Software Engineer

What are we building at Covecta?Covecta is an Agentic AI platform built specifically for financial institutions. Covecta's Agents solve real productivity bottlenecks across client-serving teams and support teams within commercial banks, building societies, specialist lenders, and private credit teams.Covecta's Agents and workflows are configured from within Covecta's studios to the organisation's specific needs and requirements. The Agents are controlled by Covecta's purpose-built, financial services-specific orchestrator. They collect information from external data sources and internal systems and complete automated workflows and activities on behalf of users and teams across lead acquisition, origination, and servicing.Covecta accelerates automation with human-in-the-loop optionality and elevates productivity, enabling colleagues to serve customers more deeply and accelerate portfolio growth. It's built to work with customers' existing systems, integrates easily, and doesn't require training on customer data.Imagine a world where every worker within this industry is multiplying their productivity. They are doing their best work, being productive and feeling fulfilled. This is what Covecta delivers.We have come out of the gates fast. Our brand recognition is increasing and we have built a strong pipeline. We have only achieved 0.01% of what we want. We have more to do, we want to execute at pace and build a destination business.The roleWe've gone from MVP to paying customers across the UK and US in under a year. Now the product needs to scale: more integrations, more surface area, more reliability, all without slowing down. As a Software Engineer, you'll be building the platform that makes that happen, from the studios where customers configure agents and workflows, to the services that run them, to the integration layer that plugs Covecta into the systems banks already use.This is not an LLM wrapper company. We are building a purpose-built AI platform that orchestrates dozens of specialised agents across the entire financial services lifecycle, from prospect sourcing and KYB/KYC screening, through credit underwriting and financial analysis, to covenant monitoring and distressed lending management. The engineering behind that is real: durable backend services, clean APIs, integrations with messy external and internal systems, and the human-in-the-loop interfaces where users review, approve, and correct what the agents do.You'll own features end to end. You'll work close to the product and close to the people who use it, shipping quickly and then sharpening what you shipped. You'll sit alongside our AI engineers, taking agent capabilities from prototype to something a regulated financial institution can depend on every day. It's a broad surface for someone who wants to grow fast, take on real ownership early, and see their work in front of customers within weeks rather than quarters.What you'll doShip features across the stack, from the studios where customers build agents and workflows to the services that execute themBuild and maintain the backend services and APIs that let Covecta collect data from external sources and act inside customers' internal systemsBuild the integration layer into banking and financial systems, handling the messy reality of real-world data and enterprise infrastructureBuild the human-in-the-loop surfaces where users review, approve, and correct agent outputWork closely with our AI engineers to turn agent capabilities into reliable, observable, production-grade featuresTreat reliability, testing, and observability as part of the job, not an afterthought, because our agents operate in regulated, high-stakes environmentsTake ownership of your work from design through deployment, and help shape how we build as the team growsWhat you'll bringExperience and craft. 2 to 5 years of professional software engineering. You've shipped production software that real users depend on, not just side projects, and you care about the quality of what you put out.Solid fundamentals. You're strong in at least one modern language. We work primarily in Python and TypeScript, so experience with either is a plus, but we care more about depth and judgement than a specific stack. You're comfortable with API design, databases, and deploying to the cloud.Full-stack comfort. You're happy operating across the stack, whether you lean backend and reach into the frontend or the other way around. You'd rather own a feature end to end than throw it over a wall.Startup appetite. You want ownership, you move fast, and you're comfortable making progress with incomplete information. You organise yourself, and you enjoy a broad remit rather than a narrow lane.Communication. You can explain your technical decisions clearly, work effectively alongside the rest of the team, and occasionally sit close to customers to understand what they actually need.The way you workYou bring professional pride: You have a sense of satisfaction and fulfilment derived from your work and career. You have a strong commitment to high standards, dedication to your craft, and a desire to excel.You're product obsessed: The product you build will redefine the way the financial services industry operates. We are building leading AI solutions to solve mission-critical activities and workflows. The industry won't have felt an impact like this before, and this matters to you.You bring the technical edge: You take pride in building things well. You get a sense of satisfaction when ideas turn into reality. You care about writing solid, reliable software, and you have the judgement to know where to spend effort and where to keep things simple. You crave a challenge and run towards it.You want to and can move fast: We are moving fast, but we need to move faster. You can help us do this. We are changing an industry; that doesn't happen overnight, but the hard work starts now. Expect longer hours, the trade-offs are worth it, because we enjoy it and we see the impact we are having.You operate well within a team: You like to take ownership, you organise yourself, and work effectively alongside a team and all your stakeholders. The team will individually and collectively be outstanding. We have our own office and it's our fun place to work.The peopleAI enables small teams to achieve incredible outcomes. We are building a lean, but incredibly effective team.London is the epicentre of the financial services sector and we are building a talent-dense team within the beating heart of the city. This sector isn't new to our team, we have all had impressive success in the past, however, Covecta is just the start of the next chapter.Scott Wilson, CEO, previously VP EMEA at Mambu. During his 3 year tenure revenue increased from €30m to €130m, and the valuation charged to €4.7bn from €1.9bn.Ben Thomas, CRO, spent 2 years on the Mambu leadership team driving global growth. Previously, 15 years with Accenture and McKinsey building the future of banking from within, selling ~£3m of consulting engagements per year.