Vacancy description

Software Engineer in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

LendingCrowd

  • RemoteWork from anywhere
  • HybridMix of office and remote
  • Full-timeStandard weekly hours

£35k per annum

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Salary: £35,000 - 35,000 per year Requirements:

  • Extensive and demonstrable background in modern software engineering and development practice
  • Expertise in multiple modern software languages
  • Experience working within the cloud, with AWS currently in use
  • Knowledge of modern DevOps practice and writing infrastructure as code
  • A security-by-design mindset
  • Ability to translate complex business needs into elegant technical solutions
  • Ability to influence stakeholders, senior management, and peers
  • Experience coaching and mentoring junior engineers
  • Experience in the financial services sector is beneficial
  • Experience in a scale-up business is beneficial
  • Ruby on Rails experience is beneficial but not necessary
  • Experience with reactive programming is beneficial
  • Experience with AI/ML engineering is beneficial
  • DevOps experience: 3 years preferred
  • Software development experience: 4 years required
  • Ability to commute to or relocate to Edinburgh EH2 2JG before starting work
  • United Kingdom work authorisation required
Responsibilities:
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, document, and maintain high-quality software
  • Contribute to architecture and tooling decisions
  • Share knowledge and help others grow their expertise
  • Ensure the security of our software stack and applications
  • Work as a key member of a small agile team
  • Help imagine, design, develop, test, and deploy the software behind our key systems
Technologies:
  • AI
  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Rails
  • Ruby
  • Security
  • microservices
  • Embedded

More:

We are LendingCrowd, a leading fintech business shaping the way SMEs borrow money. Since launching in 2014, we have driven over £600M in lending to small businesses across the UK by blending technology innovation, financial expertise, and strong backing. We are re-engineering our business platforms with an event-driven microservices architecture and looking for an innovative Software Engineer with cloud-native design skills to join our dynamic, fast-growing team. This is a full-time, hybrid remote role based in Edinburgh EH2 2JG, with opportunities to work with new and cutting-edge technology and benefit from a range of perks including company events, pension, enhanced leave, gym membership, insurance options, sick pay, and work from home.

last updated 43 week of 2026