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Staff Backend Engineer
from Monzo · read the original and apply on their site
Barcelona
Our take: The real work here is writing resilient Go backends inside a cross-functional squad, testing hypotheses and shipping banking features that real customers use every day.
You will write Go for a bank that millions actually use, sitting in a small squad with product, design, data and mobile people all pulling toward the same customer outcome. If you like distributed systems, resilient software, and figuring out the path when nobody has drawn it yet, this is that kind of work. It rewards people who care about the customer more than the product, and who genuinely enjoy learning something new every month.
Needs
- backend engineering
- distributed systems
- data modelling
- cross-team work
- data-informed decisions
Rewards
- real autonomy
- product you use daily
- flexible hours
- equity and benefits
- impact that matters
Demands
- comfort with ambiguity
- constant collaboration
- supporting what you ship
- designing across systems
Grows
- learning new domains
- resilient distributed systems
- product thinking
- reading systems deeply
Values
- user obsession
- a learning culture
- mission driven
- inclusion
- pragmatism
Drains
- navigating a large org
- day-to-day firefighting
- regulated banking rules
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