Senior Software Engineer

We’re on a mission to make banking 10x better.

At 10x Banking ("ten- ex  banking") we’re transforming the financial industry with our cloud-native core banking platform. Our talented team has built the world’s first 'meta core' - a new category in core banking technology. 10x's platform powers global banks and financial institutions including Chase UK, Old Mutual and Westpac.

We offer a diverse, global community that thrives on innovation and collaboration. Tackling exciting challenges with the utmost integrity, we aim to make a positive impact through our work for our clients, their customers and the communities we work in.

Be part of something bigger – join us and transform and industry.

About the role

As a Software Engineer at 10x, you are passionate about working with cutting-edge technologies, and bring deep technical knowledge and proven experience with data systems to deliver scalable solutions.

This particular role is with the team responsible for building and running the ledgers services, the heart of the 10x platform. The 10x ledger processes over a billion real-time transactions annually, with 99.999% uptime and the ability to power 100k transactions per second. This brings a number of unique and interesting engineering challenges to achieve such high throughput coupled with low latency and all whilst still being able to guarantee financial integrity.

Additionally, to the technical side of the role, you bring experience and wisdom in mentoring junior developers and proven experience in the challenges of delivery of high-quality software in a high-performance and fast paced development environment.

About you

You will be keen to solve problems beyond the borders of your immediate team and demonstrate that you can think on multiple levels; from strategic and tactical to driving operational excellence and system availability.

You are adept at reading code and designing and delivering systems that can exceed the exacting demands of our clients.

Our tech stack:

• Java / Spring Boot ecosystem (and some Kotlin)
• Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Terraform, AWS
• Kafka, Redis, PostgresSQL , Spring reactive, Quarkus
• Gradle, Jenkins, SonarQube, Checkmarx

Requirements

Ideally you will have...

• Solid Java software development skillset, ideally utilising Java 21 or higher and the Spring framework, in particular Spring Boot 3.x.x.
• A demonstrable Test-driven-development mindset, with good experience in writing unit, integration, and functional tests specifically for web services.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture.
• Prior experience working with SQL databases, strong knowledge around PostgreSQL
• A keen interest in Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment, experience with build tools such as Gradle / Maven.
• Experience in helping lead the development lifecycle process, best practices and operating distributed cloud-based microservices.
• Strong knowledge of designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Experience building and deploying production level Microservices using Docker / Kubernetes / Helm.
• Proven experience developing JVM-based microservices running in Kubernetes, and taking them through all stages of the development life cycle.
• Proven experience building cloud-based solutions using AWS.
• Applicable knowledge of event streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka).
• Excellent communication skills, solid work ethic, and a strong desire to write production-quality code
• Good experience of delivering software in an Agile manner, working as part of a Scrum team.
• You write high quality, clean code that’s reliable, maintainable and performant.
• You have a deep understanding of best practices in agile software development.
• You’re good at managing stakeholders, and can teach, mentor and empower others.
• You can assess the technical trade-offs and deliverables needed to create optimal solutions.

Benefits

At 10x Banking, we believe in empowering you to get the job done! Our benefits are here to support you be the best you can be.

• 25 days of holiday in addition to Bank/Public Holidays (with the option to swap some public holidays for alternative dates such as Diwali or Eid)
• 1 day off on or around your birthday
• 4 wellbeing days (1 additional paid day off per quarter, aimed at supporting you to maintain your personal wellbeing)
• Remote enabled working: scroll down to see the office requirements for this role
• Enhanced parental policies, including time off for fertility treatment
• Regular social gatherings and affinity groups
• Work from anywhere outside your typical working location – up to 4 weeks a year

• Career progression and learning pathways
• 1 paid volunteering day a year
• Sabbatical leave
• Options pool
• Private health insurance, with the option to add your family
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Subscription to Headspace wellbeing app 
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
  
  
  
  

More about 10x

We are driven by the belief that whatever we do as a business has to be done in the right way. Our three core values of: Transformation, Integrity and Impact support this. 

Discover what life is like at 10x over on Instagram and find out what the company is up to on LinkedIn.


10x Ways of Working


We recognise that a better work/life balance can improve people’s motivation, performance and overall wellbeing. That’s why if there’s scope in the working day, we have flexibility around our core hours to do the things that matter to you.

We also know some work is done better at home and some is done better in the office, and that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t enable high performance. That’s why 10x is a remote-enabled organisation and supports agile working. This role has an office attendance requirement of approx. twice per quarter , in agreement with your line manager.

Additionally, everyone comes together at our quarterly 10x Together Days to collaborate, align on strategy, and socialise. As all employees are employed on London-based contracts, commuting costs to the office are covered by employees and not by 10x.

Equal opportunities for all

At 10x, we are passionate about our people and are committed to fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture. We are building a community where every 10xer can bring their authentic self to work and feel empowered to reach their full potential. Our many employee networks help amplify this vision.

Alongside assessing technical capabilities to do the role, our assessment process will identify what you can uniquely bring to our 10x teams, and the potential you have to thrive here ( learn more about our approach to assessment ). Common to every role that 10xers perform, are 3 core competencies that we look for in our future 10xers – Business Impact , Change Driver & Delivery Excellence.

We are committed to ensuring all job applicants are treated equally and fairly and encourage applicants of all ethnicities, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, age, neurodiversity or disability status. 

Accommodations

We recognise not everyone is the same. In fact, we embrace difference. If you require any form of accommodation during the interview process, please tell us so we can make arrangements to support. Any information that you provide will be recorded and maintained confidentially.

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