Senior/Staff Backend Engineer (London, Hybrid)
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at DualEntry. London · full-time · £130,000–£220,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design Python-preferred backend services and APIs that handle accounting decisions in real time and support critical business operations
- Take features from system design through deployment, testing and monitoring, including the CI/CD work
- Connect external services and third-party systems, anticipating integration edge cases and managing related risks
- Build and maintain database schemas, migrations and ORM-backed data access for complex business rules
What you bring
- At least five years of backend engineering experience; the programming language can vary
- Deep experience building products with intricate business rules and workflows
- Strong PostgreSQL and SQL skills, including schema design, migrations and ORM use
- Experience deploying to AWS or a comparable platform, with reliable CI/CD and production-readiness practices
Who this fits
This role suits a senior backend engineer who is pragmatic, curious, self-directed and comfortable moving quickly with high expectations. It is hybrid in London.
From the employer
About DualEntry
DualEntry is building the OS for finance.
Every business needs a financial system of record, yet the world's largest fintech market ($220B+) still runs on software from the 1990s. DualEntry's AI-native ERP automates accounting from data entry to close, so finance teams move faster, spend less and incur less risk.
In just 2 years we've raised $100M+ from Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Contrary and Google Ventures and earned the trust of customers from $5M ARR to publicly traded companies.
We hire outliers - people who have achieved difficult things, in their careers or beyond. You'll find leaders, colleagues who've competed at the highest levels of sport, performed on Broadway, trained with UFC champions and founded the country’s largest Python community.
Where You'll Create Impact
Build!
Design backend systems and APIs (Python preferred) that run real-time, business-critical accounting logic
Ship features end to end - architecture, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and beyond
Integrate third-party tools and external systems, proactively managing edge cases and risk
What Sets You Up for Success
Hardcore work ethic and high agency
5+ years in backend engineering (language agnostic)
Deep experience with complex business logic products
Strong database skills: PostgreSQL, SQL, ORMs, migrations, schema design
Experience deploying on AWS (or similar), with solid CI/CD and production-readiness fundamentals
Bonus: Python and a modern web framework (FastAPI, Flask, or Django)
Why You’ll Thrive Here
Significant equity ownership in one of the top AI companies in the world
You’re joining early and will grow with DualEntry
Your feedback shapes the product directly
High-speed, high-trust environment with high expectations
Meet the Engineering Team
Marcin took a non-existent tax structure and built it end to end, setting the north star for how the team keeps improving it on top of it; modular and robust, always setting the bar for the rest.
Puhiza grew her team from one to full capacity, while owning our integration framework end to end; scaling it to support migrations, integrations, and bank connections. The queen of I/O on our platform.
Danylo took ownership of our bank connection engine end to end and rebuilt it from scratch.
How You Operate
Pragmatic: you like to move forward and make decisions based in reality (not theory). We don't debate if Cassandra has the most theoretical scalability - we use Postgres until it breaks
Hard working: 'You can work long, hard, or smart, but [here] you can't choose two out of three' - Jeff Bezos.
Curious: you love to learn, are highly curious about new frameworks and solutions to engineering problems
Fast-moving: you deploy daily, iterate quickly, and never wait for permission
Benefits & Compensation
Equity: £40,000 - £70,000
Base salary: £130,000 - £220,000
Private medical insurance through Freedom Elite
Mental health support (Talkspace)
Fertility support (Carrot)
Group life insurance (Allianz)
Workplace pension through Penfold (with salary sacrifice option)
Flexible PTO (28 days, including public holidays)
Home internet, co-working space & office setup support
Unlimited AI token usage
AI skills development & enablement
Learning & development budget for courses, certifications & language learning
Visa sponsorship and relocation support for a move to NYC (after 2 years' tenure)
In-person team meetups (our last ones: Lisbon, Vienna, Warsaw, Cyprus and more!)
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