Founding Fullstack Engineer
hace 24 días
London
Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Greenfield Digital Banking)Central London | 4 days onsite | Full-time£90,000 - £100,000 + 15-20% bonusWe're working with a highly successful, family-owned international private bank to hire a Founding Full-Stack Engineer for a brand new, greenfield digital banking build based in Central London.This is a rare opportunity to join right at the beginning of a newly formed product team and help build a next-generation digital banking experience from first principles deliberately outside of legacy systems.The environment is genuinely "startup-style" (small team, high ownership, fast delivery), but backed by serious scale, long-term investment, and a strong focus on quality, stability and client trust.The roleAs one of the first engineering hires, you'll play a key part in shaping: • the technical foundations, • engineering standards, • architecture and system design, • Design, build and maintain end-to-end features across frontend and backend, • Architect scalable, secure and maintainable systems for private banking / institutional use cases, • Own key technical decisions, balancing delivery speed with long-term quality, • Build APIs, services, data models and modern web experiences, • Establish high standards of engineering quality through testing, reviews and automation, • Contribute to platform foundations, shared components and internal tooling, • Embed security, performance and resilience best practices into everything you ship, • 8-12+ years' experience as a full-stack or senior engineer owning production systems, • Strong experience building modern web applications across frontend and backend, • Frontend expertise with modern frameworks (React, TypeScript or similar), • Strong backend experience (Node.js, Java, Python or similar), • Solid understanding of APIs, architecture, databases and cloud infrastructure, • Exposure to CI/CD and modern DevOps practices (containers, Kubernetes, automation), • Comfortable being a technical owner in open-ended / ambiguous environments, • A builder mindset - pragmatic, delivery-focused, and quality-led, • Experience in financial services / fintech / regulated environments is beneficial but not essential, • Genuine greenfield build with meaningful ownership from day one, • Founding hire in a small, high-calibre team, • Startup-style delivery with the backing of a global financial institution, • Direct access to decision-makers and influence over product direction, • Quality-first culture focused on trust, stability and long-term value, • Competitive salary + strong bonus + benefits