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LAST SNAPSHOT 2026-11-03 Backend · London, GB

Fintech Backend Engineers in London: 64 Active Candidates, Target Pay p50 £106k

64 Active Candidates +6.4% week-on-week
£106k Target Comp · p50 p25 £87k · p75 £129k
48.1% Requests Accepted this cohort, trailing 90 days
70% Open to Remote 5 joined in last 7d
PRE-APPROVAL PRIVACY STANDARD

Fintech Backend Engineers in London: Standardized Wigi Highlights (2026)

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VERIFIED · ANONYMOUS London, GB · #fdbe56

Senior Backend Engineer — Payments (Kotlin/Java)

  • 6+ yrs production Payments, Microservices & Kotlin
  • Scaled high-frequency trading systems to 99.99% uptime SLOs
  • Open to remote or hybrid in London; notice period immediate
🔒 Open to interview requests Professional Summary locked pre-approval
VERIFIED · ANONYMOUS London, GB · #fcbe55

Staff Engineer, Core Ledger & Settlement

  • 8+ yrs production Microservices, Kotlin & Kafka
  • Scaled multi-region SaaS systems to petabyte-scale pipelines
  • Open to remote or hybrid in London; notice period 2 weeks
🔒 Actively interviewing now Professional Summary locked pre-approval
VERIFIED · ANONYMOUS London, GB · #fbbe53

Principal Fintech Systems Architect (PCI-DSS)

  • 10+ yrs production Kotlin, Kafka & PostgreSQL
  • Scaled zero-trust banking systems to 15k+ req/s
  • Open to remote or hybrid in London; notice period 4 weeks
🔒 Open to verified roles Professional Summary locked pre-approval
VERIFIED · ANONYMOUS London, GB · #fabe52

Senior Engineer, High-Throughput Card Issuing

  • 12+ yrs production Kafka, PostgreSQL & Java
  • Scaled high-frequency trading systems to 40M+ monthly active users
  • Open to remote or hybrid in London; notice period 1 month
🔒 Open to interview requests Professional Summary locked pre-approval
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Fintech Backend Engineers in London: Verified Skill Mix

Share of active candidates in this cohort listing each production skill in their Wigi Highlight.

Payments
92%
Microservices
80%
Kotlin
68%
Kafka
56%
PostgreSQL
44%
Java
37%

Seniority Distribution & Target Pay (GBP)

Self-reported seniority bands and annual base compensation percentiles.

Mid-Level
37%
Senior
45%
Staff / Principal
18%
Percentile Annual Target (GBP)
p25£87k
p50£106k
p75£129k
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64 active candidates · £106kINSTANTJOBS · SNAPSHOT TALENT TELEMETRYFintech Backend Engineers · London64ACTIVE CANDIDATES£106kTARGET COMP P50+6.4%WEEK-ON-WEEK2026-11-03