Thought Machine

A leading fintech company in Greater London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in Infrastructure. The role involves deploying and maintaining software, automating deployment processes, and developing observability tools. Candidates should possess 5+ years of experience, a degree in a technical field, and proficiency in Python or Golang. This position offers a competitive salary, generous maternity and paternity leave, and flexible working hours, creating a supportive work environment.

Thought Machine's mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years-and a UK Best Employer for 2026. Back End Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine as Back End Engineers lead the development of Thought Machine's Vault product. We pride ourselves in excellence in this role, adopting the best practices in continuous deployment monorepo style development. While development at Thought Machine is fast paced, you will be expected to develop code to a high standard and production ready state. Duties Design, implement and develop scalable, performant microservices using best practices. Write automated unit tests, integrate tests, etc. Interfacing with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way. Managing and debugging your deployments from testing environments all the way to production. Translating customer requirements into trackable tickets. Requirements Essential Experience with either Python or Golang. Experience in developing automated tests as an integral part of the development cycle. Interest in working on client-facing projects, conducting scoping and defining deliverables. Desirable Knowledge of banking / finance. Experience with AWS or other cloud providers. Familiar with databases (SQL or noSQL). Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures. Experience using orchestration tools such as Kubernetes or Mesos. Benefits Highly competitive salary Pension plan (match up to 5%) Life insurance - three times annual salary Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid) Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time) 25 days holiday and bank holidays Flexible working hours Cycle-to-work scheme Electric car scheme Season ticket loan Access to outstanding learning materials and courses Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine All the latest tech you need Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks A talented and experienced team as your colleagues An environment where we encourage learning and progress Two charity days a year Weekly food pop-up We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

A leading fintech company in Greater London is seeking a skilled Back End Engineer to contribute to the development of their core product. You will design and develop scalable microservices while ensuring production readiness and high standards. The ideal candidate has experience in Python or Golang and is familiar with automated testing. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working hours, and a strong emphasis on workplace culture for learning and development.

Thought Machine's mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years-and a UK Best Employer for 2026. Software Engineering is a key role within Thought Machine. As an engineering-focused company, we take pride in our engineering excellence, adopting best practices, and utilising modern technologies. Thought Machine software engineers work across the stack to solve complex engineering problems that have not been solved before. As a result, while development at Thought Machine is fast-paced, you will be expected to develop code to the highest standards that scales, is secure, performant, and provides a great user experience. Software Engineers will take complete ownership of a requirement, converting it into an engineering design, task breakdown, and implementation. You'll be responsible for building both backend services and frontend experiences. Our clients range from the world's largest financial institutions to smaller regional banks. Our systems must cater to each of these use cases, so we care deeply about providing the ability to configure and customise the user experience based on the client's or end user's persona. Software engineers are expected to bridge the gap between back-end and front-end, crafting delightful experiences that delight all our clients. This is a full-time, permanent position based in our London office, requiring three days a week onsite, with the option to work four days per week, which includes an additional financial allowance. Duties Design and implement end-to-end features across the stack, including web applications and backend services. Ensure your solutions are delivered with security, performance, scale, and user experience in mind. Write automated unit, integration, acceptance tests, etc. Interface with other engineering teams to ensure that features are added in a structured and coherent way. Managing and debugging your features from testing environments to production. Translating customer requirements into a clear plan that can be delivered via tasks. Collaborating as part of a cross functional team of backend, front end, and full stack engineers. Essential Experience with React and TypeScript. Proficiency in writing modern web applications. Experience writing REST APIs and services. A keen eye for detail and a passion for writing clean, readable, properly tested code. Experience in integrating automated tests into the development lifecycle. Interest in client facing projects, including scoping requirements and defining deliverables. A proactive approach to learning and development. Desirable Knowledge of banking/finance. Experience with AWS or other cloud providers. Proficiency in Golang or Python. An understanding of both UX and UI principles. Experience using Figma and UI frameworks. Visual design skills. Familiar with databases (SQL or NoSQL). Experience with client/server software architectures & networking, or microservice architectures. Experience using Kubernetes. Benefits Highly competitive salary Pension plan (match up to 5%) Life insurance - three times annual salary Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid) Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time) 25 days holiday and bank holidays Flexible working hours Cycle-to-work scheme Electric car scheme Season ticket loan Access to outstanding learning materials and courses Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine All the latest tech you need Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals Huge range of healthy (and not so healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks A talented and experienced team as your colleagues An environment where we encourage learning and progress Two charity days a year Weekly food pop up We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.

A leading fintech company in London is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to design and implement modern banking solutions. You will work on the full stack, developing both backend services and frontend applications. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with React and TypeScript, alongside a passion for writing clean, efficient code. This position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits including flexible work options, professional development support, and a collaborative work environment.

Thought Machine's mission is bold - to properly and permanently rid the world's banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology. We have grown rapidly in the past few years - growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more. We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world's most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe's fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years-and a UK Best Employer for 2026. At Thought Machine, our Senior Software Engineers specialised in Infrastructure play a crucial role in deploying and maintaining our cutting edge software, developing tools and integrations with third party infrastructure components used in our customers' environments. The role spans across building mechanisms to automate and streamline deployment processes, to facilitating infrastructure changes in the data and streaming platforms which support our products, among other things. We build automation to provide an intuitive and reliable user experience to operate and integrate with Vault for Thought Machine engineers and bank SREs. Duties Support the engineering team in building reliable, scalable applications Help design and build tools to make our services scalable and highly available, automating wherever possible Develop observability and orchestration tooling to allow our customers to monitor and manage their deployments Contribute to disaster recovery, backup and redundancy tooling and strategy Assist in improving the quality of our codebase by building new tools and processes Essential A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar technical field 5+ years of hands on experience Experience developing production ready infrastructure management tooling with either Python or Golang Familiarity with at least one of the following: Observability Tools (e.g. Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana) Databases (e.g. Postgres, DuckDB) Event Streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka) Container Orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab, GitHub Actions) Desirable Experience supporting production systems in high consistency transactional environments Benefits Highly competitive salary and commission Pension plan (match up to 5%) Life insurance (3x annual salary) Competitive maternity (six months fully paid) and paternity leave (four weeks fully paid) Shared parental leave (matched to our maternity leave for the same point in time) 25 days holiday and bank holidays Flexible working hours Cycle to work scheme Electric car scheme Season ticket loan Access to outstanding learning materials and courses Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine All the latest tech you need Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals Huge range of healthy (and not so healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks A talented and experienced team as your colleagues An environment where we encourage learning and progress Two charity days a year Weekly food pop up We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.