Location 100% Remote (UK/EU*) Be at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing mission-critical infrastructure technology for some the world’s most established banks and financial institutions! THE ROLE As a Senior Engineer in the UK Engineering Team, you’ll be at the forefront of maintaining and enhancing mission-critical infrastructure technology for some the world’s most established banks and financial institutions. An opportunity to make significant impact by identifying and implementing improvements that enhance the performance, scalability and reliability of high-volume payment systems. You’ll ensure our platform runs seamlessly, contributing to the backbone of UK financial operations. You’ll collaborate with a team of talented senior engineers, tackling the challenges of securely processing millions of transactions per day, driving forward the operational excellence needed to maintain a high-performance, critical service. WE’RE LOOKING FOR Essential Deep understanding of designing and building distributed systems Enjoys working on complex challenges within critical software where high performance and robustness are essential Familiarity with cloud and containerisation technologies, test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best-practice Experience with Go, along with a “right tool for the job” mentality Great communication skills who enjoy sharing knowledge and collaborating with others Desirable A passion for working on mature products and a drive to improve them. Interest in DevOps, specifically running applications in Kubernetes. Experience of tools like Prometheus and Grafana, leveraging them to build a robust product observability model. Fearless debugging skills, working through multiple layers and confidently stepping into unknown environments and exploring them. A knack for identifying opportunities for internal tooling and building it. TECH STACK ️ Here are a few of the tools and methodologies we utilise: Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Hybrid Cloud Platform: CockroachDB, Vault, NATS, Cilium Tools: Terraform, GitHub, Prometheus, Pact.io, Tilt Code: Go (and a little Java), containerised microservices, open source Ways of working: Pair Programming, 100% remote, SecDevOps THE TEAM Team Size: You’ll be joining a group of 6-7 Senior Engineers, led by Lead Engineer. Daily Routine: UK teams have an optional daily sync/social meeting, with daily updates provided asynchronously via Slack. Responsibility: You’ll take ownership of the entire delivery process. This includes problem exploration, solution development, and collaborating across other functions (Product, Customer Operations, etc.) Workflow: We embrace flexible workflow, adapting to the needs of our projects and team members. Our approach is similar to Kanban. Estimates & Planning: Most work is customer facing, so clear communication of delivery dates is key to managing expectations. We aim to keep the process light and efficient. Customer support: You’ll support high-volume payment products for large financial institutions and banks, helping resolve queries and investigating transaction anomalies. While day-to-day interaction with customers is minimal (we have dedicated teams to handle customer communication), significant part of the work is driven by customer requests. We’re always seeking opportunities to optimise and automate this work. Type of work: The main challenge in front of the UK team is continuously improving the reliability, observability and performance of a mature, high-volume payments platform. This includes deep analysis of issues, designing and executing robust testing strategies, and a keen eye for noticing risk and inefficiencies with a drive to reduce them. Objectives: Expand Form3’s position in the UK market by onboarding customers and provide them with the best platform by exceeding reliability and availability SLAs. INTERVIEW PROCESS ✍️ Stage 1: Screening Call with Talent Team Stage 2: Take home test Stage 3: Team interview Stage 4: Technical interview We always aim to stick to the above process, however there may be occasions when an additional interview stage is needed for us to be sure we find the best fit for the role! HIRING LOCATIONS We are able to accept applications from the following countries; Germany, Portugal, Spain & UK ABOUT FORM3 Revolutionising the world of payments with our cutting-edge technology and innovative solutions. OUR DEI&B COMMITMENT We hire talented people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to a work environment based on diversity, open-mindedness and curiosity. We’re united by our company values (we even created them together!) and we celebrate our unique differences. Our employee lifecycle processes are designed to embrace equal opportunity and prevent discrimination against our people regardless of personal characteristics. It is our strong belief that the more inclusive and belonging we are as a business, the better our work will be. As an inclusive employer, we guarantee to interview all neurodiverse and physically disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role. We also encourage candidates to notify us of any reasonable adjustments that may be required during the recruitment process. This includes providing job adverts in alternative, accessible formats or adjustments required at interview stage. If you consider yourself to be neurodiverse or physically disabled under the UN definition of disability and would like to be considered under this scheme and/or require any reasonable adjustments please let us know by sending an email to careers@form3.tech clearly stating your consent for us to process this data. For more information please refer to our Recruitment Data Policy. What we stand for at Form3 How does that sound? Pretty great right? But we can also imagine that you want some industry wide proof. Inclusivity We want everyone at Form3 to feel involved and have a say in shaping our business. We provide a safe space to be inquisitive, voice opinions, experiment, make mistakes and push boundaries with zero judgement. Be who you are You will find plenty of people here that are on your wavelength! Everyone is respected for who they are. We hire talented people from a variety of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to a work environment based on diversity, open-mindedness and curiosity. Our work is our craft Our work is our craft. We have fun, we build the best cloud payment technology in the world, treat people right, find work-life harmony, build comradery. Here you will be in an environment where you can grow as a person and accomplish the best work of your career.