruby on Rails.
  • Collaborate across the business to translate user needs into pragmatic, well-tested technical solutions.
  • Contribute to small frontend features in React to ensure seamless end-to-end product delivery.

Candidate profile

Who this is a fit for

  • Proven experience as a backend engineer in a fast-paced startup environment with strong JVM or Rails skills.
  • A pragmatic problem-solver who enjoys wearing multiple hats and building 80/20 solutions for rapid testing.
  • Based in the UK and able to commute to Central London at least one day per week.

What makes it remarkable

Why this role is remarkable

  • Join a category leader that recently passed a major revenue milestone and is doubling its headcount to accelerate growth.
  • Enjoy high ownership and visibility as the fourth engineer in a technical team led by experienced repeat founders.
  • Benefit from a culture of personal development with a dedicated budget and time for learning complex financial domains.

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