TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING HIGH VOLUME EVENTS DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE OF A FINTECH/MARKETPLACE PLATFORM We are seeking a rockstar Head of Engineering – Java, Spring Boot, AWS Architect to join our core team and take ownership of the technology behind our B2C platform, used by 100,000s of customers monthly. Your primary focus will be to build a scalable, robust, and secure backend system that powers our platform. You will oversee architecture design, lead a distributed engineering team, and directly contribute critical parts of the codebase.

As our engineering lead, you will translate our business strategies into product and technical requirements, in close collaboration with the Product Manager and the wider business team, including the CEO.

Backend Architecture & Development: Architect and implement backend systems and APIs using Java, Python and modern frameworks.

Infrastructure & DevOps : Design and maintain a secure, highly available AWS infrastructure. Implement CI/CD pipelines, manage containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes or Docker Swarm), and configuration management (Ansible).

Systems & Security: Ensure system reliability by monitoring, upgrading, and optimizing Linux/Ubuntu hosts.

Data Infrastructure: Work extensively with MongoDB and Mongoose to design efficient schemas and ensure seamless data flow. Integrate external APIs and services into our backend ecosystem. Collaborate with the front-end team to ensure smooth data consumption.

Distribute tasks, conduct code reviews, drive process improvements, and help shape our distributed engineering team by participating in hiring decisions.



10+ years of backend engineering experience within high volume data-intensive technology companies. Strong expertise in Data Structures, Algorithms, and scalable system design. ~ Excellent proficiency in Java, Spring Boot , REST APIs, and Microservices architecture. ~ Strong hands-on experience building scalable, resilient, and high-performance distributed systems. ~ Experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development. ~ Good understanding of databases, caching, asynchronous processing, messaging systems, and performance optimization. ~ Robust understanding of engineering best practices, SDLC, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, and production debugging. ~ Ability to drive technical design discussions and independently own critical backend services. ~ Experience in fintech, lending, payments , or other high-throughput transactional systems. Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures is an added advantage.

You’re excited to get stuck into building an engineering team within a multicultural, distributed environment, and have exceptional communication skills. You’re genuinely excited to work with us in the office – five days a week – embracing the energy and collaboration of being together. Competitive salary + generous equity package. ~20 paid holidays + a “duvet day” on your birthday + bank holidays. ~ Monthly company team events.



~ Visa sponsorship to migrate to London. ~ Top-tier office environment complemented by a complimentary on-site gym. ~ Prime office location in London. **** LoanTube is a leading London-based FinTech and FCA Authorised Broker (FRN #753151), empowering individuals and businesses in the UK to access the right credit products to lead their best financial lives.

Our platform is seamlessly integrated into the UK lending ecosystem, delivering real-time, personalised credit offers tailored to users’ unique needs. Since pioneering transparent loan comparison in 2019, we now process over 100k credit applications every month from individuals and businesses alike. Financial empowerment is at the heart of our mission – to make credit accessible and work for everyone, while maximising financial literacy.

In 2025, we’re doubling down on our commitment to drive financial inclusion for millions of consumers and small businesses left behind by legacy credit providers. We are doing this by further expanding our suite of seamless fintech products that deliver true financial innovation to those who need it most. We are a diverse, globally distributed team of innovators and engineers working in an incredibly fast-paced, agile environment.

If you thrive on challenges and want to help redefine lending, we’d love to hear from you. Your project your process your responsibility. Forget 1:1s and performance plans. I’ve never done this before” is a default Tuesday in the office.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST HAVE PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING HIGH VOLUME EVENT DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE OF A FINTECH/MARKETPLACE PLATFORM

📌 Engineering (India)
🏢 LoanTube
📍 India