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.
What You’ll DoDesign, 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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Skills Required
- 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, and CI/CD.
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability and observability.
- Clear communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
- Permanent right to work in the UK and based in or commutable to London.
What We Do
Socure is the leading platform for digital identity 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 750 customers across the financial services, gaming, telecom, and e-commerce industries, including three 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, and over 100 of the largest and most successful FinTechs. Marquee customers include Chime, Varo Money, Public, Stash, and DraftKings. Socure has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including being named to Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021, 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 named to CB Insights: The FinTech 250, and being awarded Finovate’s Award for Best Use of AI/ML, to name a few.
Why Work With Us
Socure is a critical part of the infrastructure of the digital economy and what we do is critical to ensure the safety of anyone doing any sort of business on the internet. Because of our technology digital identity theft will be eradicated and more people will be included in the digital economy than ever before.
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