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Backend Engineer at nsave

Required Skills

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About the Role

nsave is seeking a Backend Engineer to build robust, scalable, and secure financial infrastructure for underserved communities. The role involves designing core systems, ensuring reliability and compliance, and working with a tech stack including NestJS and AWS. This is an on-site position in London, UK.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and own core infrastructure subsystems
  • Proactively improve system health and compliance
  • Ensure user-facing financial systems are high-throughput and low-latency
  • Balance rapid product iteration with operational stability
  • Champion a user-centered approach to infrastructure

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Broad platform & infrastructure expertise (backend architecture, databases, SRE, IaC, CI/CD)
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals (clean abstractions, scalability, trade-offs)
  • Security-first mindset with experience in financial-grade systems
  • Collaborative and supportive approach to team productivity

Nice to Have:

  • Regulated environment experience (fintech or similar domains)
  • Familiarity with NestJS, TypeScript, AWS, Docker, Kafka