Abound
Fintech
SoftwareEngineerII
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“Software Engineer II at Abound. Skills: Python development, Automation, Finance operations. Build Python services. Ship Python features”
Industry & Context.
Ask good questions; Troubleshoot issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Solid experience building production systems in Python, Able to take a well-defined problem and deliver it end-to-end with limited guidance, Care about code quality, reliability, and maintainability, A growing product mindset, Clear communicator who works well with engineers and business stakeholders, Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
Nice to Have
Experience working with relational databases, Exposure to cloud infrastructure, Prior experience automating finance, accounting, or operations workflows, Interest or experience in lending, payments, or financial services, Exposure to observability tooling
What You'll Do.
Build Python services
Automate finance workflows
Automate operations workflows
Participate in code review
Write meaningful tests
Uphold engineering standards
Understand requirements
Turn requirements into systems
Support business-critical systems
Contribute to delivery process
Make technical decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Senior engineers; Finance stakeholders; Operations stakeholders
Communication Scope
Clear communicator
Process & Methodology
Sprint planning, Sizing, Retrospectives
Full Job Description
About Abound We’re redefining consumer lending in the UK, and beyond. Using advanced AI and Open Banking data, we make fair, affordable personal finance available to more people. While traditional lenders rely almost entirely on credit scores, we look at the full financial picture - how much you spend, and what you can afford to repay to build a deeper, more accurate understanding of each customer's unique financial situation. And we've shown it works at scale. We’ve issued over £1.3bn in loans directly to customers while delivering market-leading credit performance - for every 10 defaults the industry expects, we see only 3. We also reached profitability just 2.5 years after launch. Backed by £2bn+ of funding from top-tier investors including Citi, GSR Ventures, and Deutsche Bank, we’re recognised as one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs (Sifted, CNBC). Now, we’re expanding into new markets and product lines - and we’re looking for ambitious people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and grow with us. About the Role We’re looking for a Software Engineer II to help build the systems that automate how our Finance and Operations teams work. As Abound scales, the manual workflows that powered us through our first £1bn of lending are becoming reliable, observable, automated systems- covering reconciliations, reporting, payments operations, collections workflows, and the day-to-day tooling our internal teams rely on. This is a hands-on engineering role on a small, high-impact team. You’ll write production code every day, taking well-scoped pieces of work from design through testing and deployment, with senior and lead engineers supporting you on the larger or more ambiguous problems. Over time you’ll grow ownership of the components and services you work on, and take on more of the discovery and design yourself. You won’t just close tickets. You’ll get close enough to the Finance and Operations workflows to understand the problem you’re solving, ask good questions
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