Principal Software Engineer

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Fynity Full time

Principal Software Engineer (Java) London – 1 day a week onsite 🚀 Join a FinTech Powering the Future of Payments Are you a seasoned individual contributor looking for a step up into a senior position within a high-performing team within the world of Banking/Payments? Are you passionate about high-throughput, real-time systems? This is your opportunity to help shape the core technology that powers instant payments for some of the world’s largest Banks. We’re hiring on behalf of a leading payments consultancy, delivering cutting-edge solutions that integrate seamlessly with bank infrastructure to enable real-time, secure transactions across the globe. 🔍 What You’ll Be Doing You’ll be the focal point of a high-performing engineering team building asynchronous, event-driven systems using modern Java technologies. Design and build scalable, high-availability systems processing millions of real-time transactions Work with Java 17+, Spring WebFlux, AKKA, Kafka, and more Write clean, testable code using TDD and BDD Contribute to architectural decisions in a fast-evolving codebase Collaborate within Agile teams (Kanban/Scrum)🧠 What You Bring We’re looking for engineers who are pragmatic, performance-focused, and thrive on solving complex distributed systems problems. Strong hands-on experience with Java 11+ (ideally Java 17) Solid knowledge of Reactive Programming (e.g., Spring WebFlux, AKKA) Experience with event-driven architecture, real-time messaging systems (Kafka, JMS) Familiarity with asynchronous request handling, scalability, and system resilience Agile mindset, with TDD/BDD and CI/CD experience Bonus: Background in Banking/Payments is helpful but not required – if you’ve built high-performance, real-time systems, we want to talk to you. 🎁 What’s In It for You 💰 £100,000 – £115,000 base salary (DOE)🎯 20% bonus 🧠 Work with cutting-edge tech on globally impactful systems 🏡 Hybrid working – 1 day a week (or more if you’d like)🌍 Opportunity to collaborate with major global banks 🚀 Fast-paced, product-led environment where your voice matters If you're a motivated Senior/Principal/Staff Java Software Engineer ready to tackle complex challenges and deliver meaningful change, hit apply – and shape the future of payments with us.



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