Principal Backend Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead technical direction across multiple teams and align with priorities.
• Stay hands-on in coding and architecture where impact is greatest.
• Identify high-leverage opportunities and steer engineering toward outcomes.
• Mobilise teams around critical problems and maintain momentum.
• Set architectural direction for complex systems and drive reuse.
• Uphold high standards for technical excellence across Monzo.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven track record leading complex, high-impact systems.
• Ability to think multi-year horizons and plan accordingly.
• Strong technical judgment with product/business awareness.
• Experience with large-scale backend, distributed or data-intensive systems.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous problem spaces and guiding direction.
• Excellent at influencing senior stakeholders across engineering and product.

🎁 Benefits

• Base salary, incentives and share options.
• UK relocation assistance.
• Visa sponsorship available.
• Flexible remote/distributed work with occasional London meetups.
• £1,000 learning budget per year.
• Home office setup support and Mac laptops.