Full-Stack Engineer - Remote Position at Kroo Bank

About the Role

At Kroo Bank, we're building the future of banking with modern technology and a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and impact. We're hiring a Full-Stack Engineer to join our team remotely, where you'll shape real products used by thousands of customers every day in the UK.

What You'll Do

• Build and deliver new features end-to-end, from idea to production, in a modern CI/CD environment.
• Work across the stack including backend microservices (Clojure, Kafka, AWS, Postgres) to frontend (React Native, React, NextJs).
• Collaborate daily with product, design, and engineering colleagues to ship customer-facing features in an agile environment based on Kanban and XP practices.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code, and participate in code reviews.
• Contribute to system design discussions and bring ideas to improve scalability and resilience.
• Keep learning, diving deeper into banking products, functional programming, mobile frameworks, or cloud infrastructure.
• Optionally, contribute back to open source and share knowledge with the wider engineering community.

Requirements

• Professional experience in backend, web, or mobile development.
• Interest in learning Clojure and functional programming.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with IaC (Terraform/CDK/Pulumi).
• Good communication skills in English and ability to work effectively in a distributed Agile team.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for building high-quality products.

Nice to Have

• Expertise in any JVM language (Clojure, Java, Kotlin, Scala).
• JavaScript/TypeScript experience, including React, React Native, Redux, React Query, NextJs.
• Experience working in banking, fintech, or other highly regulated industries.

What We Offer

• 21 days of annual leave plus paid national holidays.
• 1 Kroo bank holiday (June 24th) and 1 day off during your birthday week.
• 3 personal days for unpredictable life events.
• Mental health support through Spill, our mental health partner.
• Top-notch equipment including a MacBook for smooth remote work.
• Room for growth in a fast-paced, high-growth start-up.
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.