Socure is building the identity trust infrastructure for the digital economy — verifying 100% of good identities in real time and stopping fraud before it starts. The mission is big, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt by businesses, governments, and millions of people every day.
We hire people who want that level of responsibility. People who move fast, think critically, act like owners, and care deeply about solving customer problems with precision. If you want predictability or narrow scope, this won’t be your place. If you want to help build the future of identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading.
Socure is looking for a Software Engineer II – Backend to join our global engineering team.
You’ll design, build, and operate scalable backend services that power our identity verification and fraud prevention products. You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Data Science/ML teams and take ownership of software from design through production.
Design, build, test, and operate backend services, APIs, and microservices.
Develop reliable, secure, and maintainable production software.
Work on distributed systems, asynchronous workflows, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
Contribute to technical design and make thoughtful engineering trade-offs.
Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability and observability.
Participate in code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices.
Collaborate with globally distributed, cross-functional teams to solve customer and business problems.
Practical software engineering experience building backend applications or services.
Strong programming skills in Go, Java, Python, or a comparable backend language
Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems fundamentals.
Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
Understanding of asynchronous processing, messaging, retries, fault tolerance, and service-to-service communication.
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka or equivalent technologies
Understanding of source control, automated testing, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.
Ability to troubleshoot technical problems methodically and take ownership of solutions through production.
Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
Permanent right to work in the UK is required; Socure does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Candidates must be based in London or within a commutable distance, with the ability to attend the office as needed.
Socure is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms within our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need an accommodation during any stage of the application or hiring process—including interview or onboarding support—please reach out to your Socure recruiting partner directly.
Socure is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms within our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
If you need an accommodation during any stage of the application or hiring process—including interview or onboarding support—please reach out to your Socure recruiting partner directly.
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Socure is the leading platform for digital identity verification and trust. Its predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, phone, address, IP, device, velocity, and the broader internet to verify identities in real time. The company has more than 2,000 customers across the financial services, government, gaming, healthcare, telecom, and e-commerce industries, including four of the top five banks, seven of the top 10 card issuers, three of the top MSBs, the top payroll provider, the top credit bureau, the top online gaming operator, the top Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers, and over 250 of the largest fintechs. Marquee customers include Chime, SoFi, Varo, Robinhood, Public, Stash, Gusto, and DraftKings. Socure customers have become investors in the company including Citi Ventures, Capital One Ventures, MVB Bank, and Synchrony. Additional investors include Accel, T. Rowe Price, Bain Capital Ventures, Tiger Global, Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sorenson, Flint Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, and others.
Socure has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including named to the 2021 & 2022 Forbes Cloud 100 List, Forbes’ Fintech 50 List 2021, and Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers 2021, being named to CB Insights: The Fintech 250 for the third year in a row, being awarded Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months—Data and Data Services at the 2020 American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs), being ranked number 70 in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, being listed as a Gartner Cool Vendor, being recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 25 Machine Learning Startups to Watch, being awarded Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few. Founder/CEO Johnny Ayers has also been recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021 and as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022.