Backend Engineer

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London / £70000 - £80000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

£70000 - £80000

Location

LOCATION

London

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

BACKEND ENGINEER
UP TO £80,000
LONDON

This is an exciting opportunity to join an early-stage technology business where AI sits at the heart of product development and innovation. You'll play a key role in shaping a product from the ground up, working across the full technology stack and helping to deliver AI-powered capabilities that solve complex real-world problems.

THE COMPANY

Our client is a technology-driven organisation focused on developing software solutions that help businesses manage complex workflows, data, and decision-making processes. They operate in a collaborative, fast-paced environment where engineering, product, and business teams work closely together to deliver high-impact solutions. They offer the opportunity to work on technically challenging projects while contributing to the evolution of a rapidly growing product.

THE ROLE

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Build, scale, and maintain backend services, including APIs, workflow engines, data services, and system integrations.

  • Develop and support integrations between Java/Spring platform components and Python-based AI services.

  • Design secure, reliable, and high-performance systems.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver robust backend solutions for demanding production environments.

  • Implement and enhance API architectures, observability frameworks, automated testing, and security best practices.

  • Contribute to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence across AWS-based environments.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Strong commercial experience building backend applications.

  • Strong Python experience is essential, with FastAPI as highly desirable

  • Strong SQL and PostgreSQL expertise.

  • Hands-on AWS experience, including cloud-native services, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux-based environments.

  • Strong knowledge of API design, testing strategies, monitoring, observability, and application security.

  • Regular use of AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar productivity tools.

  • Experience with Java/Spring, event-driven architectures, workflow engines and LLM integrations is highly desirable.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

  • Up to £80,000 base salary
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Bonus

HOW TO APPLY

Please register your interest to Mia Randhawa by sending your CV through the 'Apply' link

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