Senior Software Engineer

About the role

Pave Bank is building the next generation of programmable banking infrastructure. As a Senior Software Engineer you will shape the backbone of the core banking platform, delivering scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems. You will work closely with Product, Compliance, Treasury, and Operations to turn requirements into high‑quality software.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Go or other strongly typed languages.
• Develop scalable, event‑driven distributed systems that power critical banking operations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Product, Compliance, Treasury, Operations) to define requirements and deliver 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 to deployment.
• Ensure code quality through clean, well‑documented code and automated tests.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, tooling, and system reliability improvements.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go or another strongly typed language.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and event‑driven architectures.
• Experience at a Tier 1 tech company or significant open‑source contributions.
• Collaborative, empathetic, and able to communicate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Strong interest in fintech, banking, or financial infrastructure.

Required skills

• Go
• Strongly typed programming languages
• Distributed systems
• Event‑driven architectures
• Temporal
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Encore.dev

What we offer

• Work alongside a founding team from Monzo and BigPay.
• Build cutting‑edge programmable banking infrastructure.
• Make a real impact on architecture, systems, and engineering culture.
• Competitive salary and meaningful equity with growth potential.
• Well‑funded startup backed by top global investors.