About this role
Salary: £100,000 - 130,000 per year
Requirements: 10+ years software engineering experienceStrong backend and distributed systems experienceSignificant experience with microservices and event-driven architecturesExpert Kubernetes and Docker experienceStrong database knowledge, ideally MongoDB or similar NoSQLExperience operating at Staff/Principal level or equivalentExperience influencing architecture and technical strategy across teamsExperience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Copilot or CursorGo experience is preferred rather than essentialExperience with Temporal, Kafka, LLMs, gRPC, observability and SaaS platforms would be particularly interesting Responsibilities: Own architecture and technical direction across major areas of the platformDesign and build complex, scalable backend systemsDrive technical decisions across multiple teamsEstablish engineering patterns and standardsLead significant technical initiatives from design through deliveryMentor engineers and raise the technical barHelp shape our AI-assisted engineering practices Technologies: AIBackendClaude CodeCloudCopilotCursorDockerGCPGrafanaKafkaKubernetesMongoDBNoSQLRESTgRPCmicroservicesGolang More:
We are an exciting, high-growth technology business hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for a hands-on role shaping the architecture and technical direction of our platform. We work with Go, Kubernetes, GCP, MongoDB, Temporal, gRPC, REST, event-driven architecture and Grafana Cloud, and we use Claude Code and AI-assisted development every day. This is a London hybrid position with two days per week in the office. The salary is £100,000-£130,000. We are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship.
last updated 34 week of 2026