About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong commercial backend software engineering experienceExperience building scalable, high-volume distributed systemsStrong understanding of cloud-based development environmentsAbility to work independently and contribute within a collaborative teamExcellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skillsExperience working in modern product engineering organisations Responsibilities: Design, develop and maintain backend services and APIsBuild insurance offer, eligibility and configuration capabilitiesIntegrate with a range of internal platforms and servicesTake ownership of services throughout the full development lifecycleImprove system scalability, reliability and performanceMonitor and optimise production systems through SLIs and SLOsInvestigate and resolve issues across customer-facing and internal systemsCollaborate with engineers, product teams and business stakeholdersContribute to technical design and architectural decision-making Technologies: BackendCloudDevOps More:
We are supporting a global technology organisation that is hiring several Backend Software Engineers to join a newly formed team working on a greenfield insurance platform. This is an opportunity to work in a highly scalable, product-led engineering environment, building new services from the ground up using modern cloud technologies. The role is an initial 6-month contract with a high chance of extension, paying £523 per day inside IR35, with 37.5 hours per week and two days onsite in Manchester. Multiple positions are available.
last updated 33 week of 2026