Staff Software Engineer – Backend

About the role

Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy, verifying good identities in real time and stopping fraud. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Engineering team in London and help build the technology that powers our mission to eliminate identity fraud.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build highly scalable, reliable backend services and APIs.
• Own complex technical problems from architecture through production.
• Work across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Data Science to deliver impactful solutions.
• Drive architectural decisions and improve engineering standards and practices.
• Build secure, observable, and resilient distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.
• Solve challenging production and performance problems at scale.

Required profile

• Strong experience building and operating large‑scale backend systems.
• Hands‑on experience with Golang preferred; Java or Scala also relevant.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and AWS.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Exposure to high‑volume data, streaming, or event‑driven systems.
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, and data protection.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and comfort working through ambiguity.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and driving impact across teams.

Required skills

• Golang
• Java
• Scala
• Distributed systems
• Microservices
• REST APIs
• AWS
• SQL
• NoSQL
• Streaming / event‑driven architecture
• Security
• Privacy
• Data protection