Senior Software Engineer – Kotlin
£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35
Hybrid | London (3 days onsite)
A leading UK financial services organisation is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to play a central role in a large-scale platform transformation programme. The business is rebuilding a critical part of its digital infrastructure to support a broad range of transaction methods and channels across both in-person and digital environments.
This is hands-on backend engineering at scale, with real ownership and direct exposure to architecture decisions from day one.
Key Responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer:
- Design and build Kotlin backend services for a new payments platform
- Own the architecture and design of key components, taking high-level requirements and turning them into structured, deliverable backlogs
- Write clean, well-tested, production-ready code that the team can rely on
- Work closely with Product and Engineering to break down complex problems and ship impactful features
- Bring fresh thinking to existing approaches and propose improvements where you see them
- Support team leadership across delivery, code quality, and technical decision-making
- Contribute to technical hiring, helping to assess and attract strong engineering talent
Skills & Key Requirements:
- Strong commercial Kotlin experience for backend development, ideally within payments or financial services
- Domain expertise in payment gateway systems or payments infrastructure
- Comfortable with React.js for full stack contribution where required
- Proven ability to take requirements through to architecture, design, and delivery
- Senior Software Engineer level ownership of technical decisions and delivery
- Clear grasp of software engineering fundamentals: design patterns, SOLID principles, test-first design
- Familiarity with Agile practices including peer code review and pair programming
- Hands-on exposure to AWS or comparable cloud platforms
- Background in both monolithic and microservices-based systems
- Experience in a product-led environment where engineering and business goals are closely aligned
Contract Details:
- Day rate: up to £650 per day
- IR35: Outside IR35
- Contract length: 6 months initial term, extension likely
- Location: London, hybrid (3 days onsite)
- Start: ASAP
If you are a Senior Software Engineer with strong Kotlin backend experience and interested in working in the financial services space, apply now or reach out directly to find out more.
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