Remote (Country)

Monzo is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer

About the Role

Lead complex technical initiatives, guide architectural decisions, and support the growth of engineering teams while ensuring robust, scalable systems.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive long-term technical vision across multiple teams
  • Collaborate with engineering and product leaders to align technology with business goals
  • Mentor senior engineers and support career development across the engineering group
  • Champion best practices in software design, testing, and deployment
  • Lead cross-team technical projects with significant business impact
  • Evaluate and introduce new technologies to improve system performance
  • Ensure systems are secure, reliable, and scalable
  • Participate in incident response and contribute to resilience improvements
  • Promote a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning
  • Represent engineering in strategic planning discussions
  • Guide technical decision-making while balancing short-term needs with long-term goals
  • Foster collaboration between distributed teams
  • Improve observability and monitoring across services
  • Support on-call practices and reliability engineering standards
  • Encourage knowledge sharing through documentation and technical talks
  • Lead efforts to reduce technical debt and improve code quality
  • Work closely with security teams to maintain compliance and data protection
  • Drive automation in development and operational workflows
  • Contribute to architectural reviews and system design proposals
  • Advocate for user-centric engineering solutions
  • Ensure adherence to software development lifecycle standards
  • Identify opportunities for performance optimization
  • Support recruiting and onboarding of senior technical talent
  • Promote inclusive team practices and psychological safety
  • Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Flexible, hybrid working model

Team

Part of a high-performing engineering organization building modern banking infrastructure

Why This Role Matters

  • This position plays a critical role in shaping the future of financial infrastructure by guiding technical direction and enabling engineering teams to deliver with confidence.
  • The impact extends beyond code, influencing how systems scale and how engineers grow within the organization.

Growth and Development

  • Opportunities to lead technical communities, present at internal forums, and contribute to industry discussions are encouraged.
  • Engineers in this role are supported in advancing both technical and leadership capabilities.

Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
GoKubernetesDockerAWSCloud Infrastructure
About company
Monzo
A modern digital banking platform offering personal and business bank accounts, credit cards, savings, and investment services in the UK, focused on making banking simpler and more customer-friendly.
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Posted 7 months ago