Senior Staff Backend Engineer at Monzo

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Provide hands-on engineering leadership across multiple squads (30–70+ engineers): code, design and drive technical direction.
- Partner with Engineering Directors and Product/Design to define strategy, roadmaps and high-impact trade-offs.
- Lead architecture and design for complex, scalable, reliable systems; align local decisions with company-wide strategy.
- Mobilize teams, create clarity and momentum, and uphold high standards for technical excellence and reliability.
- Mentor and grow senior engineers and future leaders, improving engineering capability across the collective.

Requirements:
- Proven track record leading complex, high-impact systems and shaping technical direction across multiple teams.
- Strong hands-on coding, system design and architecture skills; experience with distributed systems and data-intensive platforms.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, operate in ambiguity and make pragmatic product-focused trade-offs.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and setting engineering quality standards.
- Familiarity with cloud, container orchestration and backend tooling (Go, Kafka, Cassandra, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

This is a hands-on engineering leadership (IC) position where the engineer partners with Directors to shape technical and product direction across multiple squads (30-70+ engineers). Responsibilities include being hands-on in coding and architecture, leading complex systems design, and setting a high bar for technical excellence across the collective.

Requirements

Candidates must have a track record of leading complex, high-impact systems and driving technical direction across multiple teams, combining strong technical judgment with product and business awareness. They should be comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces, influencing senior stakeholders, and mentoring senior engineers.

Key skills

• Go — in 230 other listings on The Stack
• Cassandra — in 16 other listings on The Stack
• Kafka — in 173 other listings on The Stack
• Kubernetes — in 585 other listings on The Stack
• Docker — in 464 other listings on The Stack
• AWS — in 802 other listings on The Stack
• GCP — in 169 other listings on The Stack
• React — in 277 other listings on The Stack
• Feast
• Coding
• Architecture
• System Design
• Distributed Systems
• Technical Leadership
• Mentoring
• Data-Intensive Systems

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Monzo has 50 other listings on The Stack, 27 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 214 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 68 visa-sponsored backend engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Monzo

Is this Senior Staff Backend Engineer role still open?

It was posted on 2026-03-24. 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 Cardiff, London, United Kingdom.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP, React, Feast, Coding, Architecture, System Design, Distributed Systems, Technical Leadership, Mentoring, Data-Intensive Systems.