Lead Software Engineer - Backend

Overview

As Lead Backend Engineer in Moneyfarm’s Partners Engineering team, you own the architecture and delivery of the B2B backend that powers institutional partnerships. You will design complex integrations with partner banks and internal services, while guiding a team of backend engineers toward robust, scalable solutions. You translate business and regulatory needs into reliable platforms, shaping the API strategy and ensuring secure, high-quality delivery. You’ll work closely with product, business, and partners to balance risk, speed, and long-term quality. This role offers impact at scale in a fast-growing fintech with a strong client and partner focus.

Retribuzione / Benefits bonus

flexible ways of working

competitive salary

opportunity to work across Europe

supportive, values-driven culture

Responsabilità Own the technical architecture and system design for the Partners backend platform

Lead design and implementation of complex integrations with partner banks, third-party providers, and internal services

Act as the primary technical lead for backend initiatives and strategic decisions

Define and drive API strategy for partner-facing services including contract design, versioning, authentication, and documentation

Collaborate with Product, Business, and partner stakeholders to assess feasibility and risks

Coordinate with the Engineering Manager to scope work and ensure predictable delivery

Mentor backend engineers through code reviews and design guidance

Contribute to engineering standards and patterns for the broader organization

Participate in cross-team architectural discussions to ensure platform consistency

Monitor system stability and performance, proposing improvements

Requisiti fondamentali 7+ years of professional software engineering with a strong backend focus

Deep expertise in Java or Go (willingness to work across the stack)

Experience with agentic AI tools to accelerate development and generate specs

Product engineering mindset using AI to move from problem space to implementation

Experience designing and integrating distributed systems and microservices

Knowledge of architecture patterns: fault tolerance, availability, scalability, security, data quality

Experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, RDS/Aurora) and CI/CD pipelines

Track record leading projects end-to-end and delivering reliably

Experience in regulated environments is a plus

Familiarity with B2B integration patterns (SSO, partner API gateways, batch processing, data reconciliation)

Effective communication across functions

Mentorship ability

Italian language proficiency

effective communication

mentorship

stakeholder collaboration

Java

Go

distributed systems