Java/Kotlin Software Engineer

Salary: £69,000 - 109,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for product-focused engineering skills and a strong engineering mindset.
• We value experience building distributed systems at scale.
• We look for test-driven development practices.
• We value comfort operating in uncertainty and rapid change.
• We look for collaborative problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Kotlin, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS Aurora Postgres, and similar modern technologies is useful.
• Fintech or banking experience is a bonus, but we value problem-solvers from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities:

• We ship great products, not just superb code.
• We design and build modern, reliable, scalable microservices.
• We own our services end-to-end, from conception to production monitoring.
• We collaborate directly with product, design, and data experts to shape solutions.
• We solve real financial problems for millions of customers.
• We work on distributed systems processing thousands of transactions daily.
• We build resilient services that handle peoples money.
• We create experiences that make traditionally complex financial products feel simple.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Docker
• Support
• Kafka
• Kotlin
• Kubernetes
• microservices
• Cloud
• Java

More:

We are Zopa, founded in 2005 and launched as Zopa Bank in 2020, building a new era of banking that listens to what customers do not like about finance and does the opposite. We are proud of our achievements, including being named in the top three UKs Most Loved Workplaces, and we value unconventional thinking, outsized impact, and a people-first culture. This is a permanent hybrid role in our London Engineering Cards Engineering team, with face-to-face collaboration in our London office 2–3 days a week. We support flexible working, including the option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year, subject to the right to work in the country of choice. We are committed to diversity, reasonable adjustments, and a workplace free from discrimination, and we expect AI fluency as part of how we work.

last updated 35 week of 2026