Principal Backend Engineer – Payments Platform (Hybrid)
Summary
Candour is hiring a Principal Backend Engineer in Manchester (hybrid) to help build its high-performance payments platform. The role blends hands-on backend development with technical leadership — architecture, standards, and code quality — while owning features from design to deployment and mentoring engineers alongside cloud, data, and AI tooling teams.
Candour is seeking an experienced Principal Backend Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Manchester, building a high-performance payments platform. This hands-on role combines software development with technical leadership across architecture, standards, code quality, and best practices.
You’ll own features from design to deployment, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cloud, data and AI tooling teams to deliver reliable systems.