Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Pave Bank is building the next generation of programmable banking infrastructure and needs a Senior Software Engineer to shape its core systems. You will work closely with product, compliance, treasury and operations teams to deliver reliable, scalable backend services that power critical banking operations.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services using Go or other strongly‑typed languages.
• Build event‑driven, distributed systems that support core banking functions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders to define requirements and deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Write detailed design documents for new features and system improvements.
• Review pull requests and provide constructive technical feedback.
• Implement end‑to‑end features from architecture through testing and deployment.
• Ensure code quality with clean, well‑documented code and automated tests.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, tooling and system reliability.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong collaborative mindset and ability to communicate with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Interest in fintech, banking or financial infrastructure.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast‑paced startup environment.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Go or another strongly‑typed language.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event‑driven architectures.
• Experience with Temporal, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Encore.dev is a plus.
• Background in a Tier 1 tech company or significant open‑source contributions.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work with a founding team from Monzo and BigPay.
• Build cutting‑edge programmable banking infrastructure.
• Direct impact on architecture, systems and engineering culture.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity with growth potential.