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Built for specialist sectors, multi-jurisdiction structures, and high-compliance environments, we support businesses whose needs go beyond standard banking. We’re selective about who we work with because exceptional service requires focus and commitment.\nWith six international offices, five regulatory licences, and an 83% CAGR over the past three years, we’re scaling rapidly and earning industry recognition along the way - including the Financial Times FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2026, CNBC UK’s Top Fintech Companies 2025, Wealth & Finance FinTech Awards 2025, and the Business Growth Award from Business Awards UK.\nBehind it all is a team of ambitious VFXers united by collective ownership, a focus on growth, and a shared passion for solving complex problems.\nAbout the Role\nWe’re seeking a detail-driven and highly capable Back-End Software Engineer to join our engineering team and contribute to the core systems powering VFX’s global financial infrastructure. You will work across complex, high-value domains including multi-currency account architecture, payment routing, treasury operations, risk management, compliance workflows, and API-driven client integrations.\nThis role is suited to someone who brings discipline, precision, and a strong engineering mindset. You will thrive if you enjoy building resilient, scalable and secure systems that serve sophisticated clients operating across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory environments. This is an opportunity to deepen your expertise within a regulated FinTech while making a tangible impact across a platform used by global businesses.\nThis role can be hybrid at our office in Portimao or fully remote across Portugal.\nKey Responsibilities\nCollaborate with engineering, product, operational SMEs, and wider stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical solutions.\n\nArchitect, implement, and rigorously test high-quality .NET applications with a focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.\n\nProduce clean, maintainable, and well-documented code aligned with VFX engineering standards.\n\nProactively identify and remediate defects through detailed root-cause analysis.\n\nMaintain and enhance existing applications, ensuring resilience and operational efficiency across our .NET ecosystem.\n\nConduct peer code reviews to ensure quality, maintainability, and adherence to engineering best practices.\n\nCreate comprehensive technical documentation to support future development, onboarding, and architectural clarity.\n\nRemain current with emerging .NET technologies and best practices, implementing improvements that strengthen the competitiveness and robustness of our platform.\n\nEmbed security principles directly into the codebase, addressing risks proactively.\n\nPartner with QA teams on test planning and execution to uphold VFX’s high software quality standards.\n\nActively participate in Agile ceremonies, contributing to predictable delivery, improved collaboration, and continuous improvement across sprints.\n\nKey Challenges\nBuilding and maintaining enterprise-grade backend systems within a regulated financial environment.\n\nTranslating complex financial concepts - payments, FX, reconciliation, treasury workflows -into robust engineering solutions.\n\nBalancing speed, innovation, and long-term stability across critical systems.\n\nManaging competing priorities across stakeholders, systems, and domain areas.\n\nEnsuring scalability, security, and operational consistency in a rapidly evolving environment.\n\nCandidate Profile\nDemonstrates technical rigor, attention to detail, and ownership of outcomes.\n\nAble to operate with clarity in complex environments, navigating ambiguity with composure.\n\nCommunicates confidently across technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nThrives in agile, iterative delivery environments, contributing proactively to team performance.\n\nApproaches engineering with discipline and pride, ensuring solutions are secure, reliable, and future-proof.\n\nWorks effectively both independently and within a high-performing team.\n\nPreferred Background\n3-5 years of hands-on experience in .NET development, delivering scalable, production-grade applications.\n\nStrong proficiency in DDD, CQRS, and clean architecture with practical application in prior projects.\n\nSolid experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and integration layers.\n\nProficient in unit testing frameworks (NUnit, xUnit) and mocking tools (NSubstitute, Moq).\n\nStrong SQL Server or relational database experience, including schema design and performance optimization.\n\nSkilled in Git-based version control workflows, including branching strategies and code review processes.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\n\nExperience in fast-paced, agile engineering environments.\n\nPreferred Skills:\nExperience building and maintaining DevOps pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions.\n\nExposure to messaging technologies such as Azure Service Bus or gRPC.\n\nPrevious experience in the financial sector and familiarity with industry-specific constraints.\n\nPractical use of tools like Jira within Agile delivery frameworks.\n\nSuccess Measures\nDelivery of secure, high-quality, high-performance .NET features that support business and client objectives.\n\nA maintainable, well-structured codebase aligned with VFX’s architectural standards.\n\nPositive feedback from engineering peers, testers, product owners, and operational stakeholders.\n\nReduced defects, improved stability, and enhanced system performance.\n\nDemonstrable contribution to sprint predictability, velocity, and cross-team alignment.\n\nStrict adherence to regulatory, security, and operational standards.\n\nBenefits at VFX\nWe offer more than just perks - we offer ownership.\nOur benefits include:\nGenerous Profit Share Plan (PSP)\n\nPotential equity opportunities via the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)\n\nCompetitive salary\n\nAnnual all-expenses paid company incentive trip abroad\n\nFlexible learning & development budget\n\nPSP & CSOP Details\nAt VFX, the biggest benefit is the opportunity to act like an owner. Through our Profit Share Scheme (PSP), every team member has a stake in the business by sharing in the profits.\nTo show you what that looks like, in 2025, PSP participants received over £1,000,000. 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