Senior Software Engineer
SequenceFinancial Operations company
London, United Kingdom£115,000 - £130,000Senior
Andreessen Horowitz
645 Ventures
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Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Software Engineer to build critical backend systems for an AI-powered revenue platform.
- •Sequence is building an AI-powered revenue platform for modern finance teams, processing over $1bn in annual invoice volume.
- •We are looking for ambitious software engineers with strong backend and cloud infrastructure experience to build critical systems for billing and invoicing.
- •Key Responsibilities Own revenue-critical event infrastructure, designing high-throughput, low-latency event streaming pipelines.
- •Design scalable data systems, including event streaming architectures and query optimization strategies.
- •Shape backend architecture using Kotlin and Spring Boot, influencing architectural patterns and infrastructure solutions.
- •Build systems for future growth, considering data storage, horizontal scalability, and performance at scale.
- •Requirements Shipped production backend systems with a focus on reliability.
- •Experience building scalable backends that handle significant load and understand design tradeoffs.
- •Strong experience in event-driven architectures and event streaming platforms.
- •Deep understanding of data systems, including analytical databases and OLAP systems.
- •Experience provisioning cloud resources, writing infrastructure-as-code, and balancing competing constraints.
Required skills
KotlinGoogle CloudTerraformPostgreSQLBigQueryApache KafkaMicroservicesCI/CDDockerKubernetesGitLinux
Nice-to-have skills
TypeScriptReact
Domain expertise
fintechdeveloper-toolsaiproductivity
Benefits & perks
Equity, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Modern, flexible pension via Penfold with salary sacrifice available, Visa sponsorship available
Tech stack
KotlinPostgreSQLBigQueryGoogle CloudTerraformTypeScriptReactGitLinuxNotionLinear