System Engineer

About the Opportunity Are you a bright, ambitious Systems Engineer with strong knowledge of modern software infrastructure and robust APIs? You could be progressing your career in a hands-on role at a scaling FinTech building a fast, secure cross-border payments platform. The platform is designed for ultra-low-cost, near-instant money transfer at significantly higher transaction sizes than is currently possible, with a mission to break down the barriers that have held back African businesses for decades. About the Role You'll help design and build the infrastructure that runs production applications while contributing directly to the backend codebase. Working primarily in Go (Golang), you'll tackle technically challenging problems across authentication, security, networking and WebSockets, with the chance to understand and influence systems right down to the operating system level. Reliability will be central to everything you do. You'll design resilient, adaptable and highly available systems, working across performance, observability and security. You'll also work with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, and with Kubernetes. You'll collaborate with and learn from a hugely talented team. Location and Working Arrangement You can work from home most of the time, meeting colleagues at the London office once a month. About You

• Degree educated, with a 2.1 or above from a top-tier university in a STEM discipline
• A skilled Systems Engineer with strong Go (Golang) coding skills
• Experience designing and developing highly reliable, robust systems and APIs
• An understanding of what happens underneath the application and the infrastructure needed to support it
• Strong knowledge of network, operating system and application-level security
• Experience with systems observability and SRE practices, such as logs and metrics
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Terraform preferred
• A good understanding of Kubernetes and how it works
• Good knowledge of low-level programming, kernel separation, system calls and bare metal What's in It for You
• Salary of up to £100,000
• Health, dental and vision cover for you and your family
• A new MacBook Pro plus a home office allowance
• A remote-working and family-friendly culture
• Unlimited paid time off