Remote Backend Jobs

Your mission is to stabilize, scale, and evolve our event-driven architecture. You will replace a key senior figure, taking ownership of high-throughput microservices and the underlying infrastructure that powers our financial data processing. You are here to ensure our systems are resilient, performant, and capable of handling complex data flows across both cloud and on-premise environments

Core Responsibilities

Engineering & Technical Execution (50%)

• High-Throughput Systems: Develop and optimize Node.js microservices designed for massive scale and low latency.+1
• Event-Driven Architecture: Manage and refine our Kafka implementation and broader event-driven patterns to ensure data integrity and system decoupling.
• Full-Stack Backend Ownership: Maintain and optimize our data layer, specifically working with PostgreSQL.

Architecture & Infrastructure Strategy (30%)

• Hybrid Infrastructure: Oversee the engineering and deployment of services across AWS and GCP via Kubernetes.+1
• System Design: Identify bottlenecks in the current architecture and propose/execute long-term structural improvements.

Collaboration & Technical Leadership (20%)

• Internal Consultancy: Act as the technical authority for high-performance systems, advising on "build vs. buy" and architectural trade-offs.
• Process Evolution: Contribute to the maturity of our CI/CD, monitoring, and alerting frameworks to ensure 24/7 reliability.

Success Profile: The First 9 Months

At 3 Months (Onboarding & Integration)

• System Fluency: Demonstrates a deep understanding of the Moneyhub event-driven mesh and specific Kafka implementation.
• Initial Impact: Has successfully audited and delivered at least one high-priority fix or optimization within the core microservices.
• Relationship Building: Established trust with the engineering team as a reliable, senior-level peer.

At 6 Months (Ramp & Stability)

• Ownership: Has taken full ownership of a major service area, significantly reducing technical debt or improving throughput metrics.+1
• Infrastructure Fluency: Is independently managing deployments and troubleshooting issues across K8s and AWS/On-prem environments.
• Measurable Performance: Can demonstrate a quantifiable improvement (e.g., latency reduction or cost optimization) in a high-traffic area.

At 9 Months (Full Productivity & Strategy)

• Architectural Influence: Has contributed to the long-term architectural roadmap, moving beyond maintenance to proactive scaling.
• Trusted Advisor: Functions as the "go-to" expert for high-performance backend challenges across the department.
• Mission Alignment: Consistent delivery of high-value features that support Moneyhub s growth in the financial data sector.

Essential Experience

• Strong experience building high-throughput, low-latency backend systems in production
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and performance trade-offs
• Hands-on experience designing and operating microservice-based architectures
• Solid experience with relational databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and performance tuning (e.g. PostgreSQL or similar)
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes in cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP)
• Proven ability to identify architectural bottlenecks and lead meaningful technical improvements
• Confidence operating at senior level: influencing technical direction, making pragmatic trade-offs, and supporting other engineers
• A delivery-focused mindset, balancing long-term technical quality with business outcomes aligned to Moneyhub s mission

Helpful but Not Essential

• Commercial experience with Node.js in high-performance or high-scale environments
• Experience working with Kafka or other event-streaming platforms (e.g. Pulsar, Kinesis, RabbitMQ)
• Prior exposure to event-driven architectures and asynchronous data processing
• Experience operating hybrid or multi-cloud environments
• Background in financial services, fintech, or data-heavy platforms
• Familiarity with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing) in 24/7 production systems