Staff Backend Engineer at Referrals Only
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At a glance
- Company
- Referrals Only
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Working hours
- 40 hours
- Visa sponsorship
- Offered, according to the listing
- Posted
- Added to The Stack
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- 🛂 Skilled Worker visa. Standard minimum salary: £41,700 a year guide
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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.
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About the role
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate in multidisciplinary squads to design, implement and operate resilient backend services for Monzo collectives (Core Banking, Payments, Platform, etc.).
- Build production-grade systems using Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Envoy, Kubernetes, Docker and AWS.
- Drive system design, scalability, observability and reliability across services; own CI/CD and incident response for your services.
- Test hypotheses with product, data and design teams to improve customer outcomes; contribute to open source and internal best practices.
- Mentor peers, share knowledge across collectives and participate in cross-team architecture discussions.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience with strong expertise in strongly-typed languages (Go/Java/Scala/C).
- Hands-on experience with Cassandra, Kafka, Envoy, Kubernetes, Docker and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
- Strong system design, distributed systems knowledge, and production operations experience.
- Product mindset, comfortable with ambiguity, and ability to collaborate across functions.
- Excellent communication skills and willingness to work across UK locations (London or remote).
Responsibilities
Collaborate across multidisciplinary squads to build and support various banking product collectives. Focus on writing resilient software and testing hypotheses to improve customer outcomes.
Requirements
Strong experience in backend product engineering with a product mindset and comfort with ambiguity. Proficiency in strongly-typed languages like Go, Java, C, or Scala is required.
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
- Envoy Proxy — in 16 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
- React — in 277 other listings on The Stack
- Distributed Systems
- Backend Engineering
- System Design
- Strongly-typed Languages
On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)
Frequently asked questions about Referrals Only
Is this Staff Backend Engineer role still open?
It was posted on 2026-07-13. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Referrals Only's site before applying.
Does Referrals Only offer visa sponsorship?
This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Referrals Only'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: Go, Cassandra, Kafka, Envoy Proxy, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, React, Distributed Systems, Backend Engineering, System Design, Strongly-typed Languages.