🚀 Embarking on a mission to revolutionize financial services.
We're transforming traditional banking paradigms.
Our journey began with a prepaid card, expanding into comprehensive financial solutions in the UK. Our offerings now include personal and business bank accounts, joint accounts, teen and children's accounts, and credit products. UK customers can save, invest, and manage pensions through our platform.
Our distinctive coral cards and innovative features like early wage access, coupled with engaging social media financial education and exceptional customer support, create memorable experiences.
Our focus transcends product sales - we aim to solve problems and positively impact lives through Monzo ❤️
Watch our team discuss Monzo's work culture ✨
📍London / UK Remote | 💰 £135,000 - £184,000 + Share Options | Benefits | Technology
Senior Staff Engineer: L70 on Engineering Progression Framework
About Engineering Teams:
Approximately 450 engineers among 4,000 total employees. We encourage team mobility and specialization. Engineers collaborate across departments, participating in knowledge-sharing sessions about banking and communication.
We actively contribute to open-source software and maintain a detailed technology blog.
Senior Staff Engineer Responsibilities:
• Provide technical leadership across engineering squads
• Collaborate with product leadership to optimize cross-team trade-offs
• Drive team alignment around strategic objectives
• Maintain comprehensive technical context across work-streams
• Lead architectural discussions for complex systems
• Uphold technical excellence standards
• Champion quality-focused culture
• Proactively mentor and sponsor engineering talent
Company-wide influence, working across business units to accelerate Monzo's growth.
Technologies:
• Go
• Cassandra
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• AWS/GCP
• React
• Feast
Ideal Candidate:
• Proven technical excellence
• Experience leading complex product challenges
• Backend/Data/ML systems expertise
• Data-driven decision making
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Desire to improve financial services
Compensation & Benefits:
💰 £135,000 - £184,000 + share options
✈️ UK relocation support
✅ Visa sponsorship
📍 Flexible UK-based work
⏰ Adaptable working hours
📚 £1,000 annual learning budget
🏡 Remote work setup support
Interview Process:
1. Recruiter Call
2. Initial Discussion
3. System Design Interview
4. Take-home/Pair Programming Task
5. Final Behavioral/Leadership Interview
Estimated 3-4 week process
Equal Opportunity Employer
Committed to diversity and inclusive workplace
Embracing individual differences, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Remote (Country)
Monzo is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer
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