Backend Software Engineer (Remote, UK)
Location
bolton, greater manchester
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Financial Services
Posted
June 08, 2026
About Esenda
Esenda powers over £1.5bn of inbound and outbound payments annually, in the education space - from tuition and catering fees to supplier payments and payroll.
We’re a revenue-generating startup with strong product-market fit, and we’re growing fast.
Join us now and you’ll work on impactful features that directly shape our platform and make a real difference to our customers.
What you’ll do
- Design, build, and ship reliable backend services and APIs in Python (Flask) that power core product functionality.
- Own features end-to-end: data modelling (Postgres), API design, testing, production rollout and ongoing improvements.
- Help uphold strong engineering standards through thoughtful code reviews, testing discipline, clean architecture, and pragmatic decision-making.
- Improve service reliability and operability: monitoring, alerting, log...