Senior Backend Software Engineer

OVERVIEW

APEXX is pioneering payment orchestration, transforming the global payments landscape with cutting-edge technology and innovation. As a leader in Fintech, we're committed to excellence, driving forward-thinking solutions that empower businesses worldwide.

Are you passionate about building scalable, resilient systems in the fast-moving world of FinTech?

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our growing technology team. You’ll play a key role in designing and building backend services that power our core platform — enabling real-time transactions, intelligent routing, and seamless third-party integrations with partners across the financial ecosystem.

You’ll work with a modern tech stack — including Java Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS Lambda, and a wide range of AWS services — and collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-performance systems.

If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, this could be a great fit.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services (utilising Java Spring Boot), contributing to the evolution of our platform and system architecture.

• Optimise backend systems for real-time processing, performance, resilience, and scalability to meet the demands of a growing, enterprise customer base.

• Implement integrations with third-party systems, ensuring secure and reliable data exchange across environments.

• Participate in the full software delivery lifecycle — from requirements gathering to production deployment and ongoing support.

• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to ensure technical solutions align with business objectives.

• Provide high-quality code reviews and mentor junior engineers where appropriate.

• Contribute to infrastructure and DevOps best practices, including CI/CD pipelines and containerised deployments.

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience designing and delivering robust backend systems, with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.

• Deep understanding of relational databases, including hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, and confidence in writing optimised SQL.

• Practical experience with AWS services, such as Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, and S3, and an appreciation of serverless and event-driven architectures.

• Familiarity with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and infrastructure-as-code.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a structured, delivery-oriented mindset.

• Comfortable working cross-functionally in fast-paced Agile environments, with clear communication and a collaborative approach.

• Passionate about clean code, continuous learning, and building systems that are resilient and easy to operate at scale.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience working in a FinTech or start-up environment.

• Exposure to observability tools

• Familiarity with security and authentication patterns (OAuth, SAML, etc.).

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Great people deserve great rewards. We believe in recognising the impact you make with competitive compensation and benefits that support you both at work and beyond.

Whether it's taking time to recharge, looking after your health, working from somewhere new, or investing in your growth, we've built a benefits package designed to help you thrive, because when our people do well, so does APEXX.

💰 Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive salaries that recognise your skills, experience, and the impact you make.

🏖️ Generous Time Off :Take the time you need to rest and recharge with annual leave, public holidays, and wellbeing-focused time away from work.

🌍 Work From Anywhere: Enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from eligible locations for up to 90 days per year, subject to our Work From Anywhere policy.*

❤️ Comprehensive Health Insurance: Your wellbeing matters. We provide comprehensive health insurance to help support you and your loved ones when it matters most.

🛡️ Personal Accident Insurance: Additional protection and peace of mind with personal accident insurance coverage.

👶 Enhanced Family Leave: Supporting you through life's biggest milestones with enhanced parental and family-friendly leave policies.

📈 Learning & Growth: We're invested in your development, with opportunities to learn, grow, and build a meaningful career at APEXX.

WHO WE ARE & WHERE WE ARE

APEXX is a global payment orchestration platform with teams across the UK & India, helping enterprise businesses simplify the complexity of payments. For more than a decade, we've been building technology that enables merchants to connect to the world's payment ecosystem through a single, scalable integration.

Our platform gives businesses access to 200+ acquirers, 150+ alternative payment methods, and 10+ Buy Now, Pay Later providers, helping them optimise payment performance, improve acceptance rates, and expand into new markets with confidence.

Trusted by leading global brands including Ryanair, TUI, Hotelbeds, CarTrawler, Avon, and Jet2, we're redefining enterprise payments by making them smarter, faster, and more reliable.

As we continue to grow, so do the opportunities to make an impact. Whether you're building products, solving complex engineering challenges, or supporting the teams behind them, you'll play a meaningful role in shaping the future of global payments at APEXX.

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APEXX is an equal opportunities employer committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our employees and eliminating discrimination.

We do not accept speculative CVs or candidate profiles from Recruitment Agencies.