# Backend Engineer III at Monzo

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- **Company:** Monzo (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/monzo)
- **Location:** United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** Remote
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Resilient Software, Go, Java, C, Scala, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy Proxy, AWS, GCP, React, System Design
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-07-15
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-07-16
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/monzo/jobs/6635595 (the employer's own application page)
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## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Design and build resilient, production-grade backend services for Monzo's in-house banking platform.
- Work on distributed systems, persistence and messaging (Cassandra, Kafka or equivalents) to support high-availability features.
- Own services end-to-end: coding, testing, deployment, observability and incident response on cloud platforms.
- Collaborate with product, design and other engineering teams to deliver customer-focused features with a product mindset.
- Improve system reliability, automation, performance and developer experience across the stack (Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy, CI/CD).
- Mentor peers, contribute to architecture and participate in system design discussions.

Requirements:
- Strong backend engineering experience building distributed and resilient systems in production.
- Proficiency in one or more strongly-typed languages (Go, Java, Scala, C) and experience with relevant frameworks.
- Experience with persistent data stores and messaging systems (eg Cassandra, Kafka) and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP).
- Practical knowledge of containerisation, orchestration and service proxies (Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy) and observability tooling.
- Solid system design skills, attention to reliability and performance, and a pragmatic, data-informed approach to trade-offs.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills and the ability to work autonomously in a flexible/remote-friendly environment.

## Responsibilities

Design and build an in-house banking platform focusing on resilient software and distributed systems. Collaborate across disciplines to solve challenges ranging from customer-facing products to underlying infrastructure and security.

## Requirements

Strong experience in backend technology products and proficiency with strongly-typed languages like Go, Java, or Scala. Requires a product mindset with the ability to handle ambiguity and make data-informed decisions.

## FAQ

- **Is this Backend Engineer III  role still open?** It was posted on 2026-07-15. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Monzo's site before applying.
- **Does Monzo offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Monzo's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as United Kingdom. It is marked remote.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Resilient Software, Go, Java, C, Scala, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, Envoy Proxy, AWS, GCP, React, System Design.

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