Full Stack Engineer at Allica Bank Limited

Job Title

Full Stack Engineer

Salary

Not Disclosed

Company Description

Allica Bank Limited is a $1.2B unicorn and the UK's fastest-growing SME challenger bank, recently reaching profitability and securing a $155M Series D funding round to scale its lending operations for business customers.

Job Description

Join Allica Bank Limited to design and deliver high-impact features across the full stack. You will build secure, reliable Kotlin/Java microservices and modern React/TypeScript interfaces on Azure. As part of a collaborative squad, you'll maintain high engineering standards, ensuring our software meets the rigorous regulatory and accessibility requirements expected of a leading UK bank.

Location

Milton Keynes, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Join a profitable UK unicorn that recently secured $155M in Series D funding and reached a $1.2B valuation as the fastest-growing SME challenger bank.
• Work in a sophisticated engineering environment where secure coding, observability, and accessibility are core principles, not afterthoughts, while utilizing cutting-edge GenAI tools like GitHub Copilot.
• Benefit from a high-growth culture led by CTO Ravneet Shah, offering the stability of a profitable bank with the innovation and pace of a top-tier fintech.

What You Will Do

• Develop end-to-end features using Kotlin/Java Spring Boot microservices on Azure Container Apps and React/TypeScript frontends on Azure Static Web Apps.
• Contribute to technical design decisions and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) while maintaining observability, CI/CD pipelines, and secure coding standards.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to shape practical solutions, leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code responsibly to improve productivity.

The ideal candidate

• Strong hands-on experience building Spring Boot microservices in Kotlin or Java, with expertise in REST APIs and containerized cloud deployments (preferably Azure).
• Proven proficiency in React and TypeScript for building accessible, performant UIs, alongside a solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals like resilience and failure handling.
• A collaborative mindset experienced in code reviews and pairing, with an ability to integrate GenAI tools into their workflow to improve code quality and consistency.