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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
Job Details
Work mode Remote (Country)
Category other
Posted 9 months ago
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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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