About Ferovinum:
We’re revolutionising the supply chain and financial foundations of the $800bn global drinks industry by building a platform that will change the way that commerce is executed forever!
We've just secured our Series A funding and are proud to be part of Notion Capital's portfolio. We've already influenced immense change in the UK markets and have personally alreadyseen tremendous growth, with over £170 million of product transacted through the platform and increased annual sales by 1,000% since early 2023.
To date we're proud to say that we've deployed over £114m of funding in support of UK wine and spirits producers. As we look to expand our offering globally we're looking for ambitious builders that want to change an industry and be part of the journey with us.
We're first to market and intend to stay ahead of the game! In short, it's the perfect time to join as we aim for unicorn and beyond 🚀
About the Role:
We’re hiring a Core Systems Engineer to help build and harden these foundational systems. This is a hands-on IC role focused on creating internal frameworks and architecture patterns that empower teams, improve system integrity, and accelerate delivery. You’ll collaborate with senior architects, interface across engineering, product, and commercial teams — and help define the developer experience for the next stage of Ferovinum’s growth.
Behind the scenes, our systems model deep commercial logic, financial rules, and real-world operations at scale. We’re moving fast, redesigning our architecture for the next chapter, and hiring exceptional engineers to help us build the future of global trade in drinks.
Examples of What You Will Work On:
A custom workflow engine to coordinate complex multi-party business processes.
An event-driven data store designed for traceability, composability, and auditability.
A system behaviour DSL to simulate, verify, and document platform behaviour.
A snapshot test framework to power fast, reliable, end-to-end testing in CI/CD.
A trade booking subsystem to support financial operations and asset lifecycle management.
A valuation/evaluation engine for business logic tied to market data, commercial rules, and asset performance.
All developed as part of a long-term re-architecture strategy through incremental migration — building the future while running the present.
Your Mission!
Build and own core architectural frameworks that power the platform and multiply developer effectiveness.
Implement against an architectural vision set by senior architects, collaborating to bring ideas to life.
Design internal systems that optimise for release velocity, stability, and safety — making it easy to build and hard to break things.
Understand the commercial and product context behind every system to ensure pragmatic, outcome-driven design.
Document, educate, and evangelise the frameworks and approaches you build — helping the wider team get the most out of them.
Embrace and advance our AI-native culture, using modern tooling and agentic patterns to enhance development workflows.
What We’re Looking For:
Core Experience:
Extensive backend engineering experience designing and building foundational system components.
Fluency in 3+ programming languages — you’re a true polyglot and value the right tool for the job.
Experience building or contributing to:
Workflow orchestration or execution engines
Event-sourced or event-driven systems
Internal DSLs or behaviour modelling frameworks
Snapshot or contract test infrastructure
Financial systems (trade booking, valuation) a strong bonus
Strong grounding in system design, architecture, and cross-cutting concerns.
Mindset & Values:
You’re curious and T-shaped — deep in your craft, broad in understanding.
You take extreme ownership, from implementation through to adoption and long-term maintainability.
You’re self-driven, collaborative, and humble — you care about outcomes more than credit.
You value pragmatism over purity and optimise for business impact.
You actively embrace AI tools and agentic workflows as force multipliers in engineering.
Why Ferovinum?
Help architect the foundation of a category-defining platform as we scale from MVP to an enterprise platform.
Build internal frameworks with real leverage: your work will touch every engineer and feature team.
Join a high-calibre team of polyglot engineers, architects, and domain experts.
Work on real-world, high-stakes problems across finance, logistics, and commercial trading.
Thrive in an in-person, high-interaction environment with clear ownership and mission alignment.
Be part of a company that actively embraces AI-native development, from agentic development to automated testing and beyond.
How We Measure Success:
Platform adoption across teams
Improved developer velocity and reduced friction
Higher system stability and confidence in change
Increased architectural consistency and clarity
Effective internal documentation and developer education
Ferovinum provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.
