Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Credit Cards
Senior full-stack engineer owning features end-to-end for iwoca's small-business credit card — mostly backend in Python/FastAPI with PostgreSQL, plus React/TypeScript web and React Native mobile. Work spans card transactions, cashback, spend controls, and card lifecycle, with AI-assisted development using Claude Code.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Backend engineering experience with well-tested Python services for customer-facing products
- Design of relational data models and API integration
- Frontend development with React and TypeScript
- Product ownership experience from idea to production and live monitoring
- Experience with AI-enhanced development and evaluating AI outputs for production readiness
- Strong communication skills, tailoring technical detail to audiences
- Clarity in written and spoken communication
- Customer-focused thinking
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Python
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL
Full description
Overview
As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will own features end-to-end for iwoca’s business credit card, spanning data models, APIs, and frontend; you’ll predominantly work on the backend with Python and FastAPI while delivering customer-facing frontend in React/TypeScript. You will shape the next wave of card features, collaborating with product and design to solve real cash-flow and spend-control challenges for small businesses. Expect rapid releases that impact card usage, cashback, and security, backed by AI-assisted development. This role offers a chance to influence core fintech products at scale in a cross-functional, growth-focused team.
Pay / Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Medical insurance from Vitality with gym discount
- Private GP for you and dependents
- 25 days holiday plus birthday day off and generous leave options
- Sabbatical after four years
- Pension contributions (3%) and equity incentives
Responsibilities
- Build and own backend services and APIs using Python and FastAPI with PostgreSQL
- Develop frontend features in React/TypeScript for the web, and React Native for the mobile app
- Define data models and data flows from concept to production, including testing, release, and monitoring
- Collaborate with product, design, and operations to ship customer-facing features
- Work on card transactions, cashback, spend controls, and card lifecycle features
- Contribute to AI-driven engineering practices and review AI-generated code using Claude Code as part of feature development
Key requirements
- Backend engineering experience with well-tested Python services for customer-facing products
- Design of relational data models and API integration
- Frontend development with React and TypeScript
- Product ownership experience from idea to production and live monitoring
- Experience with AI-enhanced development and evaluating AI outputs for production readiness
- Strong communication skills and ability to tailor technical detail to audiences
- clarity in written and spoken communication
- customer-focused thinking
- cross-functional collaboration
- Python
- FastAPI
- PostgreSQL