Senior Software Engineer (Hybrid)

Salary: £45,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Extensive, demonstrable background in modern software engineering or development practices
• Expertise in multiple modern software languages and broad, deep development experience
• Experience working with cloud technologies; we currently use AWS
• Knowledge of modern DevOps practices and infrastructure as code
• Security-by-design mindset
• Ability to translate complex business needs into elegant technical solutions
• Ability to influence stakeholders, senior management and peers
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior engineers
• Six years of software development experience (required)
• UK work authorisation (required)
• Edinburgh location preferred
• Experience in financial services, a scale-up business, Ruby on Rails, reactive programming, or AI/ML engineering would be beneficial

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, document and maintain high-quality software
• Contribute deeply to architecture and tooling decisions
• Share knowledge and continue developing expertise
• Coach and mentor junior software engineers
• Ensure the security of our software stack and applications

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Rails
• Ruby
• Security
• microservices
• Embedded

More:

At LendingCrowd, were a leading fintech business shaping how SMEs borrow money. Since launching in 2014, weve driven over £630 million in lending to small businesses across the UK. Were challenging the business-lending market by re-engineering our platforms with an event-driven microservices architecture, and we encourage ideas and a culture of doing the right thing. This full-time Senior Software Engineer role reports to our Software Engineering Manager and is part of a small, agile team working on our key systems. It offers exposure to new and cutting-edge technology, with a salary from £45,000 per year. Benefits include bereavement leave, company events, a company pension, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, gym membership, life insurance, private dental and medical insurance, a referral programme, sick pay and work-from-home options. The role is hybrid remote in Edinburgh, EH2 2JG.

last updated 44 week of 2026