Back End Engineer

Package: £70-80k + Equity

Location: London area / hybrid with 3 days a week in the office

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The people:

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AI enables small teams to achieve incredible outcomes. We are building a lean, but

incredibly effective team.

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London is the epicentre of the financial services sector and we are building a talent dense team within the beating heart of the city. This sector isn’t new to our team, we have all had impressive success in the past, however, Covecta is just the start of the next chapter.

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Scott Wilson, CEO, previously VP EMEA at Mambu. During his 3 year tenure revenue increased from €30m to €130m, and the valuation charged to €4.7bn from €1.9bn.

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Ben Thomas, CRO, spent 2 years on the Mambu leadership team driving the global growth.

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Previously, 15 years with Accenture and McKinsey building the future of banking from within, selling ~£3m of consulting engagements per year.

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What are we building at Covecta?

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Covecta is an Agentic AI platform built specifically for financial institutions. Covecta's Agents solve real productivity bottlenecks across client serving teams and support teams within commercial banks, building societies, specialist lenders and private credit teams.

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Covecta's Agents and workflows are configured from within Covecta's studios to the organisation's specific needs and requirements. The Agents are controlled by Covecta’s purpose-built, Financial Services specific, orchestrator. They collect information from external data sources and internal systems and complete automated workflows and activities on behalf of users and teams across lead acquisition, origination and servicing.

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Covecta accelerates automation with human in the loop optionality and elevates productivity, enabling colleagues to serve customers more deeply and accelerate portfolio growth. It’s built to work with customers’ existing systems, integrates easily, and doesn’t require training on customer data.

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Imagine a world where every worker within this industry is multiplying their productivity.They are doing their best work, being productive and feeling fulfilled. This is what Covecta delivers.

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Where are we in our journey?

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We have come out of the gates fast.

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We launched an MVP in January’25. We went live in April’25 with our first paying customer, Metro Bank, and continued adding to this through the year. As of December’25 we have customers across both the UK and US, and multiple high value strategic partnerships which will accelerate our distribution.

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Our brand recognition is increasing and we have built a strong pipeline. We are now adding an additional Commercial Lead to accelerate our commercial execution. We have only achieved 0.01% of what we want. We have more to do, we want to execute at pace and build a destination business.

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Who are we looking for?

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We’re looking for a Founding front end engineer that is passionate about the tech we are building and the industry we are serving. We are changing the way the industry operates and that requires greatness.

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> You bring professional pride

You have a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment derived from your work and career. You have a strong commitment to high standards, dedication to your craft, and a desire to excel.

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> You’re product obsessed

The product you build will redefine the way the financial services industry will operate. We are building leading AI solutions to solve mission critical activities and workflows. The industry won’t have felt an impact like this before, and this matters to you.

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> You bring the technical edge

You take pride in being on the forefront of innovation. You get a sense of satisfaction when ideas turn into reality. You are competent with the latest and greatest front end capabilities and tools. You crave complexity and run towards it.

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> You want to and can move fast

We are moving fast, but we need to move faster. You can help us do this. We are changing an industry, that doesn’t happen overnight, but the hard work starts now. Expect longer hours, the trade offs are worth it, because we enjoy it and we see the impact we are having.

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> You operate well within a team

You like to take ownership, you organise yourself, and work effectively alongside a team and all your stakeholders. The team will individually and collectively be outstanding. We have our own office and it's our fun place to work.

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The package:

Competitive salary: £70-80kGenerous equity: 0.2 - 0.6%

Private health insurance

Pension

Brand new MacBook

Annual offsite each year

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Responsibilities

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> Design and Development: Architect and develop backend services and APIs using Python, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.

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> AWS Integration: Utilize AWS managed services (e.g., Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RDS, Cognito etc.) to build and deploy serverless cloud-native applications.

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> Database Management: Design and manage databases, ensuring optimal performance and data integrity.

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> Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code. Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.

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> Troubleshooting and Debugging: Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues, and debug complex problems across the stack.

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> Security: Implement security best practices to protect data and ensure compliance with industry standards, including Auth and authorization.

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> Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends. Recommend and implement improvements to enhance the efficiency and reliability of our systems.

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> Monitoring and Logging: Monitoring and logging of systems and tools (e.g., CloudWatch).

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Requirements:

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> Minimum of 5 years of experience in backend development, with a strong focus on Python.

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> AWS Expertise: Proven experience with AWS managed services and deploying applications in the AWS ecosystem.

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> Databases: Proficiency in working with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

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> APIs: Strong experience in designing and consuming RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs.

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> CI/CD: Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

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> Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.

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> Communication: Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.

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> Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.