HOME FinTech / Payments Lead Backend Engineer
  • OneDome
  • UA,
  • Contract
  • 12 days ago
  • $4,000–$5,000 / month
OneDome VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Lead Backend Engineer.

Remote FinTech / Payments Contract

Lead Backend Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a lead backend engineer building a Java Spring-based platform for a scaling fintech and proptech product business.
  • The Person:The person will develop and maintain the platform, write complex code, lead a small to medium team, contribute to architecture and design, and ensure code quality, performance, and scalability.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has strong Java experience, proficiency in Spring Framework, experience with Relational and NoSQL databases, AWS knowledge, and DevOps skills in AWS provisioning, operations, and management.

About the role

Passionate about programming. We are not looking for a person who only delegates, but rather
delegates, builds systems, unloads himself, writes the code of the complex things himself
● Technical writing skills. Experience of creating a documentation from scratch for a medium level
business
● Working in a fintech/proptech product Scale-up
● Team leading on small to medium teams
● Top performer track record
● Work on product features and impact customer experience
● Develop and maintain our Java Spring-based platform for a quickly scaling business
● Collaborate with a distributed team of highly skilled engineers
● Contribute to the architecture and design of our growing platform
● Ensure code quality, performance, and scalability
Requirements
● Strong Java experience (6+ years)
● Proficiency in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, MVC, Security), ORM frameworks
(JPA/Hibernate)
● Experience with Relational & NoSQL databases.
● AWS knowledge, including ECS, EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, etc.
● DevOps skills in AWS provisioning, operations, and management.
● Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
● Ability to work independently in a remote setting.

Nice to Have
● AWS Certification

What do we offer:
● Challenging tasks with great opportunity to level up your skills
● 20 working days of paid vacation
● Working hours are 9:00–17:00 London time

● Additional days off follow the UK holiday calendar
● The team is international (Ukraine, Azerbaijan, South Africa).

Published September 23, 2026
Location UA, Ukraine
Category FinTech / Payments  
Job Type Contract